Sandro Castro ignited social media with a new episode of his AI-generated animated series, published on Instagram this Sunday, in which he and his allies present themselves as superheroes descending from the sky to save Cuba.
In the video, it turns Cuban exiled journalists and influencers like Mario Pentón and Alex Otaola into villains, depicted as having filthy auras.
Among the raptors that are allegedly attacking Cuba, there is a new face: the official spokesperson Michel E. Torres Corona, who has recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the statements made by the young Castros.
In the video, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, grandson of Raúl Castro and cousin of Sandro, who is known as «El Cangrejo», appears. He is depicted as a giant crowned crustacean that supposedly protects the island from attacks by scavenging birds.
Sandro and his colleague "Presentín" arrive from the sky to support El Cangrejo and together rescue the Cubans from an imprisonment that, paradoxically, is the work of the Castro family themselves.
The audience's reaction was resounding
"Superheroes are not you. You are the villains! And the powers will be reclaimed by the people. Cuba will be free again without grandchildren, nephews, great-grandchildren, without cristach, and without crabs," wrote a user.
Another internet user was more direct in pointing out the video's central contradiction: "To you, this is just a game. There are people actually dying, without water, gas, medicine, money, food, or electricity. Children who can't even get a piece of bread to their mouths. The fact that you don't live this reality, and that your family is the one providing it for everyone, should embarrass you."
A third comment summarized the feelings of many: "You, having the power to change the story of an enslaved and oppressed people, are only making videos where you see yourselves as superheroes. I hope that one day you rise up and take the right side of history."
Among the criticisms, there were those who pointed directly to the real culprits: "What's missing there, in that cage, are the biggest culprits of the hunger and need of the Cuban people: your great-uncle, you first, the Crab, Díaz-Canel, and all your family and the elite. If you truly want to help the people, those are the culprits; don’t look elsewhere, they're right around you."
The video also accumulates a blunder that did not go unnoticed: the Crab character is wearing a shirt with a flag in the colors of Puerto Rico instead of the Cuban flag, a mistake that many interpreted as a symbol of the Castro elite's disconnection from the very national symbols it claims to defend.
Other users compared the production to "Maduro's cartoons," referring to the Venezuelan regime's animated propaganda, while one sarcastically questioned how it is possible to create animations with artificial intelligence "with ETECSA," alluding to the poor connectivity suffered by the Cuban people.
It was not forgotten that the crown worn by the Crab in the video reflects a reality: "He is already a king by dynasty, not by his own merit. He wields the weapons not to defend the people, but to perpetuate his regime."
Sandro Castro has been crafting an ambiguous image on social media for months: he declares himself a "revolutionary but not a communist," makes veiled jabs at Díaz-Canel, and uses artificial intelligence to create satirical content, but this new episode confirmed for many Cubans that he remains part of the same system he claims to criticize.
"You live in a movie, Sandrito, but don't worry; we all get our share here. Remember, there are 11 million of us and you are just a few," another commentator concluded.
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