Autor
Julio Antonio Fernández Estrada
Profesor titular. Licenciado en Derecho e Historia. Doctor en Ciencias Jurídicas.
The Cuban state left the country. I don’t know if it took the opportunity to stay with some sports delegation at a competition somewhere or if it dared to endure the odyssey of volcanoes and jungles, or if it abandoned a medical mission in Africa or South America. However, I know it didn’t leave on a raft because it hasn’t been sent back. It left, and it didn’t say goodbye.
On July 11, 2021, Cuba changed. It changed its history; the conceptions about the character of Cubans; the domestic and international understanding of our people’s “immobility”; the way the State, the Government, and specifically, its repressive forces related to the citizenry.
The Cuban Government should surrender to its people. Drop their authoritarian weapons and surrender unconditionally.
Bureaucrats still do not understand that betraying the people is a crime of lèse-majesté. They have confused gratitude, believe they owe their power to their supporters and obstinately forget the citizenry.
The simple glance of a man who has been and still is a witness to the life of Cuban women. I’ve seen them, listened to them, read them.
Cuba floats on a pond. We are not adrift. In fact, aboard our raft of caña brava we crash against the walls of the basin of stagnant water in which the government has put us.
"Mabel Cuesta is a prestigious academic at the University of Houston. She is a poet, essayist, professor and activist for the salvation of the homeland, which she prefers to feel and understand as matria". An interview by Julio Antonio Fernández Estrada.
Jovann Silva treats his students like a Cuban teacher, with the self-assurance of Cuba. He is one of hundreds of thousands of Cubans who have had to make sharp turns in life to reinvent themselves in the new land of emigration.
There are many reasons why people leave Cuba. Also important among them is the political expression, launched in a resounding plebiscite, about the impossibility of trusting the political and economic institutions of the state.
Lawyer Julio Fernández Estrada reflects on the new term used by the Cuban government to describe the protests of July 11, 2021.
The only possible dream in Cuba right now, is of reconciliation based on justice, responsibility, a love for the diversity of our culture, political pluralism, acceptance of differences and criticism.
Only the Law, the District Attorney’s Office, and courts can enforce the Law. The rest is a dangerous use of mass frenzy; it activates the lowest passions, revenge and hatred.
“Understanding comes from talking things out.” This is what grandmothers say on balconies, in front of the TV, advising their grandchildren to be calm, understanding and tolerant of differences. Young people are no longer interested in cakes, just like our ovens, which haven’t seen cakes in a year. New generations haven’t been trained in the […]
Without justice freedom is meaningless. What beauty is there in not knowing what to grab on to? What beauty is there in watching force used by the powerful on the weak. In evidencing the discomfort of the oppressed and in observing disdainfully how that beast called hate is fed?
What relentless wind blew away most of the sweets made in Cuba? Now, our girls and boys, when they are lucky enough to taste a small sweet, it almost always comes from other countries. Those Cuban factories have forgotten the secret of movement and production.
Autores
Julio Antonio Fernández Estrada
Profesor titular. Licenciado en Derecho e Historia. Doctor en Ciencias Jurídicas.
The Cuban state left the country. I don’t know if it took the opportunity to stay with some sports delegation at a competition somewhere or if it dared to endure the odyssey of volcanoes and jungles, or if it abandoned a medical mission in Africa or South America. However, I know it didn’t leave on a raft because it hasn’t been sent back. It left, and it didn’t say goodbye.
Bureaucrats still do not understand that betraying the people is a crime of lèse-majesté. They have confused gratitude, believe they owe their power to their supporters and obstinately forget the citizenry.
"Mabel Cuesta is a prestigious academic at the University of Houston. She is a poet, essayist, professor and activist for the salvation of the homeland, which she prefers to feel and understand as matria". An interview by Julio Antonio Fernández Estrada.
Lawyer Julio Fernández Estrada reflects on the new term used by the Cuban government to describe the protests of July 11, 2021.
“Understanding comes from talking things out.” This is what grandmothers say on balconies, in front of the TV, advising their grandchildren to be calm, understanding and tolerant of differences. Young people are no longer interested in cakes, just like our ovens, which haven’t seen cakes in a year. New generations haven’t been trained in the […]
On July 11, 2021, Cuba changed. It changed its history; the conceptions about the character of Cubans; the domestic and international understanding of our people’s “immobility”; the way the State, the Government, and specifically, its repressive forces related to the citizenry.
The simple glance of a man who has been and still is a witness to the life of Cuban women. I’ve seen them, listened to them, read them.
Jovann Silva treats his students like a Cuban teacher, with the self-assurance of Cuba. He is one of hundreds of thousands of Cubans who have had to make sharp turns in life to reinvent themselves in the new land of emigration.
The only possible dream in Cuba right now, is of reconciliation based on justice, responsibility, a love for the diversity of our culture, political pluralism, acceptance of differences and criticism.
Without justice freedom is meaningless. What beauty is there in not knowing what to grab on to? What beauty is there in watching force used by the powerful on the weak. In evidencing the discomfort of the oppressed and in observing disdainfully how that beast called hate is fed?
The Cuban Government should surrender to its people. Drop their authoritarian weapons and surrender unconditionally.
Cuba floats on a pond. We are not adrift. In fact, aboard our raft of caña brava we crash against the walls of the basin of stagnant water in which the government has put us.
There are many reasons why people leave Cuba. Also important among them is the political expression, launched in a resounding plebiscite, about the impossibility of trusting the political and economic institutions of the state.
Only the Law, the District Attorney’s Office, and courts can enforce the Law. The rest is a dangerous use of mass frenzy; it activates the lowest passions, revenge and hatred.
What relentless wind blew away most of the sweets made in Cuba? Now, our girls and boys, when they are lucky enough to taste a small sweet, it almost always comes from other countries. Those Cuban factories have forgotten the secret of movement and production.
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