Lien Estrada

I had to laugh. I didn’t reply because these people, Cubans like me, knew the truth just as well as everyone else living on the island.

I’m visiting the pastor Niuvis Pernas at her home, when a friend of hers arrives – Professor Flor Maria Gandol. We introduce ourselves.

The controversial aspect of this experience is that it took place in a country where citizens can be imprisoned for expressing their thoughts.

Cuba is full of these examples. Among those who attempt suicide and those who go through with it. But these aren’t topics that are addressed.

I believe that as long as we maintain a critical outlook, a value, even if minimal, to express what we think, then there is hope.

One of my desires is to have access to Amazon and have a PayPal account. So that I can publish my short story books myself…

Everything was closed: schools, banks, businesses, except for hospitals and a few select food preparation centers.

Before leaving for the United States through the lottery in 1998, my father lived on 13th Street in the San Fiel neighborhood of Holguin.