A Cuban resident in Spain made a gesture of rejection against the propaganda in favor of the Havana regime by taking down and tearing up a poster placed on a street in the city of León.
The incident was captured in a video shared on social media, where the woman displays a poster attached to a pole that called for an event under the slogan: “Break the blockade against imperialism with Cuba and its revolution.”
Outraged by the message, the Cuban woman decided to tear down the poster while denouncing what she considers a false narrative about the reality of the island.
“I am a Cuban living in Spain, in León. Look at what they are saying: ‘let's break the blockade against imperialism with Cuba and its revolution.’ There is no revolution here, there is no blockade. Here there is a dictatorship, the oldest in Latin America. Long live a free Cuba!” she said in the video.
As she removes the poster, the woman also lashes out at the Cuban political system and demands the end of the regime. "Down with the dictatorship, down with all those murderers," she added.
The poster announced an event in support of the Cuban government scheduled for March 6 at 7:00 PM in Botines, León, organized by groups that express solidarity with the regime.
The Cuban's reaction reflects the rejection from parts of the diaspora toward international campaigns that defend the Cuban government and attribute the island's crisis solely to the U.S. embargo, a narrative that many opponents regard as regime propaganda.
On social media, the video has generated numerous supportive reactions towards the woman, with comments from other Cubans expressing that they feel represented by her gesture.
The scene also reignited the debate about the presence in Europe of groups that support the Cuban government while thousands of citizens continue to emigrate from the island in search of freedom and better living conditions.
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