Andy Vázquez

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

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

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

Alongside the cast of "Vivir del Cuento," he received several awards in Cuba at various festivals such as Aquelarre (2002), the Television Festival (2013), the Caricato Award for Performance, and Barrio, 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 "Vivir del Cuento" in which he plays a game of dominoes with Pánfilo and Chequera.

In 2019, Andy made headlines after being left out of 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 they would reintroduce the basic, non-basic, and directed policy used in Cuban stores to regulate products in the first decades of Fidel Castro's revolution.

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

The criticism arose following the incidents that occurred with the reopening of the popular Havana market, Cuatro Caminos, and the subsequent damage caused after its inauguration by a group of people who gathered at the location to make purchases.

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

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

From that moment on, Andy Vázquez had to deal with numerous threats made from the island as well as with 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 figure? Don't be ridiculous, spare me that story". In August 2020, the official journalist Jesús Álvarez López labeled the humorist along with other Cuban artists as "victims of weak principles".

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

Andy has managed to add Lina la Javá to the characters he already brought to life in Cuba, the one that 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.