Sandro Castro's Latest Mockery Amid Cuba's Massive Blackout: "Take It Easy!"

During the early hours of widespread power outages due to the collapse of the National Electric System, Sandro Castro, grandson of dictator Fidel Castro, once again sparked outrage with a new video recorded at his EFE bar in Havana's Vedado district. While much of Cuba was plunged into darkness, Sandro's establishment was brightly lit and fully operational, highlighting the stark contrast between the privileges of a few and the dire deprivation of the vast majority.

In the video, Sandro pretends to be arrested outside the bar, handcuffed and escorted by two men, in a supposedly humorous skit where he acts as if he's being taken into custody for not paying his bill. "Take it easy, life is just one!" he jokingly remarks, feigning drunkenness.

This mocking content emerged at a time when thousands of Cubans were enduring entire days without electricity, with refrigerators off, food spoiling, and families suffering sweltering heat without fans or water in their buildings. The scene, which showed Sandro laughing and joking, seemed deliberately staged to draw public ire toward the regime's clown and away from the true culprits behind the collapse of the electric system, a tactic many believe is orchestrated by Counterintelligence.

Privilege Amidst Darkness

The disparity is glaring: while in Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, or Camagüey, people protest with banging pots and shouts of "Freedom!" after more than 20-hour blackouts, Sandro's bar in Havana's Vedado remains lit, offering parties and drinks priced out of reach for most.

This isn't the first time the dictator's grandson has surfaced during energy crises with actions seen as mocking the people. In December 2024, he celebrated his birthday at the same EFE bar during a general blackout, with a white dress code, imported champagne, and a minimum spend totaling several dozen dollars, as the rest of the country remained in the dark.

"I'm celebrating like a young revolutionary," he declared in a brazen taunt, which felt like a slap in the face to authorities, the state-run media, and victims of the Cuban regime. The controversy was so great that the party's organizer had to "clarify" they hadn't intended to offend, extolling "long live Canel and the revolution," and even claimed they had chosen "the most humble place in Cuba": Sandro's EFE bar.

Disconnect from Reality

The latest spectacle, now under the guise of a fictitious arrest—unlike the real ones practiced by State Security in Gibara—reinforces the perception of an elite detached from national reality and indifferent to popular suffering. While in places like Gibara, people take to the streets to protest power cuts, the grandson of the so-called "energy revolution" leader turns his bar into a stage for private jokes that go viral as a reminder of the privileges inherited by his surname.

In a country where expressing dissent can lead to imprisonment, the dictator's grandson enjoys the luxury of mocking the electrical collapse and public discontent, with a "Take it easy!" that, for many, sounds more like provocation than advice.