SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The youtuber Cuban Camila Carballo was kind enough to ask Havana residents about the United States and the images and words they associated with this country. Although most associated this nation with prosperity, development, travel, some answers They were surprising because of how far they were from that generality.
A 73-year-old man, who seems to have embodied very well the discourse implanted by Fidel Castro by articulating a whole warlike rhetoric about the United States, has responded, forcefully, that this country is the “earthquake of the world.”
In an outburst, to the defensiveEloy Escobar Rodríguez, as he identified himself to Camila Carballo, said that only the most “son of a bitch” images that can exist on earth came to mind.
“It is because the Americans are the earthquake of the world, of the world, not of Cuba,” he said, and added: “You are speaking with a revolutionary, not with just anyone.”
Although the youtuber He explained that he was not being disrespectful, and the old man began to raise his voice and gesture, showing his obvious annoyance.
“I don’t want even a glass of water from the Americans. Because the most son of a bitch that exists on this earth are the Americans. The Americans They have no mercy for anyone in the world!” he shouted.
He said he had “many things” to say. “I lived through Batista’s time for a few years and I remember it as if it were today. And I lived through the entire revolution. And for this revolution I will give the little bit of life I have left.”
Although the interview was not about this, Mr. Escobar could have been asked how he survives in a country where the government does not effectively take care of its population.
With minimal pensions, exorbitant inflation and no access to basic medicines, Cuba’s elderly are probably suffering from the crisis more than any other population group.
The aid offered by the State for the seniors are not enough.
Those over sixty years of age make up a high percentage of the increasingly aging Cuban population. Of these, only those who worked in important public positions, the armed forces, the MININT, business owners and those who receive remittances from abroad have sufficient income. Those who still work receive insufficient salaries.
The government’s promises to increase the income of the most disadvantaged are nothing more than a non-existent refrain, despite the official recognition that salaries, due to the high cost of living, are not enough to cover basic needs.
