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A man who did not want to be identified shows on his mobile phone an image displayed in social media of the rapper Maykel Osorbo with handcuffs clamped around one wrist, in Havana, Cuba, on April 6. Photo credit Reuters/Alexandre Meneghini.
HAVANA, Cuba--A striking image has been circulating on social media in Cuba: a dissident pumping his fist in the air, handcuffs dangling from one wrist, after friends and neighbours helped him evade arrest by police in Havana.
The image is a screenshot from a video showing rapper Maykel Castillo celebrating his escape, surrounded by other dissidents and residents of Havana’s rundown San Isidro neighbourhood on Sunday. Some join him singing an anti-government song and insulting President Miguel Díaz-Canel.