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.
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