Mia Khalifa: Former porn star supports the protests in Cuba

Former porn star Mia Khalifa has taken to social media to criticise the Cuban government and call on her followers to boycott the country in support of recent protests.

Many Cubans have been marching in protest against the government and its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the country’s economic collapse and lack of civil liberties.

Khalifa has vocally backed the protesters, and it isn’t the first time she has positioned herself against the Cuban government.

The 28-year-old has been active across social platforms, including Twitter, where she tagged a member of the Cuban government in various tweets and attacked the ruling party’s governance of the country.

It was a feisty Instagram post that perhaps got most attention, however, where Khalifa called for people to join her in never setting foot on Cuban soil until there has been a change of regime.

“I’ll never step foot in Cuba until it’s free,” wrote Khalifa.

“The government’s value on tourism over their own people is disgusting and should be boycotted.

“What will they do with all the lobster if there’s no tourists to eat it? They’ll have to feed it to the people, I guess.”

Thousands of protesters both pro and anti-government have taken to Cuba‘s streets in recent days in response to the crisis. Cuba‘s economy, heavily reliant on tourism has shrunk 11 percent in the last year thanks to the pandemic.

Just weeks ago, Khalifa called Cuba‘s president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, “garbage”.

Miguel Diaz-Canel’s claim against Khalifa

In fact, Diaz-Canel claimed during a television address to the country that Khalifa is working in tandem with the US government to try and encourage the protests in the country, something that she laughed at in another tweet directed at the Cuban president.