Cuban Workers' Lunch Plan, as Imagined by Lindoro Incapaz

The Cuban comedian Reuel Remedios, famously known as Lindoro Incapaz, has released a fresh sketch on Facebook. In it, his character—a corrupt and blustering business leader—announces a new "technical sheet" for the Cuban workers' lunch: a menu consisting entirely of marabú weed.

This video, titled "Eat What You Get," has garnered thousands of views and reactions. In just over two minutes, it manages to capture the double standards of the Cuban system in a way no official report has ever achieved.

The sketch opens with the character's usual bureaucratic solemnity during a phone call: "You know I'm an official who has always strictly adhered to the quality that defines the tasks assigned from above." He goes on to explain that he traveled "in the workers' car" along the national highway to inspect agricultural production, which forms the basis of the new meal proposal. The justification is absurdly logical: "All I see is marabú. To the left, marabú. To the right, marabú. In the middle of the highway, marabú."

The menu he dictates to his secretary is nothing short of ridiculous: "Starter, marabú thorns. Side dish, a full marabú branch. Main course, marabú stalk. Salad from marabú leaves. Juice from marabú flowers. And for dessert, marabú roots." His conclusion is indisputable: "That's what we have. There's nothing else."

However, the sketch has a second, equally devastating layer. As Lindoro designs this thorn bush feast for the workers, he simultaneously reveals during the same phone call that he has just pilfered five sacks of rice and three of beans from the state warehouse for his "quarters," although he ends up handing them over to "Comrade Pepín from the central level," a more powerful corrupt figure in the hierarchy.

The scene mirrors reality: In the first half of 2025, more than 163 thefts were recorded in Cuban state stores, and the Minister of Internal Trade, Betsy Díaz Velázquez, admitted that "theft in stores is one of the problems that cannot be stopped." In June 2025, 197 sacks of powdered milk intended for infants were stolen in East Havana. These do not include high-level "white-collar" thefts, which are rarely detected or reported in Cuba's opaque totalitarian system.

The sketch wraps up with a punchline: when Lindoro asks his secretary for a tangerine juice, he suddenly hesitates. "Tangerine... I need to check, comrade, because I'm pretty sure that's not a national product. When was the last time I saw a tangerine? Errors will be made, comrade." The contrast between the marabú menu for workers and the fruit juice for the official speaks volumes.

The irony ties directly to statements made by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, who acknowledged in March 2025 the severe shortage of animal protein in the Cuban diet with the phrase, "We need food, especially proteins," adding that "the safest food comes from national production."

Lindoro takes this logic to its conclusion: if all that's produced is marabú, then marabú it is for the workers. This invasive plant covers hundreds of thousands of hectares of Cuban territory, encroaching on arable land and grazing areas.

This isn't the first time Lindoro Incapaz has touched on sensitive issues. Earlier this month, he released another video about the only diet that works for Cuban leaders, and back in March 2025, he addressed the gasoline crisis in Havana. Other comedians have similarly depicted today's typical Cuban menu with a mix of humor and bitterness.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of State has criticized the regime for hoarding billions in secret accounts while the population lacks basic foodstuffs. Lindoro's character doesn't need to exaggerate much to make people laugh; reality has already done most of the work.