Sandro Castro Mocks Díaz-Canel and Cuba's Crisis: "You Can't Go Without a Few Little Lemons"

Sandro Castro, the grandson of the infamous dictator Fidel Castro and self-styled "young revolutionary," has once again stirred controversy on social media. In his latest video, he employs irony, double meanings, and direct references to Cuba's dire food shortages and economic collapse.

This weekend, the influencer shared a clip on his social media where he is seen digging a hole in the ground, resembling a symbolic grave. During the dig, he uncovers basic items such as chicken, oil, powdered milk, and lemons, alongside a sex toy, using humor, criticism, and sarcasm to portray the everyday hardships on the island.

He begins mockingly, “Ah, you see Magnolia, I told you we’d do some volunteer work and pay homage to our agricultural brothers…” In his sarcastic tone, he references the regime's propagandistic agricultural work rituals.

Moments later, with a gleeful outburst, the young Castro declares, “My favorite bird, chicken. Today we’re having fried chicken with some beer, Magnolia!” while brandishing a tray of meat.

He follows this with a provocative comment: "But I'll have to check El Toque for that," a sarcastic nod to the independent outlet El Toque, known for publishing Cuba's informal dollar exchange rate and recently accused by Castro and regime spokespeople of "inflating the currency" on the black market.

Throughout the video, Castro parodies the everyday Cuban struggle of queueing, inflation, and power outages, poking fun at products now accessible only in dollars through private enterprises or the black market.

“Oil, the slippery one; if not, my partner won't get in or set… Milk's here, perfect to smear all over… powdered, the kind you never see!” he says with laughter, blending sexual innuendos with the stark reality of food scarcity.

The most talked-about moment comes when he uncovers lemons in the hole, stating to the camera, “I knew you couldn’t go without the basics: a few little lemons to make some fresh lemonade.”

This seemingly innocent comment is a direct jab at the current leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, who, in 2020, famously stated "lemonade is the basis of everything," a remark that has since become a national meme and source of ridicule.

The scene continues with an absurd yet symbolic plea: “Please, bring me a dollar or lower the currency rate, let good things come, my God.” With this, the grandson of the man who banned market economy mocks the partial dollarization undertaken by the government of "continuity."

The video wraps up with a deliberately provocative statement: “We’re staying here. This is our underworld. From now on, this will be my gao. This is my home.”

This expression harkens back to the revolutionary chant of the 1960s—“Fidel, this is your home”—but Castro twists it into a sarcastic declaration of defeat or entrapment: the grave turned home, a metaphor for a country buried in its own collapse.

Sandro Castro's latest "stunt" comes just days after he blamed El Toque for the dollar's rise and suggested forming an "association of entrepreneurs" to "work together and curb inflation."

His rhetoric, a blend of immaturity, privilege, and cynicism, has sparked mixed reactions: some accuse him of mocking the people his family impoverished, while others interpret his actions as a veiled critique of the system that shields him.

What's clear is that through parody and provocation, Sandro seems to revel in the impunity his last name affords him, knowing he can say and do what others dare not.

His humor, laden with sexual, religious, and political references, once again serves as an x-ray of Cuba's absurdity: the dictator's grandson laughing at the misery his own lineage helped create.

Five years after Díaz-Canel's assertion that "lemonade is the basis of everything," lemons remain a symbol of mockery and despair, and now also of the inadvertent satire of an heir digging—both literally and metaphorically—his own hole within the national collapse.