Carreres also distanced himself from the popular protests, during a conversation on the podcast “The Cuban Family.”
MADRID, Spain.- Cuban actor Luis Carreres, resident on the Island, directly questioned Cubans who live outside the country and who – in his words – demand actions from those who remain inside Cuba, while expressing his disagreement with popular protests as a means of collective response. His statements were made during an interview in the “The Cuban Family” podcasthosted, among others, by the actor Alejandro Cuervo.
“And people who hate you from there and here didn’t do a damn thing. That at the moment they tell you: ‘no, you’re involved because you have to do it’, did you do it here?” Carreres stated, in reference to what he considers pressures and judgments coming from exile towards Cubans who live under the conditions of the country.
The actor stated that these types of demands ignore the daily reality within the Island and contribute to a climate of confrontation between Cubans. In this context, he insisted on the need for mutual respect and explicitly rejected protest as a form of social response. “I need people to love each other, for people to love each other and for Cubans to respect each other. And wherever one comes out, let everyone come out, not in protest, in spirituality, in blessings, in help,” he expressed.
Carreres added that he believes in a logic of action based on individual and positive values, far from political confrontation. “I am one of those who say that when you give positive things, you receive positive things,” he said.
These statements place the actor in a critical position regarding the calls for civic mobilization and popular protests that have marked the Cuban political debate in recent years, and reinforce a discourse that shifts the focus of the conflict towards relations between citizens, without alluding to the responsibility of the State or the structural conditions of repression and lack of freedoms suffered by the people of Cuba.
Carreres, a native of Santiago de Cuba, has an extensive career in radio, theater and television. He is known for his participation in dramas and soap operas such as To the beat of the sound and for his popular character of “Voltimeter” in the comedy program live from the storyin addition to his work in dubbing, film and theater,
