One of the grandchildren of former dictator Fidel Castro, who in 1959 led the revolution that installed a communist regime in Cuba, says he is in favor of an agreement with the United States and states that the island’s population wants the country to be capitalist.
Sandro Castro, owner of a nightclub in Cuba, is also an influencer and posts videos on social media with satire and showing a life of unimaginable comfort for the Cuban population.
In an interview with American broadcaster CNN this Monday (30), however, he reported that he also suffers from economic difficulties and blackouts on the island.
“It’s so hard,” Castro, 33, said. “You suffer thousands of problems. In one day, there can be no electricity, no water. The goods don’t arrive. It’s very difficult, really very difficult.”
Sandro Castro is in favor of an agreement between the two countries, and in one of his most recent videos on social media, he showed an actor portrayed as American President Donald Trump in a hypothetical Trump hotel in Havana.
“There are many people in Cuba who think in a capitalist way. There are many people here who want to practice capitalism with sovereignty,” he told CNN. “I think most Cubans want to be capitalists, not communists,” Castro said.
Fidel’s grandson denied that his videos were intended to boast and/or disrespect the Cuban population, which suffers from the difficulties of almost 70 years of communism.
“I’m making videos about a tense and sad situation,” said Castro, regarding his criticism of the Cuban regime. “At least I’m trying to make people happy. Make them smile. I would never make fun of a situation that also causes me pain.”
At the end of January, Trump announced the application of a tariff to countries that export oil to Cuba, alleging that the communist island invites “dangerous adversaries of the United States” to install “sophisticated military and intelligence bases” on its territory that directly threaten American national security.
Countries that sent the commodity to the Castro regime, such as Mexico, stopped exports due to the tax. This blockade, combined with the American veto on shipments of Venezuelan oil to Cuba since the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro on January 3, has worsened the energy crisis on the island, which has been suffering daily blackouts.
This blockade was lifted on Monday, when the US allowed a Russian tanker with 730,000 barrels of crude oil to arrive at the port of Matanzas.
Trump has been pressuring the Cuban regime to reach an agreement with Washington and on Friday (27) he said that “Cuba will be next”, following the United States’ military actions in Venezuela and Iran.
