HAVANA, Cuba.- The social profile Las Taniadas has published a post accompanied by an image that, if Cuba were a democratic country, would destroy all the accusations against the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and, more recently, on the Camagüeyan anniette gonzalezfor using the flag to draw attention to various political issues on the Island.
In front of the “Batalla de ideas” museum in the Cárdenas municipality, Matanzas province, a image of the Cuban flag, in which the red triangle has been turned into a fist that shows “the finger” to whoever wants to look, has caused indignation and rejection among users of social networks.
The rude manipulation of the national symbol that has generated the most controversy regarding how and in what circumstances Cubans can appropriate it, has raised strong criteria that question the double standards of the Díaz-Canel dictatorship when it comes to the flag.
In the post of yore, the author emphasizes: “Luis Manuel Otero is serving 628 days in prison today for using his flag as a second skin”, and denounces the transfer of Aniette to the Kilo 5 prison, in Camagüey, for covering his body with the national ensign.
In the comments you can see the resounding rejection of the Cubans to the unpleasant image, and the injustices committed by the regime in the name of a false respect for the national symbols. Singers like Hayla and Laura Paussini have dressed in the Cuban flag. A few days ago she hung it on her shoulders, boxer style, rapper tekashi 6ix9nine during his visit to Viñales, and Díaz-Canel himself took it printed on the sweater he wore during the “tangana” in the Trillo park in Centro Habana, in November 2020.
“My God, what a shame! Linking a patriotic symbol with this derogatory symbol. I no longer have any doubts, the absurd and the lowly have taken over politics, “said the user Rioger Guilarte.
“The Chancletera Republic of the handjob, imagine…”, seconded Zea Gisselle, another netizen.
The criminal figure of “Insult to national symbols”, contemplated in article 203 of Law no. 62 of the current Criminal Code, “specifically protects the symbolic value of said national institutions and the penalized conduct is the act of insulting or showing contempt for any of the national symbols.” In the new Penal Code, this crime can be punished with between two and five years of imprisonment.
