The writer and academic states that the Cuban regime is a living monument to incompetence

The Cuban writer and academic Yanetsy Pino Reina  stated this Saturday that the Cuban regime is "a living monument to incompetence" and questioned how its nearly 70-year duration can be presented as a political achievement.

In a critical analysis published on her Facebook profile, the author argued that the regime's continuity does not demonstrate competence, but rather is a consequence of a system that has nullified freedoms, controlled access to food, and persecuted those who dissent.

Pino, born in Sancti Spíritus in 1977 and a doctor of Literary Sciences from the University of Havana, attributed the deterioration of agriculture, industry, healthcare and education services, and the energy system to decades of state control, bureaucracy, and dependence on external allies.

He also questioned why Cuba, a country surrounded by the sea and with a long tradition of sugar production, struggles to provide basic food items, while the population endures power outages, shortages, and increasing emigration.

In his view, the regime has managed to administer misery and prolong its stay by controlling information and wearing down society. Therefore, he argues that free and uninterrupted access to satellite internet could quickly undermine that control.

The writer, winner of the Casa de las Américas Prize 2018, stated that the regime's persistence should not be confused with political effectiveness, and that the very structures created to control society are contributing to the deterioration of their own foundations.

"In the end, no monopoly on force can contain an entire country when the truth circulates and people suddenly discover that the king is not only naked but has been selling us the suit for six decades," concluded the scholar.

The text by Pino is part of an intellectual debate that has gained momentum this year. The historian Ivette García González published an analysis in which she argued that there is a profound contradiction between the Cuban Government and the Revolution it claims to represent, asserting that this contradiction "is not new, it has always existed."

An opinion analysis published in March identified fear and incompetence as the two keys to the regime's paralysis.

The context supporting Pino's diagnosis is the most serious since the Special Period: the economy has experienced a contraction of over 15% since 2020, the majority of the population lacks adequate access to food, power outages exceed 24 continuous hours in some areas, while the organization Prisoners Defenders recorded a historical high of 1,306 political prisoners in June, including 40 minors.