Cuba, the hour of the furnaces

By: Pedro Corzo - 13/04/2026

Guest columnist.
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I share the opinion of those who think that Castroism is at the most difficult juncture in its history, although I reject the version that foreign factors alone have been responsible for the fact that the tragedy of Cuba, apparently, is coming to an end.

The lives of Cubans, due to the inefficiency and wickedness of their rulers, are becoming more calamitous every day, a reality to which we must add the massive exhaustion of the government discourse, while the capacity of totalitarianism to manipulate the population and the conditions that coincide, are also practically over.

The current situation for Cubans is catastrophic. The chronic shortage of consumer goods, a problem that has persisted for decades, has worsened; access to drinking water is usually an ordeal. These events occur within a context of constant power outages and a disastrous transportation system that hinders everything. To these shortcomings, we must add the omnipresence of a police force always ready to repress.

Cubans have suffered for many years from an internal blockade imposed by totalitarianism that has led them to extreme misery, although the official discourse propagates the view, shared by its allies, that the US embargo is responsible for the calamities of the people.

Blaming others for the malevolent consequences of its actions is a recurring tendency of totalitarianism. It is a system that enjoys playing the victim because it confuses the useful idiots while remaining an excellent tool for its fellow travelers, particularly among those who live in democratic countries and have the economic resources to make offerings to its chimeras without making sacrifices.

Incomprehensibly, it is the United States, the country Fidel Castro chose as his enemy, where the most people have defended totalitarianism. Numerous politicians from this country, the vast majority ignorant of the Cuban reality, like to travel to the island to defend Castroism without realizing that they are protecting a regime completely opposed to their values ​​and way of life.

Those who claim that Washington should negotiate with Havana because it would be beneficial for both countries are utterly mistaken. A good relationship with the totalitarian system benefits the United States in no way, and even less so the Cuban people. Over the years, it has become clear that tolerating and supporting Castroism strengthens it, in parallel with its desire to control the population's dissent.

For decades, organizations and nationals of this country have mounted campaigns to help the dictatorship and blamed their own government for the failures of the Castro system, which has helped a sector of American public opinion to share that verdict and consider that punitive actions against the Island would aggravate the situation of its inhabitants.

"A grave mistake," the average Cuban would say, who, as Oscar Esquerra stated, has been dying in installments for 67 years, only to continue living miserably.

All crises of totalitarianism are consequences of inefficiency and its habitual dependence on foreign economic support, along with its refusal to allow its citizens to work and think freely. For this reason, it is necessary to support the population so that they assume their civic prerogatives with whatever actions are necessary, even if the immediate consequences are an exacerbation of the crisis, because as the writer Jose Antonio Albertini likes to say, "things have to get bad in order to get better."

Unfortunately, the enemies of Castro's totalitarianism have always been inclined to underestimate the fascination with power suffered by those who have subjugated Cuba for more than 67 years, as well as their counterparts in Nicaragua and Venezuela.

These leaders do not yield to mere threats, much less to sweet promises. Against them, we must be firm and consistent. We must develop a policy of confrontation that reveals the willingness of our opponents to go to extremes.

Make no mistake, they are skilled enemies, highly adept at manipulating facts. They know perfectly well that democracies respond to public opinion and conflicting interests that tend to be tolerated to achieve governability, so they try to influence it as much as possible to put pressure on their leaders. They are parasites, and as such, they exploit their host.

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