"What's happening?...I really don't know"
"What do you mean?...I can't take care of my family anymore...my daughter has left the country in the arms of a tourist...my son took off on a raft for Miami and I haven't heard from him in three years...my wife has cancer and there is no treatment for her...we don't have the dollars necessary...
"Mentira...Maria went off with that old guy from?....y you haven't heard from Yusnel?...surely he's ok...one day he'll show up looking fine con mucho regalos. Surely with our health care there is a treatment available for Margot...there's health care for everyone!
"Oye Compadre...you said it yourself..."mentira"...it's all lies...I don't believe anymore...not even in myself...if I had been "hombre" enough...I could've taken care of them better...Maria wouldn't have turned to "jiniterismo"...Yusnell would've stayed instead of being eaten by "los tiburones" and Margot may have lived better and not gotten sick."
"I was once called the "new man" by the revolution...but in all reality I am just an old man con nada...no dreams...just a nightmare...
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That's what life is for most Cubans, no hope, all is a nightmare, the worst nightmare of all is when you awaken
It makes you just feel like crying....
Hopefully you feel when you see the images...the words are a dramatization based on conversations on the island. Share this Blog with others...thanks!
Amazingly many Cubans do have hope of a future...many times I am told the best part of a trip to Cuba is meeting the Cubans.
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