The Cuban comedian and singer La Crema (Luis Alberto Vicet Vives) posted a 43-second video on Facebook this Wednesday in which he mocks the philosophical response that Miguel Díaz-Canel gave when asked if Cuba can move forward despite the crisis.
The trigger was a recent interview that the Cuban leader gave to the Russian channel RT en Español, in which, when asked by journalist Oliver Zamora about the country's future, he referred to a quote from Argentine filmmaker Fernando Birri—which was popularized by Eduardo Galeano—that states: “The utopia is on the horizon. When we walk two steps, the utopia retreats two steps. And the horizon moves forward ten steps. What is the purpose of utopia? To walk. I would say that hope is the same.”
The response was received as an evasive statement disconnected from the daily reality of Cubans, and La Crema quickly reacted with sarcasm.
“Gentleman, now Diazca says that utopia takes two steps back and the horizon moves ten steps forward. That's like, gentleman, how philosophical! It's a statement akin to saying, I don't know, technique is technique and without technique, there is no technique. Oh my God, gentleman, how many humorists are still left in Cuba, gentleman. What is that?” said the artist in the clip.
At the end of the video, La Crema posed a question to her followers that captures the tone of the moment: "Does that lead to a musical theme or not? You let me know."
The comedian's reaction adds to a tsunami of criticism and memes on social media that followed Díaz-Canel's statements, with thousands of Cubans responding with expressions such as "Go away!", "Get out!" and "#LetThemGo".
The historian and activist Alina Bárbara López Hernández, who has been under house arrest since June 2024, also criticized the ruler with a powerful statement: "No one is as good as the Cuban president at saying nonsense in a grandiose tone."
The context in which Díaz-Canel resorted to the philosophical metaphor could not be more serious: as he admitted in his own interview with RT, Cuba has gone six months without receiving a fuel ship, except for one from Russia, and the country produces barely 40,000 barrels per day of oil against a need of between 90,000 and 110,000, experiencing blackouts of up to 20 hours daily.
It is not the first time that La Crema has directly targeted the regime. In April 2026, they published alongside Cuqui La Mora the viral video "Communism is leaving, it's leaving, it has left", featuring slogans like "Freedom for Cuba!" and "Down with the dictatorship!", and in January of that same year, they participated in the parody "Donald Trump, take Canel with you."
The question with which he closed his most recent video —whether Díaz-Canel's phrase "has a musical theme"— suggests that the artist's political satire may have a new installment coming soon.
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