A congratulatory message on Twitter from Cuban ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel to the parents of his day drew criticism from users on social networks, who pointed to the general crisis the island is going through amid shortages and state repression of those who oppose his policies.
“Congratulations to the Cuban parents who are capable of caring for and nurturing the angels who are our children,” wrote Díaz-Canel, and several Cubans put their fingers up alongside messages of support and further congratulations from his followers on the sore spot.
“Some angels that you have to do whatever it takes to get out of Cuba, what the heck is it like to be a dad there!” commented Ele (@salyazuquita).
“Thanks to you who support the good life of you and your family on your back (…). Thanks to the Cuban parents who break their backs to support your dictatorship, that’s why our parents have scars on their skin and soul.” said Alberto Pablo Enríquez.
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Another user, identifying himself as El Mono de Cuba, commented indignantly: “You and your children are enjoying the honey of power in Cuba today. All your needs will be met while most Cuban parents don’t know what they’re going to take with them.” Children at the table. And another crowd of parents cannot hug their children because they have had to flee this oppression and misery. Shameless.”
Meanwhile, Eddy Maidique accused the Cuban ruler of cynicism for using a photo of an Afro-Cuban father with his baby in his congratulatory message “to pretend what he is not, while the reality is that the Cuban dictatorship hates black people, she humiliates and beats her and denigrates her,” he said.
Díaz Canel’s tweet congratulates Cuban parents.
The Cuban opponent Joankelin Sánchez, who lives in exile in Switzerland, referred to the situation of the hundreds of political prisoners who are staying away from their children this Sunday because of their opposition to the Cuban regime. “How many Cuban parents are rotting in Cuban prisons? CARA DE PALO: Because they think differently!!!” he wrote.
José Gabriel Barrenechea Chávez, an independent writer and journalist, commented on Díaz Canel’s tweet: “Being a father in Cuba? If you don’t belong to the “Numantina” elite or have an emigrant who provides you with the most basic things, that’s crazy.” ” .