The regime has tried to give a facelift to the deteriorated image of Díaz-Canel Bermúdez. Yet for all the makeup clumsily smeared on the bureaucrat’s face, and all the verbal bleach strewn about, the stain remains blatantly visible and expanding.
The Round Table presented the interview as a “dialogue”, although in reality it was a very boring monologue. Arleen Rodríguez Derivet only acted as a “shovel”, as in certain humorous duets, where one gives the foot, so that the other can finish the joke. Derivet, a wealthy propagandist, a frequent guest at presidential parties and a loyal sidekick of the appointee, made a point of touching on uncomfortable topics, although avoiding putting her finger too much on the sore spot, so as not to tempt fate.
The longest dictatorship in Latin America has been determined in recent months to secure its position in the international framework.
The longest dictatorship in Latin America has been determined in recent months to secure its position in the international framework. Drawing on its long experience in diplomatic trick-or-treating, taking advantage of global instability, polarization and the depression suffered by certain democratic institutions, the regime has achieved some pyrrhic victories. But internally the situation is getting worse. The average Cuban doesn’t care what the regime earns at the UN, as long as his salary is not enough for more than a carton of eggs.
Arleen began by complaining about the official’s busy schedule, trying to make the public feel a little sorry for the poor man who “works tirelessly.” But her interviewee could not hide that revolutionary belly, nor that exaggeratedly pale skin, the result of long hours in the office and constant exposure to air conditioning.
The little dictator tried to remove the blessing of misfortune. For him, bad luck has accompanied the Revolution since the failed assault on Moncada. So your lack of ashé It is not a personal fate, it is a karma that has accompanied Castroism since its origins. And “Malvino Fortuna” may be right, although he has had to try to lead an obsolete model without a drop of charisma or legendary aura. He has fallen into a time where it is impossible for them to control the entire flow of information and they can no longer hide, as before, the entire disaster of his poor government. His clique, moreover, is the copy of the copy, increasingly mediocre and inept, doing karaoke on a scratched record. In short, he has touched a generation of Cubans who can no longer tolerate one more lie. That’s why his bad luck becomes more evident, although the sage has been around for more than six decades.
The program was a shower of excuses. Díaz-Canel still does not know how to pronounce the word “adversities” correctly, but he used his limited vocabulary to try to justify the disaster of the Ordering Task and the chaos that banking has caused. He also failed to avoid his typical cantinfle, the populist and demagogic language, the rhetoric of the “blockade” and Trump’s helpful 243 measures.
It is obvious that the MSMEs They are not liked in certain nomenclature circles. And Díaz-Canel seems to be concerned about the internal rift that they generate in their own ranks, where a sector that has not managed to grab a piece of the pie accuses the proliferation of the private sector of “neoliberalism.” He spent ten long minutes defending them tooth and nail, saying he was offended by the misunderstandings and accused his critics of being misinformed. He even lost his temper a little in his argument, aware that this crack could be lethal for the feigned “revolutionary unity.”
He spent ten long minutes defending them tooth and nail, saying he was offended by the misunderstandings and accused his critics of being misinformed.
But the golden minute was when he mentioned his visit to rural communities where he did not see a banana tree, nor a chicken, nor a cow, nor a pig. On social networks that has been the favorite meme and the summary of the failed interview. The phrase is an extract from a State model that insists on managing and controlling every minimum space, but blames citizens for their own inefficiencies.
Almost at the end, Díaz-Canel referred to his closed-door meeting with North American personalities. In his words, he was “embraced” after apparently justifying his combat order, the more than a thousand political prisoners and the brutal repression against the 9/11 protesters. Some of these personalities committed to fighting so that the United States understands the excesses of the dictatorship and rewards the regime by eliminating sanctions.
The closure could not be more fullwith melodramatic music and slow motion… in the Bermúdez plantation.
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