The Cuban artist and theater director Selene Perdomo Chacón, who resides 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, who have lost their families due to the communists, and they bear that responsibility; they will have to face it eventually."
Thus asserted Perdomo during a live interview with journalist Tania Costa from CiberCuba, broadcast on the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States, in which he also analyzed the recent statements made by the leader Miguel Díaz-Canel to the Puerto Rican newspaper Claridad.
The Cuban leader, asked about the pot-banging protests shaking the island, responded with a phrase that sparked widespread disapproval among the diaspora.
"Ring the pot to the neighbors from the North, as they are the ones who have us in blackout," said the leader, who attributed the energy crisis solely to the U.S. embargo, instead of acknowledging the regime's share of responsibility.
Perdomo quickly dismantled that argument emphatically: "That discourse is already falling apart, no one believes it anymore, and yet they continue to appeal to it. They have run out of resources and can no longer come up with anything new; they are at a standstill."
The Havana artist concluded with irony: "Look, I truly believe that there is not even garlic in Cuba right now, and I don't understand how, if there is no garlic, it keeps being repeated more than garlic."
The energy crisis that Díaz-Canel attributes to the embargo has specific figures: the electricity generation deficit exceeds 2,000 MW, with 11 thermal units out of service 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, over 1,300 pot-banging events have been counted throughout the territory.
In that context, Perdomo also reflected on the political communication of those who oppose communism, referencing statements made by the 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 that of concrete matters," noted Perdomo, paraphrasing Bukele, adding that the right is "very pragmatic and very focused on A plus 1 plus 2 equals 3, but it needs to find 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 linked that warning to the speech delivered this Saturday by US President Donald Trump on the occasion of the Fourth of July, in which he reaffirmed that struggle.
The European Parliament registered a record number of 1,281 political prisoners in Cuba in May, incarcerated for dissenting against the regime, including minors, a reality that contrasts sharply with the official account that Díaz-Canel presented to the newspaper Claridad from Puerto Rico on the eve of the American anniversary.
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