“We have never lied to the people. The unity of our people is not based on the worship of an individual or of the cult of personality of a certain individual. It is based on a solid and profound political conscience. The relationships of the direction of our Revolution and the people are based on conscience, based on principles, based on proven loyalty, and among other things, based on the fact that we have never lied to the people”.
– Fidel, July 18th 1985.
Yisel Flores, Maria Alfonso Cordova, and Elisa M. Reiner are three dissidents toward the regime; they reside in the municipality of Caimanera in an enclave which is special because of its location near to the American Naval Base of Guantanamo. On January 27th they were brutally beaten under the orders of the so-called State Security, the National Revolutionary Police, and their paramilitary gangs known as the Rapid Response Brigades.
Yakelin Garcia Jaenz was beaten in Bayamo this past February just for opposing the imprisonment of her husband, Ariel Arzuaga Pena, and while attempting to respectfully commemorate the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo. The windows of her home were destroyed by the mobs, while absolutely nothing happened to the aggressors. Today, Ariel awaits a trial with the prosecutor requesting a sentence of 8 years in jail.
The government continues, the lies flow, and truth awaits at the bend of the road.
Translated by Raul G.
May 22 2011