The Government Editorial / Lilianne Ruíz

"Faced with the interference from the Yankees and the European Union, UNITY!"

The Cuban government gave its first statement on the death of Wilmar Villar, on January 23rd. It was taken from the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The paper in question, Unico Diario, is the only daily newspaper. It is the official organ of propaganda, of the only party legally allowed on the island, this is of course, the Communist Party. I expected at least one story of the events, but the story is devoted to a series of human rights abuses committed in other parts of the world. They, in that way are willing to join the list of abusers, beating all competition in longevity: 53 years! It is good teaching in order to swell the ranks of the club of murderers!

State Security is twisted and dirty, without scruples, without values, idiot-proof though not because it is less guilty. For I understand that the Chiefs for whom it works; those of State, they do not still have any more resources than absolute vileness, because, along the way, they lost their soul. But the gendarmes, for many privileges and brainwashing, being accomplices, are earning a dark satisfaction that is devouring them completely. In these situations I find strength only by reading the Gospels. Forgive me, if I repeat myself.

Someone told me that he read, in the BBC, that Wilmar was imprisoned for contempt of authority and for beating his wife. I don’t know how much stock in the BBC is held by the Cuban government, a representative of the most predatory left, but it seems disrespectful. I am not interested in Villar domestic relations, but in the fact of Wilmar’s death as a result of respiratory deterioration during a hunger strike. His wife, the mother of two girls, was also arrested after involvement in a non-violent political protest.

I cannot repress the cynicism of the Communist Party, of the shield of the caudillos, when it states, in the media, that with much urgency they have given the world the news without investigation of the facts. To my knowledge, no Cuban jail has been visited by Amnesty International, the Red Cross, or the Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights because of the constant refusals of the government. Imagine if CNN were to have access to the hole where Wimar Villar remained nearly two months while on a hunger strike, then dying of pneumonia because of the punishment they implemented by their attitude! Cuban National Socialism uncompromisingly, cannot stand the gaze of an International Commission, but complains to the United Nations of suffering economic isolation.

State Security is twisted and dirty, without scruples, without values, idiot-proof though not because it is less guilty. For I understand that the Chiefs for whom it works; those of State, they do not still have any more resources than absolute vileness, because, along the way, they lost their soul. But the gendarmes, for many privileges and brainwashing, being accomplices, are earning a dark satisfaction that is devouring them completely. In these situations I find strength only by reading the Gospels. Forgive me, if I repeat myself.

Translated by: Hank Hardisty

January 30 2012