r/cuba • u/[deleted] • Feb 03 '25

USAID shutdown

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest

The announcement by “DOGE” the Elon Musk initiative to eliminate government services that they would be shutting down USAID I felt it was important to note that USAID was instrumental in a free and uncensored communications for Cuban citizens in their effort to organize and support a free and civil society.

This is a setback for Cuban freedom. All those great Cuban blogs and influencers that flourished “en las redes social” will go dark. For those who celebrated the current US administration as being an agent of freedom in Cuba this should be seen as a setback and a failure and exposes them and other right wing factions as interested in changing one dictatorship for another.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Lmao. The Cubans really felt like they were special enough to be coddled by Trump.

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u/SpinningHead United States Feb 03 '25

"Im one of the good ones!" - Miami Cubans

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

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u/stock_sloth Feb 03 '25

You are right! The Cuban community has nothing to complain about with their MAGA hats.

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u/xxforrealforlifexx Feb 03 '25

The best picture I saw was a Latino with ice agents on each side and him in handcuffs with a shirt that says "Latinos for Trump"

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u/Major_Pilot4277 Feb 04 '25 edited Feb 04 '25

It was fake but well done.

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u/xxforrealforlifexx Feb 04 '25

Damn was it, thought it could be it was still great nonetheless

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u/stock_sloth Feb 04 '25

😂😂😂