Cuban Content Creator's Satirical Take on a Communist Father's Call to Daughter in the U.S. Goes Viral

"Let's not talk about politics," demands a father from Cuba, as he asks his daughter, who has moved to the United States, to increase her remittance from $150 to $200 and to send some medications as well.

In a spot-on impersonation of the reprimanding tone often associated with certain Cuban communists, content creator Abdiel Hernández has highlighted the hypocrisy instilled by the island's regime and its staunchest supporters. They often maintain an anti-imperialist rhetoric while living off financial aid from the "North."

The piece portrays a character who, while vehemently supporting the stability of the Cuban system and dismissing reports of citizen protests—“that incident in Morón… just a few antisocial elements”—simultaneously requests an increase in family allowance, as "money doesn’t stretch anymore."

This satirical monologue incorporates references to inflation, shortages, and the lack of medications, with a lengthy list of drugs the character asks his daughter to send from abroad, including painkillers, antihypertensives, and antibiotics.

The character claims, "If we weren’t blocked, we’d be a global superpower; there’d be an abundance of medicine, food, and everything," referring to U.S. economic restrictions on the island.

Throughout the conversation, the protagonist continually blames Washington for the shortages, never acknowledging the Cuban government's role in the country's destruction, unproductivity, and the curtailment of citizens' freedoms and rights.

He assures his daughter there’s "nothing missing" at home, which—according to his description—relies on equipment and supplies she previously sent from that enemy country where "they brainwashed" her: rechargeable lamps, solar panels, fans.

The video also mocks the consumption of state media, suggesting that the "truth" about the country's situation can only be found on Cuban television news, with journalists like official mouthpieces Humberto López and Randy Alonso, contrasting with the dismissal of “enemy” news sources such as journalists Mario Pentón, Juan Manuel Cao, and other influencers opposed to the Havana government.

The video underscores the character's repeated refusal to "talk about politics," despite the entire conversation revolving around this topic, in a Cuban society inundated at every turn by the regime's political propaganda.

The scene concludes with an additional request: arranging an invitation to travel to the United States, which the father assumes is a personal sacrifice "under protest," just to see his daughter and granddaughter. This reinforces the ironic tone by highlighting the gulf between anti-capitalist ideology and personal aspirations, a clear depiction of the prevailing double standard.

The post, which has sparked thousands of reactions and has been shared or reproduced countless times, has prompted users to recall similar experiences in a country where the crumbling economy relies on remittances from abroad and the export of professional services under exploitative conditions as two primary survival strategies.

The video also reminds us of the shift from Fidel Castro’s defiant "we don’t want them, we don’t need them" stance towards those who didn’t share the island’s imposed political ideology, to a plea for the exiled to return and invest their dollars to rescue the regime from collapse.