Andy Vázquez

Andy Ernesto Vázquez Toirac is a Cuban comedian born in 1975 in Baracoa, Guantánamo, Cuba.

At 14 years old, they appeared in the soap opera "Prefiero las rosas" by Raúl Pérez Sánchez. Subsequently, they made some appearances in regular TV shows in Cuba such as "Tras la huella," "Jura decir la verdad," and "No quiero llanto." They also participated as a judge on the well-known comedy show on the island "Los amigos de Pepito."

Andy Vázques's opportunity came with his inclusion in the popular and notable humor show Vivir del Cuento. His ability to interpret characters as diverse as Facundo Correcto, Ángel Bueno (Aguaje), and Bienvenido Blanco Blanco earned him great popularity among the Cuban audience, establishing him as one of the main comedians in the Cuban repertoire.

Alongside the cast of Vivir del Cuento, he won several awards in different festivals in Cuba such as Aquelarre (2002), the Television Festival (2013), the Caricato Prize for Acting, and the Barrio Award, both in 2014, among others.

In 2016, following his visit to Cuba, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, took part in a sketch with the main actors of "Living from the Story," in which he plays a game of dominoes with Pánfilo and Chequera.

In 2019, Andy made headlines after being excluded from the cast of "Vivir del Cuento" and was suspended by the authorities of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT). The incident was motivated by the alleged consequences within Cuba of the material titled "Las Chivate-rías de Facundo," where the character stated that in the capital city they would reintroduce the policy of basic, non-basic, and directed, which was used by stores in Cuba to regulate products in the early decades of the Fidel Castro revolution.

Each person from Havana will have to go to the Cuatro Caminos market once a month and will be able to buy one of each of the products. The basic one is a meat product and you can choose between chicken, pork, or lamb; the non-basic one allows for a detergent, a floor rug, or a tomato puree; and the targeted one contains asparagus, flavoring, and fabric softener," he said.

The criticism was motivated by the incidents that occurred during the reopening of the popular Havana market Cuatro Caminos, and the subsequent damages caused after its inauguration by a group of people who gathered there to shop.

Facundo's material made the authorities uncomfortable and the artist was expelled from the popular television comedy.

In December 2019, he traveled to Miami, and although initially he hinted that he would return to the island, where his followers were asking for a second chance for him on the TV show Vivir del Cuento, the comedian finally decided to stay.

From that moment on, Andy Vázquez had to deal with numerous threats coming from the island as well as the contempt and insults typical of the Cuban official media. The Ministry of Education (MINED) wrote in February 2020 the tweet “Andy Vázquez a misunderstood civic, don't f*** with us, catch that story with someone else". In August 2020, the official journalist Jesús Álvarez López referred to the humorist along with other Cuban artists as "victims of weak knees".

Andy Vázquez signed on in January 2020 for the show on MegaTV and Univista TV hosted by the popular Cuban comedian Carlucho.

To the characters that Andy was already bringing to life in Cuba, he has managed to add Lina la Javá, who enjoys the most popularity, Amore H "La Calentica, among others that make him one of the most beloved comedians in Miami for his artistic versatility.