{"id":590097,"date":"2021-07-13T15:21:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T19:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=590097"},"modified":"2021-07-13T15:21:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T19:21:15","slug":"6-stars-who-are-speaking-out-in-support-of-cuban-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-stars-who-are-speaking-out-in-support-of-cuban-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Stars Who Are Speaking Out In Support Of Cuban Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F6-stars-who-are-speaking-out-in-support-of-cuban-protesters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=590097&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-106358802.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>As pro-democracy protests erupt across Cuba, a number of celebrities are using their platforms to show support for the demonstrators demanding freedom from the communist dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few who are speaking out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gina Carano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former \u201cMandalorian\u201d actress issued one of the strongest statements in support of the pro-democracy protestors. Citing a Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/massive-protests-erupt-in-cuba-as-citizens-demand-end-to-communist-dictatorship-we-want-freedom?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\">report<\/a>, she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ginacarano\/status\/1414707491489796119?s=20\">said<\/a> on Twitter, \u201cCuba\u2019s communist dictators are shutting down the country\u2019s internet because they\u2019re afraid of their own people.\u201d She then sent a message of encouragement directly to the people, saying, \u201cCubanos, do not be afraid. We\u2019re with you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After repeating her message in Spanish, Carano demanded Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodr\u00edguez Parrilla free the Cuban people immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the former MMA fighter finished with the hashtags #PatriaYVida a reference to the song of the same name by Cuban artists Gente De Zona, Yotuel, and Descemer Bueno that has become a rallying cry for freedom, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/latin\/9532239\/yotuel-gente-de-zona-patria-y-vida-cuba\/\">angering<\/a> the communist government. It translates to \u201cHomeland and Life\u201d \u2014 a direct rebuke to Fidel Castro\u2019s famous slogan, \u201cHomeland or death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carano is one of the few non-Cuban celebrities to make a public statement about the humanitarian crisis in the island nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gloria Estefan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cuban-born singer\/songwriter showed her support for the protestors on Instagram by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRM1cF-lqLu\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">posting<\/a> video of demonstrators marching against the communist government. She captioned the footage by saying, \u201cThe Cuban people are reaching their breaking point! I stand with them as I always have!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Camila Cabello<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another Cuban-American singer speaking out on Instagram is Camila Cabello. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRM1cF-lqLu\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">posted<\/a> an image of a black square with a Cuban flag and the hashtag #SOSCUBA. However, Cabello avoided directly addressing communism as the reason for the demonstrations and instead leaned into the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-blasted-for-claiming-cubans-are-protesting-covid-cases-other-issues-so-disrespectful\">mischaracterization<\/a> that Covid concerns have sparked the unrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeaths from COVID are rising rapidly and because of the lack of medicine, resources, basic necessities and even, food many people are dying,\u201d Cabello said in her caption. \u201cRight now, there are simultaneous protests in more than 5 cities in Cuba. Our brave people took the streets to protest for this humanitarian crisis and the people of Cuba need our help urgently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eva Mendes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actress Eva Mendes, who was born in Miami to a Cuban immigrant father, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CROrEAMD45N\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">shared<\/a> Cabello\u2019s post with the message, \u201cPlease help spread awareness \u2026 I stand with my people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, the star shared a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CRO_t5NDtos\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">post<\/a> to her account that did what Cabello\u2019s did not \u2013 explicitly acknowledge the Cuban people\u2019s demands for freedom. With the hashtag #VivaCubaLibre (\u201clong live free Cuba\u201d), she shared a video of Gloria Estafan\u2019s husband, Emilio, saying, \u201cCuba is in the streets, Miami is in the streets. And the world has to see our pain, and this is the moment that we\u2019ve been waiting for a light of hope for the people that have suffered so much. VIVA CUBA LIBRE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pitbull<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Few celebs have been as outspoken against Cuba\u2019s dictatorship as the \u201cI Know You Want Me\u201d singer. As the Daily Wire has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pitbull-warns-of-loss-of-freedom-amid-crisis-smells-like-communism\">reported<\/a>, the singer\/rapper has frequently warned about the dangers of communism, saying, \u201cMy family comes from Communism, they fled Communism, they had everything taken away from them, everybody got murdered, everybody got killed.\u201d He said in 2011 he won\u2019t perform in the country until it is free.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Pitbull <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRPG0vrsMDI\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">posted<\/a> a photo of himself on Instagram wearing a robe with s Cuban flag printed on it. His caption: \u201cFreedom is everything. We support the Cuban people in their fight for freedom in Cuba. Libertad, Ya viene llegando. #SOSCUBA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jorge Masvidal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The MMA fighter, whose father fled Cuba in a homemade raft, spared no words showing his support for the pro-democracy activists and explicitly condemning the communist government. He posted a lengthy video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GamebredFighter\/status\/1414756109823393797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1414756109823393797%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bjpenn.com%2Fmma-news%2Fufc%2Fjorge-masvidal-shares-video-spreading-awareness-against-dictatorships-and-communism-in-cuba%2F\">statement<\/a> to Twitter, which Gina Carano later shared, rejecting the Biden administration and legacy media claims that the protests are primarily about the pandemic. His comments are well worth reading in full:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"23\">\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m just trying to \u2026 use my platforms to do what I feel is correct and I feel everybody should be doing which is fighting against oppression, dictatorships, communism, and anything of that nature. <\/em><em>My father escaped Cuba when he was 14 years old and I\u2019ve only heard the horror stories since I could process thoughts of how sh***y this communist regime \u2013 killing machine is. So I just want to shed some light on Cuba, big SOS signal for them. This oppression has been going on for 61 years. It\u2019s not just because of the pandemic, not just because they ran out of medicine, they\u2019ve been out of medicine, they\u2019ve been out of resources and food. Because of the corrupt government, the extreme corruption over there where only a few at the top eat and everybody else has to suffer \u2014 those days have to come to an end. <\/em><em>So I think it\u2019s time for the whole world to rally behind Cuba, let\u2019s go, spread the messages online, we gotta protest, we gotta get together, get attention. Maybe the local media channels in America won\u2019t cover this, or in other parts of the world. But I think it\u2019s up to us to put the word out there. It\u2019s the people against the corrupt governments. Let\u2019s defeat these evil communist motherf***ers, man. God bless everybody watching and thank you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s also notable how many celebrities who have been complimentary of the communist Cuban government in the past are so far staying silent on the protestors and their demands for freedom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beyonce and Jay Z<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The couple notoriously took a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/blogs\/washington-whispers\/2013\/06\/18\/controversial-cuban-vacation-of-jay-z-and-beyonce-proven-legal\">vacation<\/a> to the island nation in 2014 to celebrate their anniversary. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) slammed the trip at the time, saying the Cuban government uses such celebrity visits as propaganda.&nbsp; \u201cU.S. law clearly bans tourism to Cuba by American citizens because it provides money to a cruel, repressive, and murderous regime,\u201d he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2013\/4\/rubio-obama-administration-should-clarify-its-enforcement-policy-on-americans-that-travel-to-cuba\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Neither star has commented on the protests or offered support to the demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Kardashians<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reality family also made waves with a visit to Havana that included plenty of selfies and heavily-edited Instagram photos that implied Cuba is a communist paradise.<\/p>\n<p>Former congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/gossip\/la-et-mg-kardashians-visit-cuba-20160505-snap-htmlstory.html\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a> at the time that trips like the Kardashian\u2019s are \u201cemblematic of celebrity culture at its worst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it might be a high bar to ask famous folks to draw attention to human rights abuses by the Castro regime,\u201d the lawmaker said, \u201cbut playing a role in making Cuba a fun, no-worries destination is nothing but a cruel trick on the Cuban people. The Kardashians are taking lots of selfies in Havana, but are they taking stock of the reality on the streets they walk on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, no word from the Kardashian clan on how they view what\u2019s happening in Cuba now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Spielberg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The legendary director visited the communist nation in 2002 to attend a film festival and even had dinner with now-deceased dictator Fidel Castro. Spielberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB1037062964517993228\">called<\/a> that meal \u201cthe eight most important hours of my life\u201d and said he saw no reason for the U.S. to maintain an embargo against the country.<\/p>\n<p>Today, as the Cuban people take to the streets to demand liberty, Spielberg is silent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sean Penn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winner has fancied himself a journalist in the past, and to that end conducted an interview with Fidel Castro, who he called, \u201c\u201cpracticed, brilliant, and philosophical.\u201d When the dictator died in 2016, Penn slammed coverage that cast it as a blessing for the Cuban people, accusing CNN in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/sean-penn-hollywood-havana-and-me\">Daily Beast<\/a> essay of \u201c[centering] its reporting on the death of Castro in the bastion of right-wing Cuban conservatism.\u201d Calling Castro a \u201cformidable and complex man,\u201d Penn said those who celebrated his death were \u201cgrotesque.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who is fairly active on social media, has made no comment on the pro-democracy demonstrations or offered support to the protestors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Moore<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The documentary filmmaker has been so supportive of Cuba\u2019s dictatorship, in 2007 he even made a documentary titled \u201cSicko\u201d that argued Cuba provides better medical care to its citizens than the healthcare offered in the United States. \u201cThere\u2019s a reason Cubans live on average a month longer than we do,\u201d he erroneously <a href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/subscriber\/article\/0,33009,1622592,00.html\">told<\/a> Time magazine.<\/p>\n<p>As Cuban protestors tell the world about how their communist government has left them desperate for food and medicine, Moore has had nothing to say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As pro-democracy protests erupt across Cuba, a number of celebrities are using their platforms to show support for the demonstrators demanding freedom from the communist dictatorship.Here are a few who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314596,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-106358802.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"6 Stars Who Are Speaking Out In Support Of Cuban Protesters","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-106358802.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"6 Stars Who Are Speaking Out In Support Of Cuban Protesters","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}