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The Cuban broadcaster and host Laritza Camacho posted on her Facebook profile a critical reflection on the culture of lies in Cuba, in which she denounces the double standards that, according to her, have supported the regime for decades.
"Everyone is concerned about the price of the dollar they don't earn, but no one seems to care about the price of lies," wrote Camacho, with a phrase that encapsulates the tone of the entire publication: ironic, straightforward, and rich in references to everyday life in Cuba.
In the text, the actress also describes lies as "an overrated product in Cuba" that "sells itself or comes as an add-on in those multiple bags wrapped in cellophane with a bow for special occasions."
Camacho paints a portrait of a society where values have completely inverted: "We have reached a point where what is black is sold as white and vice versa, the aggressor is applauded as a victim, the thief is seen as a businessman, and the worker is viewed as the fool."
The publication also refers to the MLC card system (Freely Convertible Currency), which operates with foreign currency sent from abroad via remittances: "The money on that card isn't yours, but you spend it on beers, soft drinks, and snacks, as if you had worked hard to earn it."
The phrase that encapsulates the entire denunciation is striking: "A lie is shouted loudly while the truth is whispered softly."
With her, Camacho directly targets the regime's mechanism of social control: official propaganda is mandatory, and dissent is dangerous.
“Whatever they give you, take it! Then shout what they want you to shout, but don’t you dare speak,” he writes, before concluding with a warning: “Talking, conversing, discussing respectfully, and pointing out the truth is forbidden because that finger is being used by lies to cover the sun, and that comes at a high cost, an exorbitant cost.”
This post is part of a sustained pattern of public criticism that Camacho has maintained since July 2021, when she demanded an apology and the resignation from Díaz-Canel following the repression of July 11.
So far in 2026, the broadcaster has maintained a constant critical activity: in April, she questioned the waste of resources at the official event on the 23rd and 12th in Havana, pointing out that "people can hardly move to work"; she also criticized the news bulletins from the Electric Union for reporting problems without offering real solutions.
On May 20, just days before this new publication, Camacho stated that "there is nothing martiano in a power that does not listen to its people", referring to the political use of José Martí's legacy by the regime.
His words come in the midst of the worst humanitarian crisis Cuba has faced in decades, with power outages of up to 20 hours a day, extreme fuel shortages, and the collapse of basic services. The UN in May to assist 2 million Cubans in need.
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