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Khloe Kardashian blasted for posing with "Fidel" sign in Cuba

Khloe in Kuba. Image: Facebook
Khloe in Kuba. Image: Facebook
By Jennifer Brett
May 5, 2016

The thawing of U.S.-Cuba relations has sent the Kardashians their way, and Khloe Kardashian may break the Internet for whoever has it in the Communist dictatorship.

Khloe in Kuba. Image: Facebook
Khloe in Kuba. Image: Facebook

The Kardashians apparently are filming there. Khloe's choice of backdrop may be serendipitous but she's getting some flak for it.

"You USED to be my favourite Kardashian," Lourdes Cuesta-Arenal posted on Khloe's official, public Facebook page. "You should've thought about it twice before taking your pic with Fidel word the dictator/murderer in the background."

"Posing below the name of a dictator is cool?" posted Natalie R. Rodríguez. "There are so many suffering over there and you're just there for the fun? I'm a huge Kardashian fan but this is super offensive to all Cubans. Can't believe this."

"Khloe, this was definitely not a good choice," posted Jennifer Martinez. "Maybe next time do a little history lesson before going to a communist country with a horrible dictator."

Mashable pulled together some stats on average Cubans' access to the Internet. In short, it's not great:

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