A Cuban resident in the United States identified as Abel Ramirez Gonzalez published a 36-second video on Instagram on Saturday, in which he calls for President Donald Trump to intervene militarily in Cuba and overthrow the communist regime, delivering a message that encapsulates the accumulated frustration of part of the exile community in response to weeks of ambiguous signals from Washington.
The video was posted with the caption “Big news about Cuba coming soon” and in less than 24 hours, it garnered over 106,000 views, reflecting the mood of thousands of Cubans abroad who have been closely watching every move from the White House for weeks.
In the clip, Abel recounts that two nights prior, the White House released a short video in which helicopters could be heard in the background, suggesting that something was happening that night.
"I said: today is the day communism will fall. Today is the day these people will enter the Island and bring it all down," the man recounts, visibly exhausted.
The intervention never came. "Nothing happened, my brother, I've been a month without sleep. I'm surviving on coffee, Red Bull, Monster, all that stuff, because I can't sleep," he admits, describing with bitter humor the constant wakefulness inflicted upon him by the expectation of change in Cuba.
The message concludes with a direct demand to the U.S. president: "How long is this going to go on, my son? Just send the helicopters already and take Raúl Castro, Díaz-Canel, Diosdado, and everyone else you need to take. But just get yourself into the Island, my brother."
The mention of Diosdado Cabello, former Venezuelan Interior Minister and a key figure in chavismo linked to the Cuban regime, reflects the widespread perception in exile that Cuba and Venezuela constitute an axis that must be dismantled together.
The video emerges at a moment of heightened tension between Washington and Havana.
The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean on May 20 as part of Operation Southern Seas 2026, and the amphibious group USS Kearsarge, with approximately 2,500 Marines on board, was preparing for a potential regional deployment.
Trump himself denied that the Nimitz had been sent to pressure Cuba, although he described the island as a "bankrupt nation" and promised to announce a decision on the embargo "very soon."
An official from his administration told Axios that "everything is on the table, but there is no invasion planned or imminent."
The Cuban regime has reactivated its "people's war" plans in response to U.S. military pressure and alerted the UN about a potential aggression, while accusing the U.S. of trying to intimidate the Cuban people.
On May 17, the Trump administration sanctioned nine Cuban leaders and the DGI/G2, the regime's main intelligence service.
Axios reported on Wednesday that Washington was preparing scenarios for a possible collapse of the regime "as soon as this summer," while U.S. military analysts assessed the situation with increasing attention.
Senator Rick Scott had asked Trump in April to intensify the sanctions and demanded that “Díaz-Canel and Raúl Castro be imprisoned,” a stance that is shared by several Republican lawmakers who are pushing for stronger action against the regime.
Ramírez González's video encapsulates in 36 seconds what many exiled Cubans experience: a blend of hope, exhaustion, and desperation in the face of a transition that is promised but never quite arrives.
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