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The Cuban comedian Ulises Toirac launched one of his sharpest critiques from his Facebook profile, ironically questioning the actual ability of the "revolutionary fighters" who defend the government on social media.
The post emerged as a response to a user identified as Gustavo Nápoles, who wrote: "You portray yourself, clown, no one laughs at your struggles" (SIC).
Toirac did not let the grammatical error go unnoticed and responded with his usual sharp wit: "Gustavo Nápoles, you must be blind or an idiot to write 'nobody' where there are obviously people. For that same reason, they claim that socialism will triumph. Pure objectivity (P.S. and it's clear from your restricted profile of a brave revolutionary fighter that you are not blind)."
While sharing the exchange in another post, the actor wrote: "Then I kept thinking. Because she's obviously blind. But she's also obviously an idiot...".
He joked, "God, what nerves. And these are the fighters who are going to wage 'the war of the entire people' and put the invading Nimitz troops in check?"
The irony points directly to the gap between the official rhetoric of heroic resistance and the reality of those whom the regime mobilizes as "digital troops": profiles with restricted accounts, grammatical errors, and empty arguments.
On May 20, the U.S. Southern Command deployed the USS Nimitz Strike Group in the Caribbean as part of Operation Southern Seas 2026, coinciding with the indictment of Raúl Castro for the downing of two aircraft from Brothers to the Rescue in 1996.
The regime responded with its usual rhetoric. Díaz-Canel declared that "no aggressor, no matter how powerful, will find surrender in Cuba." Cuba had declared 2026 as the "Year of Preparation for Defense" and began anti-aircraft brigades and exercises with civilians and militias in March under the doctrine of "War of All the People."
Wednesday's post is a continuation of a busy week for the comedian.
On Monday, he asked to be "sent clarias with five neurons or more" after facing attacks from pro-regime accounts, and on Tuesday, he criticized the official triumphalism comparing the government's discourse to Hollywood disaster movies: "This isn't Hollywood, and there’s no magic solution to stop this mess."
Ulises has been using Facebook for years as a platform for direct criticism of the regime from within the Island. Last June, he was summoned by State Security following his posts on social media, in a meeting that he himself described as taking place "in an atmosphere of mutual respect" and lasted over an hour. The summons did not stop his critical stance at all.
As the regime prepares its "fighters" to confront the Nimitz, Cuba recorded a record electricity deficit of 2,153 MW during peak hours on May 13, leaving 51% of the country without electricity simultaneously, and a recent study revealed that 33.9% of Cuban households reported hunger in 2025.
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