Cuba’s political police have summoned Lisandra Rivera Rodríguez to appear before State security, in the city of Santiago de Cuba, after the dissemination on social networks of a video where his son openly criticizes the ruler Miguel Diaz-Canel.
“Two sector heads have just come to my house to tell me that I have an appointment by State Security for the third unit, known as La Motorizada,” Rivera denounced on Facebook.
The young mother, who is an opponent of the Cuban regime and a former political prisoner, published last Monday on Facebook a video in which her four-year-old son harshly criticizes Díaz-Canel, “singing the truths” to the ruler.
The boy, in a video published by his mother, reflected his family’s discontent: “Canel, you have no dignity or brains“, “Because of your bad inclination, I would pay not to see you“, and “I would pay to hide you”, are some of the phrases he expressed.
This incident is framed in a context of political tension in Cuba, where freedom of expression and the government’s response to criticism are delicate issues.
The situation of Rivera, the child’s mother, is an example of how Families face challenges expressing their opinions in the country.
In relation to the summons that the young mother faces, independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta expressed on Facebook: “I demand that the harassment of Cuban opposition families stop. We will be aware of everything”, suggesting that Rivera could be subject to harassment by the Cuban political police in the coming days.
In its desire to silence citizens, the regime commits all types of abuses.
In 2023, the daughter of the Cuban opponents Marisol Peña Cobas and José Luis Acosta, a seven-year-old girl, She was taken from her school and interrogated by Interior Ministry officials. (MININT) of Camagüey, without the presence of their parents.
“Summoned like this, for the moment, without warning or anything,” the opponent said via video, arguing that the reason was “for not teaching her daughter to love the revolution.”
That same year, users of social networks shared a complaint about police abuse against a minor under 14 years of age in the city of Holguin.
“Somewhere in Cuba the repression of the people continues, this time the agents beat and violate the rights of a minor under 14 years old,” notes on Twitter the user who identifies herself as Luciana, who shares a video showing two police officers, a man and a woman, scolding a person who came out to defend the minor.
