English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Is Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo Being Arrested Right Now? / Yoani Sanchez
Something is happening with OLPL, he has called me but all I hear are screams, I think he is being arrested.OLPL was able to dial my number before they arrested him, now I can hear the sounds of a car, screams and warnings.A man screams at OLPL. He still doesn’t know that in his [OLPL’s] pocket his cellphone is “open” and the sound of everything is coming to me.I have this huge sense of “impotence” listening to the line as OLPL is arrested but I don’t know where he is, where they are taking him.
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At least this time this gadget with keys and a screen has served to alert [us about] what is happening, but sadly it is not ENOUGH.
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They’ve cut OLPL’s line; just before I heard screams but distorted by movement and distance. I have recorded a little…