The Cuban artist and theater director Selene Perdomo Chacón, residing in Barcelona, stated this Saturday that "at some point, the victims of communism will have to be compensated," because "there are many people who have lost part of their lives, lost their families because of the communists, and they have that responsibility; they will have to take it on at some point."
Thus asserted Perdomo during a live interview with journalist Tania Costa from CiberCuba, broadcasted on the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States, during which he also analyzed the recent statements of the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel to the Puerto Rican newspaper Claridad.
The Cuban leader, when asked about the protests with pots and pans that are shaking the island, responded with a phrase that generated widespread rejection in the diaspora.
"Let the neighbors to the North know, as they are the ones keeping us in the dark," said Díaz-Canel, who attributed the energy crisis solely to the U.S. embargo, rather than taking any responsibility for the regime's role.
Perdomo quickly dismantled that argument. "That discourse is already falling apart; no one believes it anymore, and yet they keep appealing to it. They have run out of resources; they can’t come up with anything new, they are at a standstill."
The Havana artist ended with irony: "Look, I truly believe that in Cuba there isn't even garlic right now, and I don't understand how, if there’s no garlic, it's being repeated more than garlic."
The energy crisis that Díaz-Canel attributes to the embargo has concrete figures: the electricity generation deficit exceeds 2,000 MW, with 11 thermoelectric units offline this Saturday, and blackouts lasting up to 23 hours a day in some areas of the country.
This exhaustion of the regime is also reflected in the streets, considering that 107 protests were recorded in Cuba during June, with Havana leading the demonstrations, and since March, more than 1,300 pot-banging protests have been counted throughout the territory.
In that context, Perdomo also reflected on the political communication of those who oppose communism, referencing statements from Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele about the need for non-leftist leaders to improve the way they convey their message.
"We are no longer in the cycle of ideologies, but in one of concrete things," Perdomo stated, paraphrasing Bukele, and added that the right "is very pragmatic and focused on A plus 1 plus 2 equals 3, but it needs to seek other mechanisms to convey the message."
Regarding the communist threat in broader terms, Perdomo was straightforward: "We cannot turn a blind eye to the danger and threat of communism," and she linked that warning to the speech delivered this Saturday by US President Donald Trump on the occasion of the July 4th celebration, in which he reaffirmed his commitment to that struggle.
The European Parliament recorded a historic number of 1,281 political prisoners in Cuba in May, imprisoned for dissenting against the regime, including minors, a reality that contrasts with the official narrative that Díaz-Canel presented to the newspaper Claridad from Puerto Rico on the eve of the American anniversary.
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