The Cuban comedian Javier Berridy, known on social media as "Javier Humor," once again hit the nail on the head with a new reel of just 25 seconds that summarizes, with enviable accuracy and much humor, what 67 years of revolutionary rhetoric have failed to answer: what exactly are the achievements of the Cuban Revolution?
In the sketch, a teacher calls her student Yolexis (another regular character of Berridy) to order for submitting a blank assignment on the achievements of the Revolution. The student's response is as simple as it is devastating: "That's the same question I'm asking myself, which is why I left it blank."
The teacher, indignant, insists that the Revolution "has countless achievements," and the student asks her to name one. Silence. He asks her to name just one. More silence. The pedagogical solution: expel the student from the classroom. The conclusion, uttered with resignation by the teacher herself, seals the moment with a phrase that could well serve as the epitaph of Cuban education: "Sir, how complicated it is to teach classes in this country!"
The video quickly amassed thousands of views, along with hundreds of likes and comments on Facebook, where Berridy's followers swiftly noted the irony: the sketch's teacher cannot name a single achievement, just as the regime has been promising prosperity for decades without being able to demonstrate it on the dinner plate, in the electrical supply, or in the classrooms.
And the context couldn't be more suitable for satire. The 2026-2027 school year began in September with a deficit of between 21,000 and 24,000 teachers nationwide. The minister acknowledged a "dramatic start," although the Communist Party preferred to label it as "another act of heroism." Heroism, of course, that is learned without light, without a teacher, and without a uniform.
The Cuban economy, according to estimates from CEPAL, is expected to contract by more than 10% by the end of 2026, marking the worst decline on the continent; while independent organizations estimate that 94% of Cubans live below the poverty line.
This new reel is part of a creative streak that Berridy has maintained throughout the year, solidifying his status as one of the most active Cuban comedians on social media. In August, he published the "alphabet of Cuba's problems" in Pasapalabra format—where the letter A corresponded, unsurprisingly, to "power outage"—and in September, he released reels with school attendance lists that humorously criticize the energy and economic crisis, the first of which exceeded 70,000 views in less than 24 hours.
Also at the end of September, Berridy had another moment of unintended visibility when the official propaganda program Con Filo used one of his clips out of context and without making clear that it was satire. The comedian's response was prompt: "Gentlemen, they put me back on Con Filo. The disgusting communist program Con Filo aired my video where I was joking about the statements made by Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar to President Donald Trump."
The reel of response garnered nearly 10,000 likes and 164 comments, demonstrating that the attempt to discredit it only served to amplify exactly what it aimed to silence.
The format of the school classroom, which Berridy had already used in the reels of satirical names, thus becomes a recurring setting: the place where the regime promised to educate new generations in the values of the Revolution and where, sketch after sketch, it becomes evident that not even the teacher can name a single achievement when asked.
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