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The official program Con Filo recently published a promotion for its episode "Who Wants an Invasion Against Cuba?" on Facebook and received exactly the opposite of what it intended: a flood of Cubans inundated the section with comments openly supporting a regime change, even through military means.
The post garnered over 2,364 comments, the vast majority of which responded affirmatively to the implied question in the title, in what users themselves described as a monumental propaganda failure.
User Harold Rodriguez counted 239 messages saying yes before adding his own, while Iran Capote wrote: "Is there any comment here saying they don't want it? I'm tired of reading and reading, I only see everyone who supports it."
The responses ranged from humor to sheer despair.
Ernesto Duarte captured the general sentiment with a phrase that was repeated in dozens of variations: "Short answer: me. Long answer: Meeeeeeee!"
Others were more direct: "The invasion is not against Cuba, it is for Cuba and against you," wrote Focotown with Yaya Panoramix, while Yurgen Orlando Martinez Ollet pointed out, "I don't know whose idea it was, but the survey didn't go well."
Several commentators clarified that they were not calling for a war, but rather for political freedom.
Alex Michel Matos Sánchez wrote: "No one, we do not want invasion, we want liberty, free elections, free trade, the legal mechanism to change the political system whenever the people choose to do so."
Hanssel Carrillo added, "I just wish to live in a country where wanting a different system is a real possibility and not a reason for discrimination."
Susy Martinez was even more direct with the regime: "If you don't want war or invasion, let the people choose and decide genuinely without reprisals, and you will see."
Many users challenged the program to show the results on television, anticipating that they would never do so.
«With Filo, I challenge you to make the result public,» wrote Ma Chete, while Yan Marcos Reguera Aquit declared: «This publication will not be aired on television.»
Last Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced federal criminal charges against Raúl Castro for the shooting down of two planes from Brothers to the Rescue on February 24, 1996, which resulted in the deaths of four U.S. citizens.
The next day, the U.S. deployed the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in Caribbean waters, although President Donald Trump denied that the move aimed to intimidate the regime.
Reports from the media Politico indicated that officials in the Trump administration were frustrated because the sanctions and the fuel blockade had not resulted in any changes on the island, with military options on the table although no imminent operational decision was made.
In this context, Con Filo dedicated its episode to denouncing an alleged media campaign aimed at justifying an aggression against Cuba, without anticipating that its own publication would become the most eloquent thermometer of popular frustration.
This is not the first time that the program, produced by Cubadebate and launched after the protests of July 11, 2021, has faced widespread rejection from Cubans on its own platforms.
Danay Santana ironically summed up the outcome of the initiative: "All the personal pronouns: I, you, he or she, we, you all, you, they, and she too. The whole world, man. Because what you all are doing is too much. We want freedom for Cuba."
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