The former Cuban spy Antonio Guerrero urged Cubans to use Fidel Castro's legacy as a compass to overcome their difficulties and assured them that if they do not betray the deceased dictator, they will emerge victorious.
In a report broadcast this Friday by Canal Caribe, Guerrero was interviewed along with other former spies. His statement sparked a wave of indignation among those who pointed out the chasm between that rhetoric and the reality faced by the population on the island.
"There is always a need to keep a thought for Fidel. What would Fidel say? How can I not let Fidel down? And if you have that in your blood, if you carry that within you, in your conscience, in your way of life, you will always find the path," Guerrero stated before the cameras of the official channel.
The interview took place following a meeting of the so-called "Heroes of the Republic," Ramón Labañino, René González, and Antonio Guerrero, with workers from the Food Industry. During the meeting, they also presented the documentary Five Hours with the Five.
The regime insisted that the aim of the meeting was to discuss "the increasing relevance of Fidel's political, revolutionary, and ethical thought, at a time when the people of Cuba are being attacked by the U.S. government."
The critical response: "the path to continue living in submission."
The journalist José Raúl Gallego responded harshly to Guerrero's remarks on Facebook, encapsulating the reaction of broad critical sectors.
“Following the formula of the spy Antonio Guerrero, now in the midst of the blackout, hungry, threatened with imprisonment if you protest, you have to ask yourself 'How do I not fail Fidel?' and with that, you will 'find the way'. The way to continue living in submission and misery, while Fidel's descendants and all these shameless people enjoy what they deny the majority of Cubans. And with the laughing face that the new Clavelito expresses it,” wrote Gallego on Facebook.
The contrast you mention is striking in the current context: Cuba has experienced at least seven total collapses of the national electrical system by 2026, with blackouts lasting over 72 hours in some provinces, leaving millions of people without electricity, water, or food.
What does Antonio Guerrero do currently?
Guerrero Rodríguez is one of the five agents of the so-called Red Avispa, a Cuban intelligence network infiltrated in organizations of exiles in Miami and in U.S. military facilities.
He was arrested by the FBI on September 12, 1998, along with Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, René González, and Fernando González.
Initially sentenced to life in prison plus ten years, his sentence was reduced to 262 months in 2009. Barack Obama commuted the remainder of his sentence in December 2014, and Guerrero returned to Cuba as part of the restoration of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana.
Since then, the regime has turned him into a public figure and political symbol. He was appointed president of the Union of Architects and Engineers of Cuba (UNAICC) in January 2023.
However, in July 2025, he was already in another position, closer to foreign currencies, and signed tourism collaboration agreements as president of the San Cristóbal Travel Agency.
While Guerrero urges Cubans to find their path in loyalty to Castro's legacy, his own son, Gabriel Eduardo Guerrero Pérez, works as Operations Manager for a private company in Panama and has traveled repeatedly to Miami, as documented by the Periódico Cubano.
The same pattern is observed with the children of other members of the ex-spy group. René González's daughter works for an American firm, another is pursuing a master's degree in Japan, and Labañino's daughter is developing her career in Spain.
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