American actor Kevin Costner on Monday met with the “president” in the figure of Cuban Miguel Diaz Cannell in Havana, the Cuban presidency announced.
Diaz Cannell shared a video of the encounter on his personal X account Tuesday morning, claiming that Costner was in Cuba for a “underwater archaeological project” alongside Cuban researcher Alejandro Miraval.
“Along with Cuban friend Alejandro Miraval, pleased to accept actor Kevin Costner at Cuba's Revolutionary Palace, which has been motivated by Cuban archaeological projects,” reads Diaz Canelle's message. “I told him about the admiration of our people. He told me it felt so good here.”
According to Last week, Costner arrived in Cuba's state-run propaganda outlet Plen Salatina and began a tour of the communist-controlled country visiting the museum of Havana's royal castle. The museum features historical objects related to underwater archaeology, some of which were born from shipwrecks in Cuban waters at the end of the 19th century.
Costner's visit to Cuba came soon after, as the country's barely functional power grid completely collapsed on Friday, forcing the country's residents to withstand weekend blackouts. Like Mondaythe power had been restored to less than half of Cuba. Costner's visit to Cuba and his meeting with Diaz Canelle also appears to have not been affected by the national blackout other Official Communist Regime Event.
The President of Cuba, Website “Unmaintenance” at press provides a summary of Costner's meeting with Díaz-Canel in a series of X posts on Monday. These statements I insisted The Costner felt that “very well in Cuba, he had dreamed of this project for a long time.” The American actor is also said to have commented on a “special friendship” with Cuban underwater archaeologists.
“he [Costner] The Cuban presidency emphasized that he was impressed by the royal castle museum. I said. “In a comfortable dialogue, the president invited him to visit Santiago de Cuba.
The week-long trip was the second mark where Costner traveled to Cuba and met officials from the Communist Castro regime in Havana. in 2001Costner met with the late dictator Fidel Castro during his four-day visit to Cuba. At the time, Costner and Castro shared dinner and held a late-night film screening. 13 daysA 2000 American film starring Costner, based on the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
“These moments brought the surprise of a meeting with Chief Fidel Castro Ruz's commander. About that time, the actor declares he is always happy with the news that it is a 'life experience' and in the world we live in, “in the world we live in, we are approaching each other and closer to each other.” ” Grandmaofficial newspaper of the Cuban Communist Party, It has been reported on monday.
According to GrandmaDiaz Cannell assured Costner that he was “very praised by the Cuban people” for his artistic career, but also assures him about his “special attention to social and environmental issues.”
At the press conference, Costner has not released footage of his visit to Cuba, nor has he seen either Miguel Diaz Canel of Havana or his published social media accounts.
Christian K. Calzo is a Venezuelan writer and documents life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
