“It’s very tense here with the blackouts. I’m sure they painted it in the dark because we haven’t slept for two nights due to the power outage,” explains a neighbor.
14ymedio, Darío Hernández, Havana, 4 October 2025 — A graffiti with marine motifs became the improvised canvas on which a poster against the Cuban leader appeared this Saturday. In Guanabacoa, Havana, someone painted “Díaz-Canel singao” [motherfucker], one of the phrases most frequently used to express Cuban discontent. The slogan was written on colorful drawings curated by the Corral Falso Gallery, located at 259 Corral Falso Street. Among fish, octopuses, and reefs, the insult to the Cuban president stood out in the eyes of passersby..
“That childish painting hadn’t even been on that wall, which was once ugly and faded,” a neighbor told 14ymedio. “As soon as we noticed, a man and a woman arrived and started making calls to someone to come and cover up the sign.” The two people inspected the area and stayed on the sidewalk waiting for the brigade, which traditionally paints over anti-government signs. Police experts will probably also arrive to try to take fingerprints at the scene.
“It’s very tense here with the blackouts. I’m sure they painted it in the dark because we haven’t slept for two nights due to the power outage,” explains a nearby resident. In Guanabacoa, a municipality with a low-income population, protests against the lack of electricity and water have multiplied in recent years. With pot-banging and street closures, residents have expressed their weariness with a crisis that worsens every day. “They’re going to have to put a guard on every wall,” summarizes a vendor who approached the Corral Falso graffiti, where, between a whale and a shark, three words challenged the regime this Saturday.
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