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The Cuban comedian and actor Ulises Toirac published an ironic reflection on Facebook this Thursday regarding the tense climate between Cuba and the United States, mocking the exchanged statements of both governments and denouncing that Cuban citizens have never had a real vote in decisions that affect them.
"Whether they attack, whether they don't attack... Whether it's a carrot, whether it's a stick. There are two things that are clear to me: that nobody is telling the truth and that the strategy of 'people's war' dates back to 1980. Three: just as I have not been able to influence anything until today, I also... I have no real vote. I have never had one," wrote Toirac on his Facebook profile.
The comment comes at the peak of a rhetorical escalation between Havana and Washington triggered by the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Caribbean on May 20 and 21, as part of the Southern Seas 2026 operation.
The Cuban regime interpreted the naval movement as a direct threat and activated the doctrine of "people's war," which combines the Revolutionary Armed Forces, territorial militias, and civil mobilization under the principle that every citizen must have "a means, a place, and a way to fight."
Toirac precisely points to that: this doctrine is nothing new, as it was institutionalized in Cuba in 1980 under Fidel Castro in response to the threat of large-scale warfare.
While Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez warned that Cuba would become "a hornet's nest and a death trap" in the event of any attack and called for UN intervention, Donald Trump denied that the deployment of the Nimitz was intended as intimidation and stated that the intention was to "help them."
Russia, for its part, accused Washington of preparing an "armed intervention against Cuba," aligning with the regime's rhetoric.
Toirac does not question just one side: his irony targets both narratives simultaneously, the American threat and the official Cuban response, noting that "nobody tells the truth."
This publication is part of a sustained pattern of ironic criticism of the government.
Last Tuesday, Toirac responded sarcastically to those who promised to confront the USS Nimitz, and on Sunday he joked that the official speech seems like a “Hollywood superproduction” where everything miraculously ends well.
In early May, Toirac criticized the government for prioritizing mobilizations and propaganda while Cubans endured blackouts lasting more than twenty hours.
The core of his message today goes beyond the military context: it is a denunciation of the absence of real democracy in Cuba, where citizens do not participate in the decisions that determine their fate, including whether the country enters into armed conflict or not.
The regime, meanwhile, accused the United States on Thursday of wanting to intimidate the Cuban people, while tensions in the Caribbean remain without clear signs of easing.
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