Laritza Camacho: "I am against the Cuban government because the Cuban government is against Cuba."

The Cuban broadcaster and actress Laritza Camacho published a powerful reflection on Facebook, summarizing her civic stance with a phrase that leaves no room for interpretation: "I am against the Cuban government because the Cuban government is against Cuba. Nothing works in my country."

Camacho took care to clear away any ideological interpretation of his critique: “My struggle is civic because we urgently need a country that works”.

One of the key points of the text is the demand for officials to fulfill their duties, rather than "talking about politics all the time."

"The only duty of a transportation minister in any country is to solve the transportation problem. The same applies to food, defense, tourism, agriculture, and any other ministerial portfolio," he wrote, noting that the regime's political obsession has overshadowed any governmental management.

The broadcaster blamed political voluntarism for the loss of civility in Cuba: "Due to political voluntarism we have experienced significant economic failures, we have marginalized excellent professionals, and we have censored outstanding artists."

As a paradigmatic example, he cited the 1970 ten million sugar harvest, when the regime halted industries and mobilized the entire country to produce 10 million tons of sugar, ultimately reaching only 8.5 million.

"They still say it was a victory, when what would have been truly victorious is for our sugar industry to grow gradually, with quality and steady steps, not to end up destroyed," Camacho wrote, referring to an industry that now produces less sugar than it did in 1899.

The actress was straightforward in demanding accountability: those who approved ineffective measures should be dismissed, those who built new hotels while the classic ones deteriorated, those who promoted the monetary overhaul, and those who lied with unfulfilled promises.

He listed some of those promises: "the president [Díaz-Canel] promised one [house] daily," "Raúl Castro promised a glass of milk," "DC assured a better summer."

His conclusion was blunt: “If they cannot solve the problem, they need to get out of the way.”

Finally, as a Cuban citizen, Camacho demanded the release of political prisoners (more than 1,200, according to organizations like Prisoners Defenders).

His demand is based on two recent statements: those of Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro ("El Cangrejo"), who admitted to USA Today that the prisoners are political and could be released "under the right conditions", and those of Díaz-Canel, who referred to the pot-banging protests as "Cuban cubaneo", which according to Laritza implies "that no one else should be imprisoned for that".

"Then I believe the conditions are in place to declare amnesty now and also to offer apologies to the people of Cuba for their imprisoned sons," he emphasized.

However, the host rejected the idea that this freedom should be negotiated with Washington or the Vatican: "Negotiating the freedom of political prisoners with the U.S. would not grant the empire extra power over our sovereign right to exist and decide?"

Her response was clear: "The only ones we need to negotiate the freedom of political prisoners in Cuba with is the Cuban people."

The post arrives a day after the artist commented on the interviews by El Cangrejo, highlighting the gap between the regime's egalitarian rhetoric and the luxurious life of its elite.

"There is a millionaire elite in Cuba and an overwhelmed people," he noted at the time.