“Even when?”, It is a natural expression of ordinary Cubans. These days are summed up in outbursts of anger. Amelia Calzadillaa translator and a mother of three who use social media to protest exorbitant electricity bill and the insecurity of everyday life. Cuba. this cell phone is silent The new voice of Cubans. There are more than seven million devices forming a virtual civil society. The whole island found out in a heartbeat when Calzadilla stood in front of the screen and vented his anger.
“The Cuban mother who wakes up like me in the morning is worried they will turn off the light. You don’t know what to feed your children when they come home from school in the afternoon…) I’m asking you How long will you last? Because I can’t take it anymore!” he said in a nearly eight-minute video that talks about some of the Cubans’ failures: power cuts, lack of food, medicine and toys, and the impossibility of being heard: years ago, inconclusive, but at the same time. stressed the privileges of the political elite, which is immune to the effects of a systemic crisis.
Not surprisingly, the official press translator linked it to an external conspiracy. “The viral video is a textbook example of what it is called. irritation managementsaid the site CubaDiscussion. Anne was summoned by Havana officials. “no one questioned me“There was a face-to-face meeting, a discussion,” he said. But without getting an answer, he returned to his home in the municipality of Cerro. There is no possibility of getting gas service, as he claims. Nor can they guarantee a preferential price for gas. “If I do not have access to produced gas, what I recommend is with the Electricity Union rearranging plans, let’s say a rate adjustment.”
Calzadilla is 31 years old and does not receive dollars from relatives abroad. They also do not want to leave the island, emphasizing as if the sons of the leaders did. In his speech, he recalled that he was “born under hardship.Special period in times of peace“, with the recognition of years of brutal famine due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was Cuba’s main economic backer. Fidel Castro was able to ensure that children do not miss school in conditions worse than current ones. There is doubt today and so the translator exploded. He assured that he was not afraid of going to jail: it would have been a relief for his family to save on a plate of food that was so hard to get.
The translator found instant solidarity on the street and in social networks. “Amelia is not just Amelia: other mothers are fed up with government laziness publicly agreed with their allegations. These mothers were joined by fathers, brothers, grandparents, and townspeople who were fed up with the fact that the only dignity they were allowed to access were the so-called principles of the Revolution.”