Cubans from the group called United Exile Already faced off with pro-Palestine protesters after realizing they had placed a scarf on a bust of José Martí in Coral Gables, a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Ramiro Collazo and Joel Riverón, who advocate for democracy and the freedom of political prisoners on the island, stopped the act of desecration alongside Miguel Giménez, a neighbor from the area who joined outraged by what those terrorism accomplices were doing, as reported by user Marcel Valdés on his X account.
In his post, Valdés added that "these same individuals are the ones who go to Cuba to receive training from the dictatorship, they are the same ones who, together with Carlos Lazo and his false bridges of love, defend the Castro tyranny and the communist system here in the USA."
According to the videos on the aforementioned social network, Collazo, leader of the group Exilio Unido Ya, removed the pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinians garment from the statue of the National Hero of Cuba, but the tension of the moment resulted in the presence of the police.
The custody of the officials was denounced by Riverón, who did not understand the department defending acts of desecration of public monuments and demanded a statement from the mayor of Coral Gables, Vince C. Lago, from his profile on X.
It is not the first time that Collazo has confronted members of the Bridges of Love project. Last April, he had an altercation with a man named Carlos Manuel, known as Indio Taíno, whom he reproached for his support of the Castro dictatorship.
The discussion took place on the last Sunday of April in Homestead, during an event for May 1st called by Cubans sympathetic to the Cuban regime.
Cuban exiles, comprised of the group United Exile Now, activists, and former political prisoners, who in turn call for an anti-communist demonstration on the last Sunday of each month, went to Homestead to tell these tyranny accomplices to their faces all the truths they deserve," Valdés himself recounted on Facebook.
There participate part of the historic exile, former political prisoners of the "plantados" and other generations, activists, movements, relatives of political prisoners, and every anti-communist Cuban and freedom lover who wants to express themselves and shout freedom. We have the opportunity that this space exists in our community, let's enhance it," demanded Valdés in another post.
Bridges of Love is an organization led by the Cuban-American professor Carlos Lazo, which initially took American students to Cuba in order to strengthen cultural exchange between both countries. Later on, it began coordinating donations supposedly to help the Cuban people, and gradually gained prominence to the point of being personally received by the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel.
Lazo considers that his project "is not about politics", but about humanity, and that "the blockade is immoral". His group calls for an end to the United States embargo and raises funds for food and medicine for the Island.
However, it is unable to admit that the terrible management of the government is the true cause of the current Cuban crisis, and of course completely ignores issues such as repression, political prisoners, and the lack of freedoms.
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