The Spanish propagandist Ana Hurtado lashed out this Sunday against a community cleanup event organized by the Norwegian Embassy in Cuba for the park at 21 and H in El Vedado, accusing the diplomatic mission of having “hidden motives” and of financing “absolute subversion within Cuban territory”.
The Norwegian embassy, along with the community project Vive El Vedado, had published a video on Facebook on Sunday, inviting neighbors and residents of the neighborhood to participate this Tuesday, November 10, from one to three in the afternoon, in a park cleanup event.
"Taking care of public spaces is a responsibility we all share. Because there's increasingly more litter in our areas, and we want to start changing that," stated a representative of the embassy in the video.
Hurtado did not question the need to clean the neighborhood, but rather the alleged motives of those who organized the initiative.
"It would be nice if they would focus solely on collaborating, helping, and contributing, without any hidden agendas. Let's remember that from this embassy, along with two or three others, they are dedicated to financing absolute subversion within Cuban territory. A beautiful initiative, but the intentions should also be beautiful," the propagandist asserted on her social media.
The contradiction is striking: last September, Hurtado herself had expressed surprise at the accumulation of garbage in that same neighborhood. Despite the undeniable benefits of the initiative from the Norwegian diplomatic mission, the propagandist prioritized her ideological fanaticism over any concrete action to improve the living conditions of Cubans.
The Norwegian Embassy has funded initiatives of independent journalism and supported sectors of Cuban civil society, but that does not prove the accusation of "subversion" made by Hurtado.
In 2016, the media outlet Periodismo de Barrio received $1,905 from the diplomatic mission for the project "Stories of Water." More recently, La Joven Cuba acknowledged Norwegian support for its space "La Sobremesa," while Magazine AM identified the embassy among its funders.
Furthermore, the then-ambassador John Petter Opdahl publicly acknowledged in 2016 his country's support for democracy-friendly movements. However, supporting independent journalism, culture, or civic participation does not equate to funding subversive activities, as the Spanish propaganda tries to suggest.
On the other hand, Norway's documented activities in Cuba include a cultural call in 2020 with a maximum of 5,000 CUC per project and humanitarian donations of 400,000 dollars following hurricanes Oscar and Melissa, channeled through multilateral organizations.
Hurtado's attack fits into a pattern of statements in service of the regime. In July 2026, she proposed a pot-banging protest in front of the U.S. embassy, which she referred to as the "embassy of hate," and in October, she defended Raúl Castro with the slogan "mess with Raúl, mess with me".
Spanish citizen arrived in Cuba in October 2022, Hurtado publishes articles in the state media Cubadebate and Telesur. Her privileged position within the regime's environment is explained by her marriage to Senén Casas Más, who made the wedding public in April 2025.
According to a study by Martí Noticias published in August 2026, Casas Más —son of the late general Senén Casas Regueiro— is an operative linked to the circle of Alejandro Castro Espín, with over forty missions abroad and access to diplomatic passports from MININT.
Meanwhile, Havana is facing a sanitation crisis that the regime has failed to address: at the beginning of this year, only 44 of the 106 garbage trucks in the capital were operational due to a lack of diesel and breakdowns, while the city generates between 24,000 and 30,000 cubic meters of waste per day with barely half of the necessary containers.
In this context, the event scheduled for this Tuesday at the 21 and H park represents exactly the type of community action that the people of Havana need, regardless of who is behind it. However, for Ana Hurtado, Cubans have no other needs than to sacrifice themselves for the so-called "revolution" and the "achievements of socialism".
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