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Los Pichy Boys reacted harshly to the parties organized in Varadero to celebrate the start of summer, describing them as "one of the last attempts of the dictatorship to demonstrate normalcy and functionality in a failed state."
The Cuban comedy duo based in Miami, made up of Alejandro González and Maikel Rodríguez ("Maikito"), directed their criticism specifically at the season opening event at the Resonance Musique Varadero hotel, whose tickets are reserved through Gaviota Tours, a state-owned company linked to the GAESA group of the Cuban Armed Forces.
The contrast between the festive image projected by these events and the reality faced by the Cuban population was the central theme of the duo's message: "At the hotel, the power doesn't go out, people dance, drink, and get drunk to the rhythm of the distribution."
The Pichy Boys also spoke out against the Cubans living in Miami who participate in these events as artists or attendees, describing them with a direct metaphor: "It hurts to see how many of the artists and people there are Cubans residing in Miami who return like the one-eyed men to feel like kings in the land of the blind."
The duo was not limited to contextual criticism and issued a long-range warning: "The fall of the dictatorship is imminent; it will soon be our turn in a free Cuba to investigate, pursue, and condemn anyone who was involved in this sham until the very end."
In a second post, the comedians were even more decisive: "The circus has an expiration date; there’s very little time left, and we're witnessing the last tantrums of a drowning man who knows he is lost. Cuba is a failed state, and the dictatorship will fall."
The debate over the participation of diaspora figures in events organized or tolerated by the Cuban regime resurfaces every summer.
In 2023, El Taiger performed at the end of summer in Varadero, generating a similar controversy within the exile community.
Similarly, in 2024, it was El Micha who came from Miami to perform in the same venue. For this summer 2026, Dany Ome and Kevincito El 13 also have scheduled performances at hotels in Varadero.
The central argument of the critics is that these events serve as propaganda for the regime to project an image of normalcy while the Cuban population suffers from prolonged blackouts, food shortages, and a deep economic crisis, all exacerbated by more than six decades of communist dictatorship.
The Pichy Boys have been one of the most critical voices of the Cuban diaspora in Miami for years, using humor and social media as tools for denunciation. As early as 2019, they publicly declared that “Cuban people need to lose their fear and speak up”.
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