Two years after the social epidemic that divided world history casteism and her heirs, economical situation related to Cuba remains a potential source of conflict. The main cities of the island are closely watched. The island is experiencing the third hottest year in its history. However, boils are not just meteorological. A memory of an unprecedented past and a future full of uncertainties and delays float in the air of the flamboyant present.
September 11 left an indelible mark.and not just because the public space was not previously occupied to protest political leadership. Hours following that day and the summer of 2021, according to unofficial sources, Arrest of 1860 people911 have been tried or sentenced, and 782 are in jail. At least 91 of those on trial left the island.
‘Granma’, the official organ of the ruling Communist Party (PCC), evaluated the events that shook the country, and accused the US of undermining the public’s trust not only with economic sanctions but with “sanctions”.culture war” There is a struggle especially in the social networks of a country where more than seven million mobile phones are in circulation.
“Disinformation campaign”
The newspaper supports the concepts of the book ‘Cuba, a failed soft blow’ by Manuel Hevia Frasquieri. “violent street riots” has been”a typical destructive operation They are secretly managed by the CIA and the American intelligence community.acts of violence, robbery, assault, aggression” in the middle of “a disinformation campaign”.
“The battle continues” for Granma and “unity of the great majority “The rallying of Cubans around the work and ideals of the Party and the Revolution” is “the main strategic weapon for successfully confronting all kinds of threats and attacks.
an exploding table
President Miguel Díaz-Camel, re-elected last April, once again blamed Washington for the hardships his country was going through on the eve of 9/11. In this sense, it reminded Havana He could not get oxygen during the hardest days of the pandemic.
Beyond official statements, pop they continue to spread in an unstable scenario: inflation does not stop, energy and transport problems do not stop either. The depreciation of the local currency continues its uninterrupted march. The dollar has once again pierced the ceiling of 200 Cuban pesos in the informal market. Tourism, Considered as a lifeline during the collapse of the Soviet Union (USSR), it reached a dead end. Visitor targets were not met in 2022 and a lower number is expected this year than in 2019.
So far this year, 135,090 people have left the country. The immigration rate threatens to exceed the unprecedented figure recorded in 2022, when 224,607 citizens left the country. increase in guilt And begging They transformed the social fabric. In this context, the Government has accelerated its economic and political alliance with Russia.
Silvio Rodríguez’s warning
“We in the most difficult phase of the so-called revolutionary periodWhere did it happen loss of trust and faith like never before. And unfortunately, it was not possible to live what such a historical situation requires in communication. Silvio Rodríguez, one of Cuba’s cultural icons, agreed days ago.
In a comment he made on the ‘Segunda Cita’ blog, he thought that “the transitional stage called socialism has not yet invented a mode of production higher than the capitalist”. “There were moments when our people” these days almost completely identify with the Revolution and its Government,” while admitting.you must be blind not to realize that they are not the same”. Author of ‘Hopefully’ He argues that the changes the island needs are the mindset. “You have to lose your fear. To be truly revolutionary, it is necessary to know how to put the collective welfare ahead of the safety of a group or social situation. The city is not stupid“.
oppressive response
Above all, the 2021 crisis had a punitive counterpart. by organization Prisoner’s Defenders), political detainees and prisoners of conscience who are not recognized by the government are subject to “criminal sentences or orders by prosecutors to deprive them of their liberty” without any judicial oversight or legal defense, in flagrant violation of international law protecting due process and effective defense”.
At the end of May, many of the accused minors sedition. PD emphasized the critical conditions experienced by trans women held in male prisons. Ana Mary García, 57, is the mother of Brenda Díaz, who is serving a 14-year and seven-month sentence for social order, sabotage and humiliation in the men’s section of a prison for people with HIV.
conflict horizon
The possibility of repetition of events is embedded in the social imagination. From September 11 to the beginning of July, Cuban Conflict Observatory this time it recorded hundreds of small explosions unrelated to other similar expressions. The most striking of these took place on May 6, 2023, in the city of Caimanera in Guantanamo province, 939 kilometers from the capital.