a totally valid and pertinent declaration, I must say that I agree with the movement's outreach and great activism," says Norberto Mesa Carbonell, leader of the Confraternity of Blackness (Cofradía de la Negritud).Īctivist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, founder of the San Isidro Movement, clarified that he stood in solidarity not just with BLM, but any organization, of any political tendency, that "defends basic human rights." All five said they support the movement's claims. How does someone feel about this who has suffered repression by Cuba's State Security forces for expressing ideas contrary to the regime, or for their anti-racism activism – which, according to Castroism, does not exist in Cuba? Can one sympathize with the dictator's admirers?ĭIARIO DE CUBA posed this question to five black Cuban activists and artists who have suffered different degrees of repression by the regime.
#BLACK LIVES MATTER REST IN POWER CASTRO FREE#
On November 27, 2016, two days after the death of Fidel Castro, the BLM movement paid tribute to him in a statement in which it stated: "Although no leader is free from shortcomings, we must respond to right-wing rhetoric and defend El Comandante", ending in Spanish: "Fidel vive!" (Fidel lives!)
Now that millions of people around the world and Cuba are showing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, following the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer, a fact forgotten or ignored by many has resurfaced, creating controversy among those who oppose Castroism.
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