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COURAGE: Single Brave Protester Defies Castro, Sprints With American Flag In Front Of Thousands As May Day March Begins

Hank Berrien
COURAGE: Single Brave Protester Defies Castro, Sprints With American Flag In Front Of Thousands As May Day March Begins

Even in communist-repressed Cuba, a single ray of the light of freedom can shine for a moment before it is extinguished by the Cuban government.

Just as the government-controlled May Day march celebrating communism was about to start in Havana, one lone intrepid protester, having broken through security, which included government agents along the length of the parade, sprinted in front of the parade holding the American flag aloft. He stayed ahead of two security agents until he was swarmed by other officials because he tripped over his own feet. He was then tackled, lifted off the ground and carried away in front of Cuban dictator Raul Castro, as well as military and civilian leaders and foreign dignitaries.

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