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Creative Resistance in Cuba

It is a new euphemism to name the fatigue and sacrifice with which Cubans face their day by day existence.

A vote to Approve can be seen as the beginning of a new way of life for groups that have historically been excluded from the country.

We must decide now if uncertainty is going to remain the daily fare of Nicaraguans, or if there’ll be a road of hope towards democracy.

It’s characteristic of Cubans to end something & do it all over again differently, rather than be interested in slow and systematic progress.

Cubans have never stopped voting in referendums they aren’t called to, trying to escape poverty however possible.

Who among those who love them doesn’t owe them something: their job, their wealth, the empty epaulettes on their General’s uniform?

The residents of Nuevitas, Camagüey, once again showed civic muscle by chanting “freedom” and “the people united will never be defeated.”

An “open and sincere dialogue” as Pope Francis suggests is only possible without political prisoners and the current repressive police state.

Once again, the lyrics seem well written, but then, as in so many other times, the music is out of tune. What a pity.

We woke this Sunday and the value of the US dollar and MLC (on magnetic cards) has risen to 140 Cuban pesos.