at Havana's Revolution Square, on May 1, 2022. Photo by Yamil LAGE/AFP via Getty Images. He was not a very likely kid to become an icon for revolutionary change—a beacon for social justice ...

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on June 12, 2025. It is shared here with permission under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of ...