The Cuban actor Luis Alberto García Novoa reported this Thursday on Facebook a security operation that his girlfriend and two daughters experienced upon arriving at their home at the roundabout of 146 and 9th, in the Playa municipality of Havana.
García harshly questioned the armed deployment that the regime organized to protect its leaders. According to the actor, the three women had obeyed the STOP sign when an officer approached them "with a signaling baton in one hand and !a gun! in the other, completely hysterical."
In the area, there were also other vehicles with agents displaying "LONG GUNS CLEARLY VISIBLE sticking out of the windows." According to reports, the reason for this was the passage of a high-ranking government official.
García lives just a few meters from that point, in an area that has been a regular passage for official delegations since the times of Fidel Castro, especially along 5th Avenue in Playa. This practice continued with Raúl Castro and remains with Miguel Díaz-Canel.
The actor did not hide his indignation and addressed a direct message to State Security: "Tone down the HYSTERIA, the PARANOIA, the MISTRUST, the PREJUDICES, and the influence of those bad action movies on Saturdays that your fighters and leaders watch in their shelters."
The trigger for his sharpest criticism was the interview that Díaz-Canel gave to Brazilian journalist Mônica Bergamo from Folha de S.Paulo, recently published, in which the leader claimed that "the vast majority" of the Cuban people support him.
García turned that statement into a devastating rhetorical question: "If the man from the interview with saliva gel in his hair assures the Brazilian that the vast majority is with him and his administration what is the terror?"
The actor also warned that armed security operations are a dangerous anachronism: "We are no longer in the last century. Now they can hit you with a missile directly into your bedroom, your kitchen, your office, or your garage. Stop playing soldier."
García also warned about the risk of a fatal accident, reminding that this wouldn't be the first time shots are fired during such operations: "Be careful that they don't let one, two, or however many shots escape in broad daylight, and end up killing someone who didn't intend to execute anyone. There are no medals 'for duty fulfilled' that can cover up a mistake of such magnitude."
The actor's final warning was emphatic: "If you harm or kill someone from my group or from this town that you claim to respect, because of a 'genuine mistake,' this will be on PIN..."
This is not the first time García has publicly confronted the regime. In early August, he condemned the repression of peaceful protesters and described it as "unconstitutional" and "undemocratic."
In July, he demanded "actions, not promises" after another interview with the president, and in February, he asked State Security to stop following the detention of academic Alina Bárbara López Hernández.
Díaz-Canel's interview with the Brazilian press, in which he acknowledged lengthy blackouts and a shortage of medications but denied that Cuba is on the verge of collapse, generated such controversy that the government had to publicly defend him.
García concluded his post with two phrases that encapsulate the mood of those who endure the daily reality of Cuba: "The oven isn't for pastries" and "Tula's room can get too hot."
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