The Grand Master of chess Lázaro Bruzón published an extensive reflection on Facebook, in which he argues that the arrival of the Internet in Cuba destroyed the regime's information monopoly and left those who still defend the dictatorship without arguments, warning that "there are no excuses" to continue doing so.
In the text, Bruzón recalls that for decades, systematic indoctrination made it almost impossible for most Cubans to question reality, and only a few truly understood the damage of communism.
"That was the design: to shape you from a young age so that you don't see any other truth," she claims.
The chess player insists that the problem in Cuba is the system imposed in 1959, which nullified all freedoms and divided the nation into revolutionaries and traitors.
"I have never been interested in the argument of whether the economy was better or worse at any point. The economy was never the main issue. The damage was moral, civic, human. The damage was the total cancellation of freedom," he emphasizes.
In his opinion, the factor that has most transformed the political consciousness of Cubans is access to information.
"The arrival of the Internet and the ability to contrast, verify, and learn directly from history have stripped the regime of its mask. We are no longer dependent on what the news reports or what an indoctrinated teacher repeats. Today, every Cuban can see, compare, and decide," he argues.
The reflection arises from a specific episode. Bruzón mentions having listened to an analysis by the Cuban influencer Luis Dener regarding a program from the podcast La Joven Cuba, in which three participants attempted to justify the repression against the activist Anna Bensi, while feeling outraged by the criticism directed at Gabriela Fernández, the presenter of the state program Con Filo, after being accepted into a master's program in human rights in Mexico.
"I don't know what kind of casting they do to select those kinds of idiots, just like Gabriela herself and everyone from Con Filo. In the end, they are all the same: part of the state machinery that crushes anyone who does not conform," he emphasizes.
The chess player reiterates that in the age of the Internet, ignorance can no longer serve as a shield: anyone today who defends the regime does so with full awareness of what they are defending.
"Today, we all have access to data, history, and evidence. Everyone can choose their side, but no one should complain when their time comes to face the consequences. There are no more excuses; that story of 'confusion' no longer works," he writes.
Bruzón concluded his publication with a statement: “The information freed the Cuban and, at the same time, exposed those who still play along to sanitize the dictatorship.” He signed off with the slogan “Homeland and Life” and a call for the freedom of all political prisoners.
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