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"Socialism or Death" "Socialism Forever". The latter sign looks a bit like a tombstone for socialism. |
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It reads "We are fighting for the survival of the Homeland and the Revolution" The socialism experiment would likely have floundered long ago if the USA had not provided an imminent danger and an excuse for failure. |
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Graffiti cartoons in Havana are popular, and allowed as long as they conform to the latest government propaganda. They mainly attack the USA embargo. |
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This one targets the ultra right-wing US senator Jesse Helms, author of the infamous Helms-Burton Act of 1966, defining a wide-ranging economic blockade of Cuba. It hasn't had any influence on the politics, but it certainly has made life difficult . |
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Heroic monuments are scattered about Cuba, many done with an artistic flare. |
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To the credit of the Castro regime, the memorials do not commemorate his revolution, but the war of liberation from Spain. The USA was on the winning side in that conflict, but then declined to leave. |
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This monument is supposed to represent the raised machetes as the Cubans rose against the Spanish. |
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