The Cuban journalist and writer Luis Felipe Rojas warned that the Cuban regime, although it is in a terminal phase, may be more dangerous precisely for that reason.
"A wounded animal is more dangerous than a healthy one, and they are mortally wounded," stated in an interview with Tania Costa for CiberCuba.
To illustrate his argument, Rojas made a historical parallel: the end of the Basque terrorist organization ETA in Spain. "I don't know if it was unfortunate, but I lived through the end of ETA in Spain, and just when it was on the verge of extinction, just about to capitulate, that’s when it caused the most deaths. In other words, it was extremely dangerous," the journalist noted.
Rojas, born in San Germán, Holguín, and exiled in the United States since 2012, also urged not to underestimate the regime's capacity for repression and reminded that the international community did not react to brutal episodes of violence that occurred in other countries.
"Don't underestimate the level of cruelty of a regime like the Cuban one," he stressed, citing the Tiananmen massacre, famines in North Korea, wars in Africa, and the missile crisis as examples of atrocities before which "absolutely nothing happened."
Regarding the possibility of a political change, he ruled out external intervention and stated that Cuba "can only implode from within."
In this context, he analyzed the recent statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel, who, in an interview with RT, stated that "the utopia is on the horizon" - a phrase taken from Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano - interpreted by many as an acknowledgment that there is no way out of the crisis.
Rojas responded with irony: "What should be on the horizon are the Delta Force so that the gentleman can see them."
Beyond sarcasm, the intellectual warned that the current diplomatic contacts between Havana and Washington could be a trap.
"I believe that the regime in Havana may be baiting the United States," he said, recalling the historical pattern: "Whenever there has been an attempt at dialogue, following that there comes the kick on the tray."
This warning is particularly relevant in the current context: on July 1, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez acknowledged that the dialogue with the United States "shows no progress", while the regime has established a red line that it will not negotiate changes to its political system.
Rojas' statements come amid an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Cuba: over 1,180 political prisoners, blackouts lasting over 24 hours, and data from the Food Monitor Program indicating that 96.91% of Cubans have lost adequate access to food.
In May, the Cuban Observatory of Conflicts recorded 1,311 protests, the highest monthly figure of the year, which suggests that social pressure from within - precisely the scenario that Rojas considers the only real path to change - continues to grow.
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