Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has asserted that enemies of the Revolution are trying to manipulate the opinions of university students regarding the recent measures taken by Etecsa (National Telecommunication Union), with the aim of promoting the subversion of public order in Cuba.
During the broadcast of the podcast Desde la Presidencia (From the Presidency), the head of state commented that the opinions of students at the island’s universities refer solely to their disapproval of the redesign of services by the Telecommunications Company S.A. (Etecsa).
He also explained that university students expressed their views on the new mobile internet rates in a respectful manner and through organizations such as the University Student Federation and the Union of Young Communists.
The Cuban president also considered that the attempt to distort student demands and destabilize the country contrasts with the meetings between company executives and the nation’s university community.
In his opinion, the criticism unleashed in the country’s higher education institutions did not arise spontaneously, but rather due precisely to manipulation on digital platforms or communication strategies designed to discredit the Revolution.
“There is a campaign on social media with the clear objective of discrediting the Revolution, he reiterated, and denounced that videos and photos were manipulated to depict supposed opposition demonstrations, in order to create a rift between young people and the government.”
Speaking from the Presidency, Diaz-Canel proposed a critical approach to the measures announced by the company to address its serious financial problems, which threaten to cause a collapse of the telecommunications system in Cuba.
Díaz-Canel was joined by Deputy Minister of Communications Ernesto Rodríguez and Etecsa President Tania Velázquez, who analyzed the causes and consequences of the entity’s lack of liquidity.
