cuba news: Havana declares war on ‘irresponsible’ pigeon population after they crash the National Ballet’s performance of Swan Lake
By the order of the Pigeon People’s Front of Cuba—no, wait, that’s just one very dramatic, very fluffy bird who decided to upstage the prima ballerina by landing on her head mid-pirouette. The internet is losing it because this is peak absurdist theater: a nation famous for its five-centuries-old colonial architecture and classic cars now has its government issuing a stern warning to pigeons about “respecting cultural spaces.” Cue the montage of pigeons wearing tiny berets and smoking cigar butts in Old Havana. The real irony? The birds have been the only ones getting mail through the island’s postal system for years.