MIAMI, United States. – Orlando Ernesto Pérez Núñez, who until several months ago was president of the Martian Youth Movement (MJM) of Cuba and an active spokesperson for the official discourse of Havana, currently lives in the state of Kentucky, in the United States.
According to a report of Martí Newsthe former official arrived on US soil on November 19, 2024, through the CBPOne program through the border of El Paso, Texas, and settled in Kentucky.
The fact, according to the same medium, has raised numerous questions, given that, as leader of the MJM, the newcomer promoted the official ideology and government narratives among the youth of the Island.
“It is, to say the least, detestable and repugnant that a leader of the Communist Party and faithful defender of the Cuban Revolution, who always defended the totalitarian communist doctrine, is today living and enjoying all the privileges and freedom that this country offers,” he said. to Martí News Alberto León, a Cuban-American living in Kentucky.
The former leader, who replaced Yusuam Palacios at the head of the MJM, deleted his profiles on social networks and chose not to answer the questions sent by the aforementioned media.
However, an official from the Martiano Youth Movement itself confirmed that Orlando Ernesto Pérez Núñez had left the organization, but said she did not know the reasons and was surprised to learn of his current country of residence.
This is not the first time that a spokesperson for the regime has managed to establish itself in the United States, a country to which thousands of Cubans emigrate fleeing the economic crisis and repression.
Among the most recent cases is that of Manuel Menéndez Castellanos, former first secretary of the PCC in the province of Cienfuegos, who arrived in the United States last August for family reunification.
In May of last year, the arrival to the United States of the former president of the Municipal Assembly of Popular Power on the Isle of Youth from 2012 to 2018, Arelys Casañola Quintana, who would have settled in Kentucky after asking political asylum through the app CBP One and claim “fear of socialism.”
The woman had preceded in office Livan Fuentes Alvarezformer president of the Municipal Assembly of People’s Power on the Isle of Youth, who the US authorities did deny his request for parole humanitarian to enter the territory of the North American country.
