Facundo (Andy Vázquez) once again employed irony this Monday to mock Raúl Castro, this time with the help of artificial intelligence and referring to one of the most remembered —and unfulfilled— promises of the former Cuban leader: the famous glass of milk.
In a post on his Facebook account, the popular character shared an image generated with artificial intelligence in which he is dressed in olive green next to Raúl Castro, while the leader is holding a small cup with a white liquid.
Facundo decided not to name the scene and implicitly transferred the task to his followers.
I couldn't find a title for this image; the emotion I felt was overwhelming.
The reference was immediately understood. Dozens of users linked the image to the famous promise about milk made by Raúl Castro on July 26, 2007, during a speech in Camagüey.
Here. The one you promised!," suggested someone as a possible title. " The famous little glass of milk. Ha, ha, ha," commented another.
The proposals continued to arrive: «The glass of milk that China promised»; «The little glass of milk»; «The promised milk from my general»; «The little glass of promised milk»; and «The promised milk that no one saw» were some of the responses that took the opportunity to recall that phrase.
Another user simply suggested: "A promise is a debt. He delivered," while someone else wrote: "Here you go, Facundo, your little glass of milk."
"Wow, you finally earned the little glass of milk that China promised you so much," someone else joked.
There were also those who turned the scene into an imagined dialogue: «Give me the milk, Rau» and «Here’s the milk, Facu».
Other comments directly played with the uncertainty about the contents of the glass. "And what about the milk inside? Ummm?"; "That's the promised glass of milk, we need to see what it's made of or who it belongs to" and "From which sacred cow would that milk come?" were some of the reactions.
“Anyone who wants can have a glass of milk,” wrote another internet user, almost literally quoting the phrase that has politically haunted Raúl Castro for years.
The mockery has a very specific antecedent. In July 2007, when he was temporarily substituting Fidel Castro at the helm of the country, Raúl Castro stated during a speech in Camagüey that production needed to be increased so that «everyone who wanted a glass of milk could have one».
The phrase ended up becoming a symbol of a promise that Raúl Castro left unfulfilled when he stepped down from the Presidency in 2018.
Years later, access to milk was still characterized by rationing, shortages, and high prices.
The reference has endured for nearly two decades as a recurring element of Cuban humor.
In 2025, the humorist Javier Berridy dedicated an ironic poem to that glass of milk that never arrived, using the promise to satirize the shortages that persist on the island.
The phrase resurfaced again in May of this year, when the official call to celebrate Raúl Castro's 95th birthday caused many Cubans to remember once again the "small glass of milk".
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