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A primary school in Havana woke up this Monday with several posters and graffiti against the dictatorship and communism on its exterior walls, according to a report by Cuban journalist José Raúl Gallego on social media.
The images, sent from the Cuban capital and shared by , display messages written in black paint on the wall of the Eloy Alfaro primary school, located on 22nd Street between 15th and 17th.
Among the phrases that can be read are slogans like “Down with the dictatorship,” “Down with communism,” and “Freedom.”
In one of the photographs, several people can also be seen in front of the wall where the messages were painted, as they attempt to erase the slogans.
These kinds of actions occur frequently in various parts of the country, despite the strong control exerted by State Security over any manifestation of political dissent.
"There is not a single day when a poster against the dictatorship and communism doesn't appear somewhere in Cuba," Gallego stated in his post.
The journalist also recalled that those who engage in this type of symbolic protests are exposed to severe reprisals. “We are talking about a country where the political police furiously targets these kinds of actions, and the penalties can exceed 10 years in prison,” he noted.
Despite that risk, Gallego believes that more and more Cubans are losing their fear of publicly expressing their rejection of the current political system on the island.
"Little by little, fear has been fading away, one of the main pillars on which the Cuban dictatorship stands," he concluded.
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