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American Thought Leaders

Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat: Cuba’s Pawns, Informants, and Financiers, from China to America

American Thought Leaders

The Epoch Times

Government, News, Politics

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Since July 2020, thousands of Cubans have been protesting against their regime, demanding change, freedom, and an end to communism in their country. Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat is a spokesperson for the Cuban Democratic Directorate, who has spent decades raising awareness about the brutal reality of living under the Cuban regime after he fled the communist island as a child.

“When you look at the collapse of infrastructure that collapsed the economy, they’re killing that nation-state. They’re killing the Cuban nation,” said Gutierrez-Boronat.

His recent book “CUBA: The Doctrine of The Lie” exposes propaganda about Cuba and dispels common myths and misconceptions.

“The regime is the platform for the expansion of Communist tyranny throughout Latin America—in Venezuela, in Nicaragua, in Bolivia, and now perhaps also in Chile and Colombia,” he says. “It’s very convenient to many powers that be – Russia, China, and others here in the United States—that the regime maintains the illusion of having been successful.”

Gutierrez-Boronat has been involved in peaceful protests against Cuba throughout the world, many of which were hijacked by violent, pro-Cuban mobs.

“In Panama, we were attacked by Cuban embassy thugs together with local pawns of the regime. And several of us were badly hurt. I had two ribs broken. My knee was torn. I needed reconstruction surgery on my knee,” said Gutierrez-Boronat.

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0:00.0

In Panama, we were attacked by Cuban embassy thugs, together with local ponds of the regime.

0:06.5

I had to risk broken. My knee was torn. I needed reconstruction surgery on my knee.

0:12.0

Today I sit down with Orlando Gutierrez Boronat, who has spent decades raising awareness about

0:17.0

the brutal reality of living under the Cuban regime after he fled the communist island as a child.

0:22.6

When you look at the collapse of infrastructure and the collapse of the economy,

0:25.8

they're killing the Cuban nation.

0:27.4

His recent book Cuba, The Doctrine of the Lie,

0:30.3

exposes common propaganda about Cuba and dispels common myths and misconceptions.

0:35.2

It's very convenient to many powers that be, Russia, China, and others here in the United States,

0:40.3

that the regime maintains the illusion of having been successful.

0:43.9

This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yanyi Kallik.

0:49.0

Orlando Gutierrez Boronat is such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders.

0:53.4

Thank you, likewise. So tell me about what's happening in Cuba right now.

0:57.6

Well, I think the big news in Cuba is that there is a stained citizen uprising

1:03.6

against the tyrannical regime, the totalitarian regime, which Cuba is suffering from.

1:09.3

Since July 11, 2021, thousands of Cubans have gone out publicly to protest against the regime,

1:15.4

especially young artists, women, youth, demanding change, demanding the end of communism.

1:21.2

They're fighting for their life and they're fighting for their freedom.

1:24.0

And it's there. The videos are there. The political prisoners are there.

1:27.5

Hundreds of people have been arrested and imprisoned.

1:29.6

Cuba has 122 women who are political prisoners.

1:32.6

It's the country in the world with the greatest number of political prisoners per capita.

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