The Cuban Television News (NTV) has once again made a mistake in its propaganda message: during the regime's annual campaign against the U.S. embargo, the subtitle "United States blockade against Cuba does not prevent the island's people from yielding" aired right below the face of Fidel Castro.
The video, aired on October 12 during its prime time slot, accumulated 3,600 views on the official Canal Caribe channel on YouTube, although the phrase has already been removed.
The slip quickly went viral. The exiled Cuban playwright and activist Yunior García Aguilera shared it on his Facebook account with surgical irony: “The Cuban Television News, where apparently no one is left who passed Spanish in high school, has gifted us this gem of revolutionary journalism.”
García Aguilera did not stop there. "After decades of proclaiming that the Cuban people will never surrender, the NTV has just acknowledged that it concedes. And, to make matters worse, that the U.S. blockade has been unable to prevent it," he wrote.
The activist, who acknowledged that regime propagandists likely meant the opposite, outlined the causes of the collapse: "Amid the barrage of slogans, the exodus of professionals, and the decline of the educational system, it seems they also ran out of semantic advisors."
The reaction of internet users to the post was a cascade of sarcasm. "Their subconscious betrayed them," wrote one user. Another declared: "Communism as the ultimate expression of mediocrity." A third commented: "What can we expect from these ignorant fools? They're flailing about like drowning men. Their mediocrity and ineptitude are such that anything is too little, and they continue to outdo themselves in their shortcomings."
Speculations about the internal consequences also emerged. "Heads will roll!" warned one internet user. Another questioned amidst laughter, "They must already be analyzing whose blunder that was!" One user suggested the perfect scapegoat: "Now they'll surely blame ChatGPT for the mistake."
Comments pointing to structural reasons were not lacking. "The PCC's scriptwriters, who prepare the controlled media, all indicate the massive exodus of members, along with retirements and deaths," noted an internet user.
Another added: "There is still talent in Cuba, but most have retired and are outside the borders. The most talented are not settling down, and that has its costs." And one more, with dark humor, concluded: "Look at the Commander’s face trying to understand the parable."
The incident is not isolated. The NTV has already displayed the word "DESICIÓN" during a segment in 2021, and official government accounts have published nonsense like "mamiobras," "alrrededor," and "Bienbenidos" in previous years.
The very Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz wrote "sensillez" on X in 2020.
The video was part of the regime's annual campaign against the U.S. embargo, ahead of the UN General Assembly vote scheduled for October 29, 2026. It is hard to believe that the regime imagined its latest propaganda piece would ultimately become the strongest argument for its critics.
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