The Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugás criticized this Wednesday the billboard located in Miami that shows the image of former President Donald Trump next to the late Cuban ruler Fidel Castro, with the message "No to dictators, no to Trump."
On the social network Facebook, the former professional world champion questioned: "How can this happen in our city, in our community. I had never seen a public photo of any dictator from anywhere in the world. How can you put that photo and that absurd comparison in the place where most of those who have arrived escaping from that hell, seeking freedom and prosperity, are living."
They tell me this and I say it's a lie. I see it and I find it hard to believe. I hope that fence is no longer there. How are you going to compare a former American president, democratically elected, with a dictator, murderer, manipulator, and evil person who wouldn't even pay with 100 lives all the hunger, harm, and pain he made us, as Cubans and as a country, go through."
Also, the boxer compared it to "it's the same as in the middle of New York which is full of Jews putting up a fence comparing Trump to Hitler, but that would never happen. Do you know why? Because the Jewish community is one that is respected, but above all, one that commands respect. Unbelievable."
Ugás, Olympic bronze medalist in Beijing 2008, is known for his fight against the Cuban regime and recently claimed that the legal process against Trump was politicized and that its outcome breaks the history of the northern nation.
In the midst of the electoral campaign for the upcoming presidential elections in the United States in November, the billboard located on the Palmetto highway, at the height of 6th Avenue, was paid for by the Mad Dog PAC group and has generated great controversy.
The political action committee (PAC) was founded by Democrat Claude Taylor, who was an employee of the White House during Bill Clinton's administration.
The comparison has shocked Trump's supporters, who argue that it is inappropriate to equate the former Republican president with the communist dictator Fidel Castro.
They point out that, unlike Castro who came to power through armed means, Trump was democratically elected by the citizens of the United States.
In addition, the billboard appears at a key moment, as the elections are "around the corner," with Trump facing once again the Democratic president Joe Biden, and this type of advertising only serves to increase the tension between supporters of both candidates.
The controversy highlights the deep political divisions in the United States, especially in places like Miami, which has a significant population of Cuban exiles and their descendants, with strong opinions about the Cuban regime and its legacy.
This sign is a reminder of the fervor with which politics is lived in South Florida, where advertising messages can ignite debates and provoke passionate reactions in a highly politicized community.
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