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Cuban City Covered in Anti-Regime Messages on Communist Holiday Placetas, Cuba. Cuban Democratic Directorate. 27 de julio de 2009. Anti-regime messages written with black ink appeared in several public places in the city of The messages appeared on the façade of Bar de Machito, located at Carretera a Fomento and the corner of calle 5ta del Sur , as well as at Bar Anita located at Carretera Central between 8 and 7 Oeste. Additionally, messages appeared at several markets, including La Carioca, located on calle 4ta del Sur; El Copey, located at calle 2da del Sur, between 10 and 11 Oeste as well as other central locations. The messages read: “Down with Fidel," "Communism No, Yes to Democracy," "Boitel Lives," "Down with Communism," "Long Live Human Rights," and "Down with the Dictatorship". "There are many people who are in the opposition but do not participate formally in opposition groups. This is their way of showing discontent,” explained leading opposition activist Jorge Luis García Pérez, usually known as "Antúnez," who was recently awarded the Democracy Award by the National Endownment for Democracy. Antúnez stated that State Security Agents Major Oilisab Gonzalez Morales, Héctor de la Fe Freire and Pedro Pérez were observed scraping Hawai the messages with machetes or covering them with whitewash or oil. ### Send by E-mail | Printable Version
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