Images of hundreds of Cubans at José Martí International Airport in Havana traveling to Nicaragua have gone viral in recent hours.
Destiny has once again "revitalized" following the news about possible asylum programs for the United States in Mexico and because it has become a stopover for other Cubans seeking to settle in other countries such as Costa Rica or Panama.
It was the actor Jorge Ferdecaz who filmed a video this Tuesday where the crowd of Cubans at the departure gate bound for Nicaragua at Havana Airport can be seen.
CUBA: that country where one dollar at the informal exchange rate is 220 pesos, a line costs 200 while a liter of gasoline 25," he wrote.
Havana: that place where my daughter receives the greatest and purest love, the same city that today, around 11 am, was saying goodbye to as many Cubans as those you see in this video. Yes, it is the boarding gate heading to Nicaragua,” he added in his message.
I came back yesterday and was shocked by the line for flights to Nicaragua," "Poor Cuba!" and "painful," were some of the comments on Ferdecaz's post.
CUBANS TOWARDS NICARAGUA
Despite the implementation of humanitarian parole and the closure of borders, the frequency of flights between Cuba and Nicaragua has increased significantly in the summer, according to confirmed sources. 14ymedio.
There are up to nine daily flights arriving from Cuba (...) If this continues, in two or three years the Island will have lost another million inhabitants," they told the aforementioned media outlet.
However, contrary to popular belief, many of those arriving in Managua continue their journey to countries south of Nicaragua. "Something that is completely unknown in Cuba is that there is a growing number who – at least for now – are not heading to the US but to the ‘rich’ south of Central America: Costa Rica and Panama," the same source points out.
According to him, moreover, asylum is being granted to the "entire Cuban population in those countries.
Will they remove visa-free travel for Cubans to Nicaragua? Almost a year ago, the official press on the island denied those rumors. "The news circulating on social media about the alleged suspension of visa-free travel for Cubans traveling to Nicaragua is false, publicó Lázaro Manuel Alonso.
In November 2022, the Nicaraguan press itself cuestionó how much Nicaragua has benefited from the establishment of visa-free travel for Cubans. "It would be appropriate to ask the Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism how many of the 750,000 tourists they claim have entered are Cuban/Venezuelan immigrants passing through to the United States?" they wondered.
The liter of gasoline at 25. Only in Havana. In Camagüey it is at 280-300, because the state does not sell to individuals. If it does, through a digital queue via the Ticket app, where I signed up a month ago and I’m still number 700, so when my turn comes I can only buy 10 liters, which is what they sell you. And my motorcycle is not private. I work for a church, it is a work motorcycle, I have to attend to 10 places in Camagüey, some of which are 180 km apart, and only 10 liters not even once a month. To work you have to buy it on the black market, and there the price (not to mention quality) as we already mentioned, is between 280 and 300, with offers up to 320.
There we realize once again the collapsed system we have, a failed government that is necessary, I assure you I have been in Nicaragua and the economy is much better than in many Latin countries, what sadness and what pain because this is a one-way trip.
It is time for the government to hand over the country, anyway with their hotels and businesses all over the world they can continue living Fidel's legacy. Right now it is useless, it is time to hand over the country and see who wants it because the recovery will kill generations. Enough already.