Cuba’s Revolutionary Square got a new name on Google Maps, but it didn’t mention the rebels

An almost empty Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba. A group of Cubans on the island and in the diaspora launched a campaign to change the name of the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana to the Plaza de la Libertad – and succeeded, though only temporarily. — AFP via Getty Images/TNS

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: For a few hours, Cuba’s storied Revolutionary Square, where Fidel Castro once gave hourslong speeches to the masses, had a different name on Google Maps this week: Freedom Plaza.

A group of Cubans on the island and in the diaspora launched a campaign to change the name of the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana to the Plaza de la Libertad – and succeeded, though only temporarily.