Tens of Thousands of Cubans March for Freedom; Wave American Flags as the Left Burns Them

Tens of thousands of Cubans have taken to the streets.

Why?

They are fighting back against the communist government.

They are demanding freedom.

And the best part?

They are waving the American flag!

While liberals and the left burn the American flag, people who love freedom around the world continue to wave and celebrate our great flag!

The United States is STILL a shining city on a hill.

This is the clearest sign yet that conservatives love America and freedom.

This is why the rest of the world looks up to us, not because of the woke radical left.

More details below:

Rain or shine, Miamians of all ages, creeds, and cultures protest the oppressive Communist government in Cuba. They chanted, “Que Viva Cuba Libre — ¡Que Viva!” and sung the Cuban national anthem, among other anti-regime chants. pic.twitter.com/sBLAbMVVvA

— Robert Lewis (@Lewis__Robert) July 11, 2021

Protesters in America: Burn the US Flag, a symbol of freedom, liberty, & justice—ideals that EVERY American possesses but so often ignore.

Vs.

Protestors in Cuba: Fly the American Flag & are willing to die for the freedom, liberty, & justice that’s synonymous with the USA.

🇺🇸 https://t.co/LfGGw355yT pic.twitter.com/f5XuBRBiPp

— Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) July 12, 2021

The protests were so big in Cuba that the White House is being forced to talk about it.

Why?

Because the New York Times reported on the situation.

But instead of praising freedom, the New York Times appeared to criticize the American flag instead.

In fact, the NYT also appeared to be anti freedom.

Jen Psaki was called out.

Of course, she struggled to respond.

WATCH: @PressSec has a difficult time defending the use of the American flag in Cuba. pic.twitter.com/jr13jIkDx1

— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) July 12, 2021

WATCH: @DailyCaller's @ShelbyTalcott asks a stammering Jen Psaki about the fact that the far-left New York Times recently described the American flag as "alienating to some" but we've been seeing Cuba protesters waving the stars and stripes as a symbol of freedom #CubaLibre pic.twitter.com/4kAkHvws81

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 12, 2021

Here’s how the New York Times covered the freedom protests that took over Cuba:

Shouting “Freedom” and other anti-government slogans, thousands of Cubans took to the streets in cities around the country on Sunday to protest food and medicine shortages, in a remarkable eruption of discontent not seen in nearly 30 years.

Thousands of people marched through San Antonio de los Baños, southwest of Havana, with videos streaming live on Facebook for nearly an hour before they suddenly disappeared. As the afternoon wore on, other videos appeared from demonstrations elsewhere, including Palma Soriano, in the country’s southeast. Hundreds of people also gathered in Havana, where a heavy police presence preceded their arrival.

“The people are dying of hunger!” one woman shouted during a protest filmed in the province of Artemisa, in the island’s west. “Our children are dying of hunger!”

One clip circulating on Twitter showed protesters overturning a police car in Cardenas, 90 miles east of Havana. Another video showed people looting from one of the much-detested government-run stores, which sell wildly overpriced items in currencies most Cubans do not possess.

In a country known for repressive crackdowns on dissent, the rallies were widely viewed as astonishing. Activists and analysts called it the first time that so many people had openly protested against the Communist government since the so-called Maleconazo uprising, which exploded in the summer of 1994 into a huge wave of Cubans leaving the country by sea.

Carolina Barrero, a Cuban activist, went even further. “It is the most massive popular demonstration to protest the government that we have experienced in Cuba since ’59,” she said by text message, referring to the year Fidel Castro took power. She called the public outpouring on Sunday “spontaneous, frontal and forceful.”

“What has happened is enormous,” she added.

The protests were set off by a dire economic crisis in Cuba, where the coronavirus pandemic has cut off crucial tourism dollars. People now spend hours in line each day to buy basic food items. Many have been unable to work because restaurants and other businesses have remained on lockdown for months.

The desperate conditions have triggered an uptick in migration by both land and sea.

Since the start of the fiscal year last October, the U.S. Coast Guard has intercepted more than 512 Cubans at sea, compared with 49 for the entire previous year. On Saturday, the Coast Guard suspended the search for nine Cuban migrants whose vessel overturned at sea off Key West, Fla.

Did you notice how in the first paragraph, the NYT referred to “freedom” as an anti-government slogan?

It appears that the Time accidentally revealed where they actually stand.

You see, it is the government’s job to PROTECT freedom.

That’s why we have the constitution.

Freedom and the government should not be enemies.

Rather, the government should protect freedom.

Yet… the reporters at the far-left times and other left-leaning news outlets appear to be against freedom.

Sad!

CUBA RISES: There’s a reason why these Cubans are waving American flags. America is still a symbol of freedom, even to Cubans fighting against the same utopian socialist and communist garbage being fed to the American people today. #SOSCuba @RealAmVoice pic.twitter.com/s9ucBt5dKt

— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) July 12, 2021

There is a freedom revolution starting in Cuba….Flying American flags, chanting liberty… some Americans could learn from this. pic.twitter.com/9wEKUydXUp

— Stocks and Scotch (@ScotchStocks) July 11, 2021

Maybe this is a preview of the awakening that will eventually come to the United States.

We love our freedom!

We do not want the left to use “emergencies” such as COVID to take away our rights and freedoms!

Hopefully the freedom marches in Cuba will help inspire Americans to remember their own rights.

Breitbart confirms the massive nationwide display against communism:

Thousands of Cubans in at least 16 cities took the streets peacefully on Sunday to demand an end to the 62-year-old communist regime, chanting “freedom,” wearing American flags, and in many cases facing extreme police repression.

Videos from throughout the island show both plain-clothed and uniformed state security officers attacking peaceful protesters. In Havana, bystanders recorded the sound of heavy gunfire and public beatings of dissidents. Miguel Díaz-Canel, the “president” appointed by Raúl Castro to be the face of the still-ruling Castro Communist Party, called for street “combat” against anyone demanding an end to the regime in a speech on Sunday.

The protests appeared to begin in the town of San Antonio de los Baños, western Cuba, on Sunday morning. Local independent outlets documented chants of “down with communism!”, “they [the regime] must leave,” and “fuck Díaz-Canel!”, among other anti-government statements. Locals livestreamed the protest on Facebook, triggering an outpouring into the streets of at least 16 major cities including both Havana and Santiago de Cuba, on opposite ends of the island.

The geographically widespread nature of the protests and the secrecy of the Communist Party on the island has made it virtually impossible to estimate exactly how many Cubans took the streets on Sunday. Police have not released any arrest totals or injury statistics, but some local outlets estimate that hundreds were arrested, taken into police stations but not formally charged or appearing in any law enforcement documentation. Among the arrested were several Cuban journalists not participating but reporting on the protests, according to the dissident news service Cubanet. Also arrested on Sunday, though rapidly released, was Yomil Hidalgo, one of Cuba’s most popular dance music artists.

The American flag, popularized as a protest symbol in Cuba by dissident Daniel Llorente, made multiple appearances among Cubans on Sunday. Video authenticated by the Miami broadcaster AméricaTeve showed a group of Cubans carrying an American flag through the streets of Havana on Sunday while chanting “freedom!” Videos taken by Cubans on social media and distributed through other Latin American news organizations also show the presence of the U.S. flag.

In Mayabeque, a Havana suburb, a crowd of hundreds congregated in front of an image of the Virgin Mary to pray for an end to the communist regime. At least one participant can be seen wearing an American flag shirt while praying.

Pre-Castro Cuba was a majority Catholic nation. Under communism, the regime has outlawed most religious practices it cannot control and regularly persecutes Christians who defy its authority. Fidel Castro sent non-Catholic Christians – primarily Jehovah’s Witnesses and Seventh-Day Adventists – to labor camps alongside suspected LGBT people, writers and critics, and other “undesirables” in the 1960s.

Reports of the beating and arrest of at least one Catholic priest, Father Castor José Álvarez Devesa, surfaced on Sunday. Álvarez reportedly disappeared in Camagüey, one of the most active protest centers, and resurfaced under the custody of the Communist Party’s secret police.

Of course, this isn’t the first time that the United States has been a symbol of freedom.

Remember last year?

Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong took to the streets to sing the American national anthem!

The American flag waves and the National Anthem plays in the streets of Hong Kong as pro-democracy protesters celebrated Pres. Trump's signing of a law supporting their months-long movement. https://t.co/xSDXcViiv2 pic.twitter.com/AEXgiZMPBJ

— ABC News (@ABC) November 28, 2019

Thousands of Hong Kong protesters chant the U.S. national anthem and call on President Donald Trump to ‘liberate’ the Chinese-ruled city. More here: https://t.co/LRX6ojJEaq pic.twitter.com/5qAzATMLd8

— Reuters (@Reuters) September 8, 2019

You know it’s a sad state of affairs in the U.S. when foreign countries seem to have more American pride than our own people.

President Trump, we hope that you will help Save America!