Gabriela Fernández, host of the official program 'Con Filo', published a video in which she attempted to discredit the opinion trend that sees an intervention by the United States as the only possible solution to the crisis of the Cuban regime.
In the reel, recorded while walking in front of the so-called Plaza de la Revolución and published on the Facebook page of El Ciudadano, the regime spokesperson inadvertently ended up acknowledging that this trend exists and is growing.
In the video published last Tuesday, Fernández attributed that perception to a deliberate strategy by the "hawkish anti-Cuban lobby," explicitly mentioning Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar and Senator Marco Rubio.
"The intention of this anti-Cuban, bellicose lobby, led by María Elvira, Marco Rubio, and all these people who have always had a very clear agenda against Cuba and the Cuban people, is to push us to a point of desperation where an invasion seems like the only possible solution," said Gabriela as she stood in front of the iconic building of the Ministry of the Interior (MININT).
The host described a potential intervention as "a catastrophic scenario, terrible, the worst-case scenario, an unthinkable scenario," but then she slipped in the phrase that reveals the true mood on the island:
"However, there comes a level of desperation —and this is what they are betting on— in which people feel that somehow there has to be a catalyst, something that will finally bring about a change."
This implicit admission contradicts the official narrative: Fernández did not deny that this current of opinion exists, but he discussed its origin, attributing it to external manipulation rather than to the humanitarian crisis and the regime's maneuvering.
His final argument was that the aim of the "lobby" would be for Cubans to ask for "what they want, which is blood, bombs, and war."
The data supports critical reading. An independent survey from May 2026 with 42,263 valid responses revealed that 60.9% of participants supported direct military intervention by the U.S., and 64.9% favored overthrowing the government "by any means necessary, including armed action." Furthermore, 96% deemed a political change urgent.
A survey from April 2026 among Cubans and Cuban Americans in South Florida found that 79% supported a U.S. military intervention in Cuba.
The program 'Con Filo' had previously posed a question on the topic that received over 2,364 comments, mostly in favor of regime change, a result that the regime disqualified as "statistical fraud."
The researcher and former political prisoner Rolando Cartaya summarized it clearly: “Every day more Cubans hope that the United States will help them free themselves from the regime”, and noted that this idea even appears in graffiti and street expressions within the island.
'Con Filo' was created on August 11, 2021, just a month after the massive protests of July 11, as a media tool for the regime to counteract social discontent on social media.
Fernández, born in Havana in 2000, is also a university lecturer and a contributor to Cubadebate. In May 2025, she embarked on a controversial tour across 15 cities in Spain that sparked protests from Cuban exiles and led to the cancellation of events at several universities.
Officials cited by Axios stated on May 28 that “there is no planned or imminent invasion” against Cuba, but the regime continues to maintain that narrative of external threat as a smoke screen in front of a crisis that has been brewing from within for decades.
El Ciudadano is a Chilean media outlet founded in 2005, with a progressive inclination and primarily operates as a digital platform, although it also maintains a periodically printed edition. It defines itself as an alternative media source aimed at highlighting social demands, strengthening civic participation, and providing a critical perspective on political and economic power groups.
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