“If We Stay Quiet They Crush Us”

[Sandokan]

The Cuban regime relies on empty promises, warns priest Alberto Reyes

"What do they tell us when we get fed up with all the blackouts, with living in the dark? That everything will be resolved, that oil is on the way, that the thermoelectric plants will be repaired, that we should have patience..."

By CiberCuba Editorial Team
Monday, May 26, 2025

Alberto Reyes Pías, a priest of the Archdiocese of Camagüey, strongly criticized the emotional manipulation and "control through hope" that the Cuban government has practiced to maintain its power for over six decades.

In a reflection published on Facebook, Father Reyes criticized the regime's systematic strategy to keep the people subdued: promising without delivering, feeding false hopes, and indefinitely postponing any real improvements in daily life.
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Priest Alberto Reyes proposes that the people assume the responsibility of seeking their own freedom, even at the expense of facing reprisals, and encourages action and solidarity among citizens. Basically, he is calling for action of the Cuban people again the regime.

 

[Sandokan]

The Cuban regime relies on empty promises, warns priest Alberto Reyes

"What do they tell us when we get fed up with all the blackouts, with living in the dark? That everything will be resolved, that oil is on the way, that the thermoelectric plants will be repaired, that we should have patience..."

By CiberCuba Editorial Team
Monday, May 26, 2025

Alberto Reyes Pías, a priest of the Archdiocese of Camagüey, strongly criticized the emotional manipulation and "control through hope" that the Cuban government has practiced to maintain its power for over six decades.

In a reflection published on Facebook, Father Reyes criticized the regime's systematic strategy to keep the people subdued: promising without delivering, feeding false hopes, and indefinitely postponing any real improvements in daily life.

"What has Cuba been since the days of the Sierra Maestra?" he asks. His answer is devastating: Only promises. From the dream of being a "medical powerhouse" to that of being "the most educated people in the world," it has all been an endless chain of unfulfilled commitments that have only served to stifle discontent and prevent the citizenry from taking control of their own destiny.
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Priest Alberto Reyes proposes that the people assume the responsibility of seeking their own freedom, even at the expense of facing reprisals, and encourages action and solidarity among citizens. Basically, he is calling for action of the Cuban people again the regime.

 

[Sandokan]

Father Alberto Reyes: "They have made us believe that the illness of submission is necessary and heroic."

"We were instilled with many fears: to dissent, to express ourselves freely, to say what we feel or think when it goes against the so-called 'revolutionary values'."

By CiberCuba Editorial Team

Saturday, June 28, 2025

The Catholic priest Alberto Reyes posted a message on Facebook addressing the "transgenerational legacy" that weighs on Cuban society, characterized by a culture of fear, subjugation, and political immobility.

Reyes argues that young people have inherited a very harmful way of life, with submission as a form of security, indoctrination as culture, aggression towards dissenters as a heroic act, precarious living as a virtue of resilience, and emigration as a solution to their problems.
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Father Alberto Reyes message to young people is that the Castroist communist regime relies on empty promises. That they have been infuse with many fears. He raise the question why it have to be this way.? Sociaty can be change. He knows young people can be a generation of change. He tell them that patriotism is not silence or submission, it is freedom, the right to dissent. Freedom is not free, it require ongoing effort and sacrifice.

 

[Sandokan]

Father Alberto Reyes has been a critical and supportive voice for students. He has praised the courage of university students and has denounced the repressive tactics of the Cuban government. Reyes believes that the protests are a reflection of the true power of the people and has called for unity and peaceful protest as forms of resistance.

 

[Sandokan]

Priest Alberto Reyes: "In Cuba, there are people who rise up just to make life more difficult for the people."

"They have been placing chains on daily life: miserable wages, obstacles to private entrepreneurship, relentless inflation, endless blackouts..."

By CiberCuba Editorial Team
Saturday, July 26, 2025

The Cuban priest Alberto Reyes, known for his criticisms of the regime, detailed and strongly denounced the systematic vulnerability that the Cuban people suffer due to the regime's deliberate management.

In a text published on Facebook, Reyes commented on the vulnerabilities that arise from poor management, inefficiency, and the lack of interest from those in power, with laws that put individuals at risk of harm.
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According to priest Alberto Rayes, “The Cuban regime uses the absence of the rule of law, educational indoctrination, the illegalization of multi-partism, the monopolization of media, and religious persecution to maintain control over the people.”

 

[Sandokan]

Priest Alberto Reyes describes the economic situation as a spiral of misery, where hunger and lack of protection are evident. Change will come through concrete actions and the will of the people.

 

[Rumpelstil]

who crushes you since January 2019?