When Yandy Nuñez became the first Cuban to reach the summit of Mount Everest, he yelled out the words that millions of freedom-loving Cubans both on and off the island have been saying for decades:
¡Viva Cuba Libre!
(Long live a free Cuba!!)
Full quote via Periodico Cubano (my translation):
“The summit, damn it, the summit! The first Cuban on top of Everest. This is dedicated to my grandmother, to Cuba, to all Cubans. I left Cuba and I conquered the world. Long live a free Cuba!”
Somehow I doubt this story will get much mileage, if any, on Cuba’s state-controlled media.
Bravo!