The Cuban influencer Cinthya Medrano García, known on social media as "La Cintumbare," sparked a new wave of mockery online this Friday by posting a video on Instagram in which she is seen swimming in a pool with green water.
The clip, lasting just 35 seconds, gathered more than 610 comments within a few hours, most of which turned into a flood of memes and comparisons with swamp characters.
In the video, Medrano addresses those who question how he gained access to the property with the pool: "Too many people are worried, and I think that's totally fair. Everyone is asking if I don’t have money to buy this property with this pool. How did I get it? Because sometimes it's not necessary to have money; sometimes what you need is guts and courage, and that's what I had. I know it hurts, I know it even bothers some people, but that's just how things are."
The audience's response was immediate. One comment was blunt: "You took the swamp away from Shrek," while other users pointed out, "Fiona, giving it her all," "I’d rather swim in the crocodile pit with the crocodiles, the water is cleaner," and "Not even the pool at Río Cristal dared to go that far."
References to health risks also flooded the comments section. "Trichomonas joined the chat," "God, just looking at that water gave me a yeast infection," and "That water has so much mold that not even the Everglades in Miami, full of crocodiles, are dirtier than that" were some of the most shared reactions.
There were those who tried to defend the influencer with a strategic interpretation of the situation: "Here I am reading comments and having a little laugh at all of you. Just realize that Cintu has been giving you something to talk about for a while now. You are making her prosper yourselves. You still don't understand the magnitude of social media."
The pool episode occurs in the midst of a week of intense media activity for Medrano. First, he appeared in another clip shouting "Long live Sandro Castro", wearing rubber boots and holding a Cuban flag, in a video posted by Venezuelan influencer Jesús Cazorla. Days earlier, he had announced a food business —bread with roasted pork, juices, and grilled meat— and declared that he wanted to leave drugs behind.
The influencer has a history marked by controversy. She was deported to Cuba on February 27, 2025, on the first flight of repatriation for Cubans during Donald Trump's second term, along with 104 other migrants, after failing to appear at a migration hearing in October 2023. In September 2026, her family reported her missing for more than 48 hours, and days later she posted a video acknowledging that she was going through a crisis and promising to recover.
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