A flotilla of leftist activists, in the style of Greta Thunberg, promises to set sail for the Caribbean, the latest destination for activist tourism, to save Cuba. From the socialism that has oppressed it for almost 70 years? Never! To save it from the Trump administration.

On its website, the flotilla, named Our America after an essay by Cuban national hero José Martí in which he spoke about Hispanic America, promises the moon and the stars for these ideological adventurers.

“We are sailing to Cuba, carrying essential humanitarian aid for its people. The Trump administration is suffocating the island, cutting off the supply of fuel, flights, and goods essential for survival,” the website announces.

Although there is no confirmation so far that Greta will join the voyage, for the sake of brevity we will refer to the activists by that well-known woke name.

I’m sure none of them know that, despite the long daily blackouts and gasoline rationing in Cuba, the Castro regime sold most of the subsidized oil it received from Venezuela in 2025. That’s right — it didn’t use it for the benefit of its own people.

It is estimated that Venezuela supplied its ideological metropolis with some 70,000 barrels of crude oil and refined products daily between the end of 2024 and almost all of last year. In other words, the lack of fuel wasn’t what kept the average Cuban without electricity, but rather the corruption of its rulers.

The flotilla’s website continues: “The consequences are lethal, both for newborns and their mothers and fathers, as well as for the elderly and the sick. That is why we are launching the Our America Flotilla, which will set sail from the Caribbean Sea in solidarity with the Cuban people.”

Since they mention the sick, will the Greta-activists remember that during the 2025 arbovirus outbreak (before Trump’s pressure tactics) in Cuba, 8,700 people died due to the inefficiency of the health care system? According to the think tank Cuba Siglo XXI, that figure is 185 times higher than the one acknowledged by the State.

“The situation in hospitals and polyclinics is critical. The report documents health centers without running water, with prolonged power outages, medical equipment out of service, and shortages of basic supplies such as gloves, syringes, intravenous solutions, and antipyretic medications,” the Cuba Siglo XXI report highlighted.

Added to this reality is the exodus of tens of thousands of doctors and nurses who are abandoning the health care system “driven by insufficient salaries, excessive workloads, and extreme working conditions.” At the same time, the State continued to prioritize sending health care professionals abroad, a modern-day form of slavery.

Out of touch with the reality on the island, the flotilla is soliciting donations to prepare for its mission and acquire the food and medicine it would take to the Cuban people. “Together, we can break the blockade, save lives, and defend the cause of Cuba’s self-determination.”

What Cuban self-determination are the flotilla organizers talking about? That of one family (the Castro family); or that which has been hijacked for decades from the Cuban people, the majority of whom don’t even know what it means to vote directly for their leaders?

Furthermore, if the flotilla truly wants the food to reach ordinary Cubans, I suggest they avoid giving it to the State. The regime has been caught on numerous occasions selling the donations it receives during times of crisis.

The Cuban exile community, of course, after so many deaths and torture, is not pleased with the Caribbean expedition. It has provoked an immediate reaction from Cuban-American artists and activists, who have stated that if the flotilla receives authorization to dock in Cuba, they too will demand their right to return to the island. On Facebook, the most used social network in the country, the slogan “If they come in, we come in too” began circulating. The arrival of a flotilla of activists who would love to see the Castros perpetuate their power is not a neutral event.

“For its promoters, it is a gesture of solidarity; however, for those who fight for freedom of expression, it is an action that could end up legitimizing a system that does not allow independent auditing of the aid received nor pluralistic participation in its distribution,” stated the independent magazine La Hora de Cuba.

The Greta-activists arrived late to address the suffering of Cubans. Preoccupied with supporting Hamas terrorism or skipping school to frown upon world leaders, they ignored (or chose to ignore) the more than one thousand political prisoners who suffer hunger, lack of medicine, and separation from their loved ones, simply for thinking differently.