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(CNN Spanish) -
A man who appears in a Facebook video as a member of one of the families "that are in power in Cuba," called on Wednesday to lay down arms and initiate a process of transition to democracy in the island.
His video has gone viral and has been picked up by various international media in recent days, in the context of the historic protests on the island.
CNN has not been able to independently verify his identity, or his relationship to the families he mentions.
The protagonist of the video did not respond to messages sent by CNN.
A request for comment sent to the Cuban embassy in the United States had not been answered on Friday.
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The Miami-based Cuban American National Foundation told CNN there is no reason to question the identity of the protagonist.
In his message published on social networks, the young man describes himself as an exile.
He says that he left the island "for fear of reprisals from my own family, for projecting myself on my social networks in favor of human rights and dialogue between intellectuals and artists with the government in Cuba."
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After the protests on the island on Sunday, he adds that he calls "for concord and for them to lay down their arms, for a process of transition to democracy to begin in Cuba, the people demonstrated that they no longer want them in power. Cuba now He demonstrated in the streets of the whole country that he does not agree with the government, it is a failed government, which has led to a situation of health, economic, social and political crisis. "
On his Facebook profile he publishes information criticizing the Cuban government.