Yunior García Aguilera will march this Sunday “alone” with a white rose
November 15 had to be the opening day of international tourism and schools in Cuba, but some were looking for another type of opening. This was the case of the playwright Yunior García Aguilera, who through the Archipiélago collective, created as a result of the July 11 protests, had summoned his followers to demonstrate peacefully that day. Until this Friday he changed his mind.
With the argument of not allowing “not a drop of blood to be spilled, on either side”, the 39-year-old Cuban actor announced that he will no longer march on Monday, as he had said, but will do so “alone” this Sunday. ” on behalf of all the citizens who the regime has deprived of their right to demonstrate on 15-N.
He was referring to those who have been intimidated with police summons. He himself claims to have been the victim of a campaign of threats and pressure that have led him to change the plans of a massive demonstration for a minimalist protest “carrying only a white rose.” For that he has chosen a place with a symbolic name, the Quixote Park, but he clarifies that his will not be “an act of heroism”, but of “responsibility.”
Others saw it as “an act of cowardice” and even accused him of allowing himself to “fill his pockets.” The decision was a shock to Facebook pages, which have served as a canvas for the civic platform with followers from several countries. “First on the 20th, then the 15th and now the 14th. Clarify, mijo!” Said a woman holding a poster for the photo.
Disappointed, those in Miami squandered epithets to charge him for the frustrated expectations of those who believe that these protests will achieve regime change on the Caribbean island. The Cuban government, for its part, has doubled the accusations against Facebook, which it threatens to sue, and blames the US for being behind the protests, which it considers encouraged by various governments. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez summoned the diplomatic corps on Wednesday to express his discomfort. “They will not be able to knock us down even with the virus as a friend,” he warned.
The minister criticized the lack of help from the international community in the face of the crisis that the country has suffered during the pandemic, deprived of its main income, tourism, which until then contributed more than 3,000 million dollars to the national economy, or around the 19% of your income. Cubo had to close the doors and implement the quarantine, which will now be avoided with an international vaccination card. In this context of shortages and shortages, the July protests arose, which were quickly controlled by a strong police deployment that included beatings, arrests and threats.
Many have not wanted to hear the Archipelago’s call for the demobilization of this march that should give it continuity, but the 39-year-old playwright has not asked his people not to demonstrate “neither the 15th, nor the 16th, nor the rest of the days, “he wrote in his Facebook statement leaving the door open. “I only humbly ask everyone to avoid any kind of violent confrontation.”
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