The actress is concerned about the situation of minors who consume drugs and wonders to what extent parents and society in general are responsible.
Miami, United States. – Although he left the idea that “Cuba is a safe country, with incredible security,” actress Maikel Amelia Reyes Fernández, popular for playing the greatest Lucia in the police series After the footprinthe acknowledged that the island “is no longer as sure as before” due to the increase in drug use, cases of violence and femicides.
In An interview with the project The Cuban familythe actress acknowledged that “in recent times we have seen certain things proliferate” that are drawing attention, he said, and listed: “Chemicalsmarijuana, violence … is still a safe place, but it is no longer as safe as before, ”he said.
“That security, in every way, what was there when I was a teenager, when I was a young girl, there is no longer,” said the interpreter. “It is not possible for a child to see it at 3:00 in the morning when I am arriving from a filming in a group of 13, 14, 15 years and that they are smoking in the marijuana corner. And that they are with chemicals leaving sideways,” he added.
The actress linked that concern with questions about family and social responsibility: “That [niños y adolescentes en las calles, fumando drogas] It is something that worries me a lot, because I am thinking about the future of this country. I am thinking about what the end of those children who end up in a hospital will be and that even the parents find out that they are there until it dawns. So, to what extent are parents and society responsible in a general way?
Reyes Fernández also alluded to the criticism he receives: “There are many people [que dicen] that I travel because the government facilitates it to me. Every time I travel they tell me: ‘Of course, she is from the dome’. I am not of any dome. I travel because I work, because networks make certain things easier for me. ”
In another section, he denounced abuse and sexualization practices in television environments, with a personal story about a casting: “I remember that [el codirector de una obra que no identificó] He put his hand on his waist and ran it a little and said: ‘The character will get to where you want while sliding his hand’. And I said: ‘Well, it came here and don’t keep writing for the character. ”
Reyes Fernández has been criticized for representing on television the character of a major in the Ministry of Interior (Minint), the regime’s arm to repress dissidents, activists and independent journalists. Also for their participation in advertising clips of companies related to the regime or beyond the reach of the vast majority of Cubans.
Last month it was pointed out for his participation in A promotional video of the company Grand Azul Llcfounded in the United States by Jorge Javier Rodríguez Cabreraformer Cuban official with links with one of the most visible grandchildren of dictator Raúl Castro Ruz, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, “El Crab”.
The announcement, published on the Blue Facebook page, the video, shows Reyes Fernández describing the benefits of tourist villas operated by the company. “What do you have to spend the holidays? I find out and tell you,” he says at the beginning of the announcement. Then he adds “Uncle, I found the place … Yes, we fit seven to 12 people”, and continues to list the comforts: “They are close to the beaches, they include private pools such as our barbecue for our roasts, satellite television, free Internet 24 hours a day and after two nights, includes free room service.”
Later, the actress says: “The house is fully equipped … we just need to choose which villa we are going to select.” In the end, he invites interested parties to communicate with the company: “If you have any questions, look for the phones of great blue and ask. Yes, great blue is also family.”
The video was known just a week after Rodríguez Cabrera was arrested by agents of the United States Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) in Las Vegas. Journalistic investigations link the young man, who requested political asylum in the US, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba (Minrex) and the intimate environment of the Castro family.
