Johana Tablada's mother criticizes the regime and the U.S.: Her daughter responds and labels that stance as "cowardice."

The psychologist and university professor Carolina de la Torre published a message on her Facebook this Tuesday that, without naming anyone, simultaneously criticized the Cuban government and the U.S. pressure on the island.

Hours later, her daughter, the diplomat Johana Tablada, responded on the same social media platform with a message that seems like a direct reprimand: she accused those who equate the regime's responsibility with that of Washington of "cowardice" and of "burying dignity."

At 6:22, Carolina de la Torre wrote on her profile: «1. No power, in order to maintain itself, has the right to let die those it is supposed to serve and save. 2. No power, in overthrowing another, has the right to stifle those it claims to want to save.»

The post, accompanied by a photograph of the Cuban flag, was interpreted as a double-edged critique: of the regime for abandoning its people, and of the U.S. pressure policy for its impact on the civilian population due to sanctions against the dictatorship.

Three hours and fifteen minutes later, at 9:38, Johana Tablada responded with a text titled "For Cubans and Non-Cubans," in which she categorically rejected that logic of equivalence.

Equating the responsibility of the rapist or abuser with the mistakes of the victim is reprehensible, wrote the Cuban ambassador in Mexico.

Tablada went further and noted that those who adopt this stance do so out of self-interest: "to protect a visa, a status, to remain in the market and gain or maintain access to certain convenient circles".

He described that attitude as a "act of cowardice" and as "burying dignity", and warned that it amounts to "ultimately supporting the crime being committed against Cuba and my people".

In the conclusion of his text, Tablada raised his tone: "If the United States is allowed to get its way by demanding irrational conditions of shame and capitulation [...] and if they take control of Cuba (not without first facing our resistance), we will all be less free."

The exchange is not an isolated episode in this family.

Carolina de la Torre has been publicly criticizing the regime for years on her Facebook, which has garnered attention due to the contrast with her daughter's stance.

In October 2020, she criticized the repudiation rallies against the San Isidro Movement, and in February 2021, she questioned the lack of freedoms and a free press in Cuba.

The pattern also repeats with Johana's brother, Abel Tablada, who in June 2024 stated that “journalism in Cuba is shameful” and was expelled from CUJAE in March 2026.

Tablada de la Torre, appointed ambassador by Miguel Díaz-Canel in August 2025, maintains a stance of "revolutionary intransigence" on social media that does not falter even in her own family environment.