Posted by Jose Reyes

         Here are two special articles that were sent to me by 2 beautiful individuals who just needed to express their perspectives and show their appreciation to all the Blogs and Websites dedicated to the struggle of a "Free" Cuba. (Comments at End)

No.1

  Mrs.Doña Flores  

              If there’s ever a time in my  life to express the gratitude I feel for so many of my Cuban friends….its now. I never know what tomorrow may bring. After going through a “personal crisis" upon losing someone very dear to me, I knew it was time to get on with life. I started out by reading about my “roots”. My father was born and raised in Spain, he had a dislike for dictatorship, so he left for New York City just after the Spanish Civil war. It just happens that my very dear sister-in-law is also from the same town as my father. I became interested in learning about the regions, history, and cultures of Spain. To make a long story short…I educated myself, through the internet and reading books. Somehow, all this brought me to a curiosity about Cuba. It so happens that I have a very good family friend that is Cuban., in which she and her family helped me through that “personal crisis” and then some. I started to read some books about Cuba. I admit its not the type of books my true Cuban-American friends would recommend. But then again, it was before I met them. Its quite easy for an American person to get trapped into something they have no idea about. I thank God I found a web-site called “TheRealCuba.com” last year in March 2005. I constantly referred to it, kept it in my favorites. And it was there I learned the truth. The best thing was when a “chat”room opened up. Ironically, I was the first visitor in that chat room. From there on it was all up hill. At first for a very long time I did not say much (sometimes I still don’t). Being shy and timid, its difficult for me to come out of my shell. In time, I felt welcome and included in their discussions. But the most important thing is that I learned first hand of the struggles that Cubans have been through and that is still going on. I felt at ease asking questions. I listened carefully to their real life stories. I absorbed the knowledge, as well as the passionate love they feel for their country. The suffering they endured….even just to get here” The Land of the Free” was a difficult process. I'm still reading books about Cuba, but now they are recommended to me, and most are written by Cuban exiles that experienced prisons, lack of basic human rights, the brainwashing of little children…I could go on and on.. I was even able to make friends with a wonderful famous Cuban lady  ”Miss Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello” that I admire so much. All this and then some because of these kind and caring people that welcomed me into their lives and made me realize how fortunate I am to be born and raised in freedom. And now I want to help them by passing on their message, passing on the truth. I tell my friends and family to go to the RealCuba.com and this site as well as the many other excellent Blogs. And to my friends that don’t have computers, I loan them my books. My sincere thanks to: Enrique, Mireno, George, Diana, Alex, Lori G, Tomas, Jose Reyes, Henry, JB and so many others that have enlightened me with their knowledge. God Bless you, God Bless America and God Bless a Free Cuba.

No. 2

                                                 Dedicado a Fidel Castro Ruz

 By Enrique Cabrera 

Ante tantas explosiones de júbilo del pueblo cubano en el exilio y todas las especulaciones sobre su estado de salud,su posible muerte o “reaparición”, decidí de alguna forma expresar mis sentimientos al respecto. 

YO me conformo con saber que estás aislado de todo el poder que por 47 años has ejercido de forma absoluta y prepotente sobre todo el pueblo cubano. 

Me conformo con saber que no puedes vestir tu uniforme verde olivo, tu gorra y tus botas y que por el contrario, debes estar con un pijama, acostado en una cama, tomando sopitas, orinando en un “pato” y con los brazos llenos de sueros y médicos y enfermeras revisando tu cuerpo arrugado y viejo, tus pies descalzos dejando al descubierto tus callos, tus dedos engarrotados o tal vez hasta juanetes, a juzgar por la forma en que caminas. 

Me conformo con saber que estes o no inconsiente, tú cuerpo está sufriendo como sufrió el de Pedro Luis Boitel en su larga jornada de huelga de hambre, que le costó la vida, que tú ordenastes quitarle o el que pasó mi madre cuando la dejaron podrirse en el hospital militar de Marianao por pedir un certificado médico para que a traves de la Cruz Roja, me dejaran entrar a verla. 

Me conformo con saber que no puedes tomar la leche de búfalo que especialmente te dan cada dia en tú casa de el Biltmore y que no tienes acceso a los quesos que tanto te gustan y que te compran en todas partes del mundo y que no puedes montar en tu Mercedes negro, ni puedes estar en tú casa. 

Me conformo con saber que no tienes un nuevo dia para concebir tú maldad y emitir directríces para socavar la voluntad del pueblo cubano y mantenerlo esclavo a tú antojo. 

Me conformo con parafrasear aquella canción de Silvio Rodriguez : “Ojalá pase algo que te borre de pronto, una luz cegadora,un disparo de nieve o quizas por lo menos, que te lleve la muerte, para no verte tanto, para no verte siempre, en todos los minutos, en todas las canciones”.... 

Me conformo con saber “que no eres, que no puedes, que delegas,que tropiezas, que te equivocas.....que te levantas, pero que inevitablemente te caes y que vas cuesta abajo”..Tú, el omnipotente, el sabelotodo,el guerrero,el guapo del barrio, el que dá golpes,órdenes. Que manda a prisión por 30 años a quien se cruza en tú camino...si es que tiene suerte de no ser fusilado...despues que le hayan sacado la sangre para venderla a los extranjeros que vienen en busca de los milagros médicos de la isla. 

Me conformo con escuchar que no puedes decir PATRIA O MUERTE, sino HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE...como plagio de la misiva de el argentino que se rindió en Yancaguazú, que se pasó la vida fumando una pipa que nunca fue de “La Paz”..por eso murió en Bolivia.

Me conformo con haber visto a cientos de jóvenes,niños, mujeres, ancianos, llenar la calle 49 en Hialeah y la Calle Ocho en Miami celebrando con un entusiasmo espontáneo, algo que no fuera el triunfo de los Florida Marlins o el Miami Heat, sino el que hayas tenido que dejar el poder, porque para ti eso es como una bacteria que te vá comiendo por dentro...porque NO PUEDES, NO PUEDES... 

Me conformo.....por hoy, pero seguiré dia a dia el curso de tu descalabro, como si fuese una telenovela, por capítulos, hasta que llégue el FIN...y entonces ...será un nuevo dia para todos, con Sol radiante, con palmas reales, con sinsontes, con El Morro, con familias juntas, con aspiraciones, con metas personales, con ideas, con entusiasmo, con opciones, con libertad......

 

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