Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel complained about the large emigration that is being experienced in Cuba, admitting that the Island is losing its young population.
During a speech at the XII Congress of the Union of Young Communists (UJC), the president stated that young people are fleeing the country due to “the illusion of good capitalism,” and stated that those who stay on the Island are “the ones They sustain the country.”
Díaz-Canel recognized the economic problems of the Island, and the fact that its population faces serious material deficiencies, contrary to the usual discourse of the regime in which the misery of the Island is maintained as “normal” and it is even spread that this is the case. In all countries.
For the Cuban leader, young people flee from these shortcomings because of the certainty that their professional preparation – if they have it – will not guarantee them economic well-being. In that sense, he exalted Cuban education, despite the problems that Cubans abroad have in matching themselves with professionals from the countries they arrive to when trying to revalidate their degrees.
“Here we have discussed, without euphemisms, the painful reality of a mostly young emigration that, between economic difficulties, material shortages and the mirage of a ‘good capitalism’ – non-existent, as we already know –, believes or feels that high education acquired in Cuban socialism will not be able to carry it out with personal success in his homeland,” he stated.
In his speech, the leader recognized the consequences of the Cuban system, despite which he continued to blame foreign influence for the exodus of young people, arguing the “temptation” of a better life.
In that sense, he stated that his speech was not to criticize those who left, but to praise those who remain despite the difficulties, recognizing the weight of youth on the Island, and suggesting that, if all people of working age If they left, the system would collapse.
“We are not going to discuss the relativity of those aspirations or deny those children of Cuba who chose another destiny for the rest of their lives, because today is the time to talk about those who are here and now,” he said.
“They are those who support the country, the Revolution (…) and those who face economic needs,” he added.
Finally, Díaz-Canel blamed the US for the needs on the Island, despite the fact that the government has proven many times to have the capacity to import food or medicine, none of which are part of the economic embargo.
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