Yamilé Ramos Cordero, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and the first secretary of the PCC in Pinar del Río, made her debut last Thursday as the host of "Entre Todos," the new show supposedly focused on civic participation from Radio Guamá.
The program joins the network of provincial radio spaces that replicate the format of "Criterio Compartido," which President Miguel Díaz-Canel launched on Radio Rebelde on September 23, 2026. More time for party propaganda in a nearly silenced country.
The scheme is identical in all cases: biweekly frequency, reception of citizen proposals —carefully filtered— via telephone, and the presence of the provincial first secretary of the PCC as a spokesperson. Before Pinar del Río, similar instances had been inaugurated in Matanzas, Artemisa, and Santiago de Cuba, and it is expected that Sancti Spíritus will do so on the 25th.
The first broadcast addressed the allocation of land under usufruct, agricultural production, and the exorbitant price of food. The case that sparked the debate was that of a usufructuary from the Gerardo Medina Credit and Services Cooperative in Guane, who requested land following his father's death in November 2024 and is still waiting for a response nearly a year later, even though the process should not have taken longer than 180 days, according to the media.
Ramos Cordero acknowledged the bureaucratic delays and promised that the case would have a response "in the coming days." "We need to seek efficiency from the agencies involved in this process. All the companies have already set up the necessary conditions, and the individuals who make up these granting commissions need to work to expedite these procedures," stated the official in the typical bureaucratic-political language of the leaders on the island.
The figures she provided depict the magnitude of the agricultural disaster in Vueltabajo: of the 416 thousand hectares of agricultural land that the province has, more than 36 thousand remain idle and about 17 thousand are poorly exploited. Although more than 70 thousand hectares have been allocated for exploitation in recent years, the leader herself admitted that "a significant percentage remains covered in weeds."
The three agricultural communities established in the province —two in the main municipality and one in Sandino— also fail to fulfill their purpose: "we have not been able to turn them into a space to produce more food," he acknowledged.
Regarding prices, Ramos Cordero was straightforward in her diagnosis, though lacking in solutions: “We start from the dissatisfaction with insufficient food production; moreover, marketing lacks organization, rigor, and control.” Currently, only tomato production is subsidized; the rest of the crops are left vulnerable to market forces.
The list of issues has been joined by banking accessibility. "In the province, we have faced a lack of cash to respond to the requests of producers […]. This is a matter that the banking system has been working on, but the necessary transformation has not been achieved," emphasized the leader, who stars in the fourth installment of this provincial radio saga that spans the entire island.
Cubans on social media responded with the skepticism that has become a hallmark in these spaces. "My God, what a way to entertain the people," wrote one user. Another pointed out the greater irony: "It could be an excellent idea, but unfortunately, they should consider other initiatives like putting equipment in public spaces for listening, since there's no electricity most of the day." One user concluded with her own reality: "And here I am on the road to Viñales... eight months without water."
The original model also does not yield encouraging results: in its fourth broadcast, on November 4th, Díaz-Canel acknowledged that out of 23 complaints received in the previous broadcast, only nine had been resolved.
With that background as a reference, "Entre Todos" will be broadcast biweekly on Thursdays from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., on the provincial radio network and online audio. When everything lacks "the partisan tooth," speaking in good Cuban, it is still guaranteed.
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