gusano

Noun

gusano (plural gusanos or gusanoes)

1. (derogatory) A Cuban reactionary or counter-revolutionary.
   • [...] in honor of the charitable work of the Cuban-born gusano singer Gloria Estefan and her husband Emilio. A few yards away, homeless people tried to get some sleep.2005 March, Michael D. Yates, “The Ghosts of Karl Marx and Edward Abbey”, in Monthly Review, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2026
   • was amerika’s grip on Cuba and Venezuela and
     Hawaii and Puerto Rico and Guam and
     Iraq and Haiti and indian residential schools
     was the miami gusanos cheering for Fidel’s death2024 [2020 November 3], D. Musa Springer, “the apocalypse”, in Alive and Paranoid, Iskra Books, →ISBN, page 79, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2026
2. (broadly, derogatory) A reactionary or counter-revolutionary of any nationality, especially one who supports and/or calls for Western intervention.
   • Gusano is an insult used by every socialist aimed at people who abandon their country for western luxury. I’ve seen Chinese people use it against other Chinese (particularly Hong Kongers), Vietnamese against other Vietnamese, and obviously Cubans against Floridian Cubans.2022 September 21, u/AkenoKobayashi, “What is the leftist opinion on the term "gusano"?”, in r/Socialism_101 (Reddit post), archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022
   • A Russian gusano miserably arguing that the fall of the USSR was good.2024 September 1, u/Ok-Musician3580, r/CommunismMemes (Reddit post), archived from the original on 01 Sep 2024

   Synonyms:

   comprador, running dog