The phrase “pint your piece” has gone from being a satirical nod on social media to become a real trend of street protest in Cuba. In different points of the island, such as San Antonio de Los Baños (Artemisa) and Caimito, new ones have appeared Signs with direct refusal messages to the communist regimechallenging fear, surveillance and repression.
In one of the most shared images in the last few hours, there is a semi -resorted wall where it was written with large red letters: “Bastaaa cono” (sic), right in the heart of San Antonio de Los Baños, the cradle of the historical protests of 11 July 2021.
Another photo shows a wall barely painted with a clear message: “Dictation. Pin … down the PCC”, with the emblematic “or” down “bar from a cross, already a recurring symbol of opposition.
El Tuitero Cubano @sanmemero joked about his profile: “We are all artists lately, I get another nice message and contribution to the ‘Pinta Tu pedacce’ competition”echoing the popular sentiment and humor with which many Cubans can channel their discontent.
But the phenomenon does not stop there. At the entrance of the baseball stadium in Caimito, always in Artemisa, another message written on the walls summarizes the discontent of many: “Enough. Freedom. Sos Cuba”.
According to the author of the post, the painting is at least a month ago, even if it has been made known only now.
In social media, many see these acts as signs of a growing popular awakening. “I seem to hear another 11J”wrote a user. Others underline the importance of these daily gestures as small cracks in the state control wall. “They are images that I like to see from Cuba … they show that fear is getting lost. And this, this is the first step towards freedom”has reflected another internetary.
These new graffiti are not isolated events. In recent days, An inscription appeared with the message “Raúl Sinceo. Down with the dictatorship” On a wall of the Habanero neighborhood of Buenavista, scoring a symbolic change in the protest language. The “singao” insult, which the Cubans have made it popular to refer to Miguel Díaz-Canel after 11Jnow extends to Raúl Castro, aiming directly to the historical foundations of power.
Mieres so much, many wonder how long the regime will still cover these messages of disobedience with paint and threats. As another user ironized: “I don’t know where the communists will take out the paint to erase all these signs”.
Although short, these writings scream strong: on the streets of Cuba, the silence imposed is no longer absolute. And every written wall seems to whisper the same thing: the people are speaking.
