The official press attacks Cuban chess players

The official press launched an attack on social networks this Sunday against several Cuban chess players who left the island, sharing a photo in which they pose together and calling them “slaves” and “merchandise”. Specifically, GM Lázaro Bruzón, Yuniesky Quezada and Leinier Domínguez appear in the image.

“Attitudes like these are really embarrassing. There are legal attitudes that are unethical. We see them every day and some think that it is normal, that nothing happens. The slavery of men is the great sorrow of the world. When you feel tied up by four coins you stop being a human being and become merchandise. What a shame! ”, Expressed the Telemayabeque media on Facebook.

The publication generated several comments and expressions of rejection. One user commented to it: “I think they don’t master the meaning of slavery, not even close. To me personally, more than shame, so far they give me pride. ”

“And you in Telemayabeque publish this for the love of art, that is, they don’t pay you 4 coins. Well, maybe 4 no, but 2, yes, and still put a post like this! What a shame! ”, Writes the activist Sandra AbdAllah-Alvarez Ramírez.

“You are ashamed that you do not receive a single positive comment and continue to write rubbish, you have not yet realized that the time when fidel was deceiving the people by saying that the Cubans who were leaving were worms has passed. We are in the 21st century and the majority of the people have already discovered their lies and their manipulations, it is not long before the end of their cursed dictatorship that has disunited the Cuban people comes, ”says a third Internet user.

In the original publication that shares the Telemayabeque page, it is explained that the photograph was taken on June 22, when the trebejistas celebrated Father’s Day together.

“Today they live outside the country, looking for opportunities that Cuba did not offer them. Leinier is a member of the US Olympic team and occupies 9th place in the FIDE ranking ”, the post highlights.

Among the reactions, the Cuban journalist José Raúl Gallego stated: “Yes, it really is very embarrassing that a press outlet wields this type of thoughts. The saddest thing is that these are not isolated mistakes, occasional gaffes, initiatives by an enthusiastic community manager; they are a systemic procedure that responds to dominant modes of thought in those who really run the country and the press. ”

“To write something like that there is no pretext that is valid, only to really believe in what you write. Yesterday Leinier was the idol of Güines, today the telecentre that surely applauded him for years relates him to terms such as shame and slavery, “he stressed.

“There are many who resent the happiness and fulfillment of those who decide to break with the system that contributed to their formation, but also used them, limited and punished them unfairly, or simply because they decided to make their lives elsewhere, which is a right of each one ”, he added.

“A lot of success for all those chess players, go ahead and know that this is not the feeling of the majority of Cubans, of ordinary people. Only that this feeling has no place in the state media, “he concluded.

In a publication at the beginning of the year, GM Lázaro Bruzón regretted that there were still clashes between Cubans, motivated largely by the discourse promoted by the regime that incites hatred towards those who decide, for one reason or another, to leave the archipelago.

“It hurts me to see how we constantly confront and offend Cubans. It is not just about the theme of the artists, that can be seen clearly in any Facebook post that touches some uncomfortable subject, “he wrote on his Facebook account.

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