The grandson of the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, Sandro Castro, defended this Monday his “right” to celebrate his birthday, on December 5, as a “young Cuban revolutionary”, in response to the criticism that the promotion of his luxury party, while the people, from whom his grandfather demanded sacrifices and austerity, suffer misery and long daily blackouts.
“What I want to make clear, so that no one is confused, is that I am celebrating my birthday as a young Cuban revolutionary,” said Sandro Castro, in a video published on his Instagram account, despite the fact that For the vast majority of young people in Cuba, the prices of the drinks that he will allow himself to offer for free at his party are out of their reach, Diario de Cuba reported.
According to the promotional poster for the party, For Sandro Castro’s guests there will be a welcome cocktailwhile the rest of the attendees will be welcomed with a Cristal brand beer. In addition, there will be “sparkling wine for everyone” and, for the first 20 women to arrive at the party, a “shot of Tequila Rose.”
The shot of tequila that Sandro Castro will give to the first 20 women in his bar costs 2,000 Cuban pesos, almost the minimum wage, which in Cuba is 2,100 CUP.
In this Monday’s video, in which he called “spokespersons for the United States” the independent journalists and people who have questioned the new episode of his ostentation in the face of the economic crisis caused by the regime that his grandfather implemented and the population is suffering, Sandro Castro stressed that he will celebrate his birthday, “with all my rights, in my place, in my business.”where everything is always within the margin of legality and there will be a healthy environment.
“All united in times of difficulties”, which the rest of the Cubans suffer.
In an act of total demagoguery and in the same line as the Cuban leaders, Fidel Castro’s grandson called for unity in the country’s difficult timeswhich will not prevent you from celebrating your birthday party in style.
“What I want to make clear – because my interest is not to respond, much less give prominence to these people who create so much hatred and so much tares, when what We all have to be united in these moments of difficulty. (…)—, I want to clarify to people who may feel confused that I am celebrating my birthday as the right of a normal, ordinary young man, or of all the people who want to celebrate their birthday,” Sandro Castro kicked.
at the insistence of Fidel Castro’s grandson on the normality of his celebration It can only be explained by the luxuries that he will have enjoyed since his childhood, while his grandfather stigmatized the aspirations of prosperity and good life of the rest of the Cubans.
And to conclude, the grandson of the late Cuban dictator assured that he is with his homeland and his country, which means that he is in favor of the regime.
The EFE Bar, “the most humble place there can be in Cuba”
The organizer and main organizer of Sandro Castro’s party, Carlos Rogelio Bolufé, also came out to defend the celebration this Monday, through a video on Instagram in which he described Bar EFE as the “most humble” place in Cuba.
“This flyer that we made is not to harm or offend anyone,” said Bolufé about the promotional poster for the party and added that the event “we made in the most humble place that can be in Cuba, the (Bar) EFE“said the young man without the slightest shame.
The organizer of the party for Fidel Castro’s grandson at the “humble” Bar EFE assured that there was “no intention to harm the people” and concluded his video with the assertion that both he and the honoree support the Revolution “a lot.” .
“Long live (Miguel Díaz) Canel, long live the Revolution, long live Cuba,” stressed the birthday organizer.
Some prices at the “humble” bar of Fidel Castro’s grandson in Cuba
In the “humble” bar that belongs to Fidel Castro’s grandson, the cheapest drinks cost just under 10% of the minimum wage of a Cuban state worker.. Among snack foods, the most “economical” is more than a third of that minimum wage.
The minimum you will pay in the EFE is 180 Cuban pesos for some liquors such as Moscatel and Malibú. But the Ruavieja now costs 400 CUP.
To consume a glass of Red Wine, you need more than a quarter of the minimum wage: 650 CUP. A bottle of Trio Wine costs 2,000. It is the cheapest. The Casillero del Diablo one costs 5,000 CUP.
As for groceries, some cheese balls or some fries cost 750 CUP. For 100 pesos more, you can eat some chicken fajitas. A fried chicken (the menu does not clarify whether it is a whole chicken, half or a quarter) will cost you 1,200 CUP.
Cristal beer costs 500 CUP, but you can buy a “cubetazo”, which consists of six beers for 2,600 CUP.
More economical is the Beer 69 beer, which has a price of 350 CUP. With 1,900 CUP you can purchase six.
