They say, and the lies aren’t mine / Rodrigo Chavez Rodriguez, Cuban Law Association

They say, and the lies aren't mine / Rodrigo Chavez Rodriguez, Cuban Law
Association
Cuban Law Association, Translator: Unstated
Rodrigo Chavez Rodriguez, Attorney

Ask an ordinary citizen for their rights, it would be like asking how
far Mars is from Earth, it would be impossible to get a precise answer,
clear and consistent, but if you asked for a list of what is prohibited,
they could spend a long time reciting a list.

It seems that every agricultural enterprise more than met its production
plan, but when we go to the markets and see what products are available,
at first we're stunned and have to be brought back to reality, the
prices of these products are so stunning and unchanging.

"Everything it guaranteed for the start of the school year," they say,
and before the end of the first quarter there aren't enough supplies for
the students. There are shortages of books, pencils, rules, gas to cook
the food, and fuel to transport the personal, there is a lack of
teachers, etc.

"We built a bakery with modern equipment that will guarantee the
production and quality of the bread," but soon there is neither one,
because "our daily bread" is permanently in the sights of all the
customers, a constant target in their complaints.

"We built a bakery, with modern equipment, which will ensure the
production and quality of bread", soon neither one nor the other, for
"our daily bread" is constantly targeted by all white consumers and
constant complaints from the population.

"Students who graduate from this course are guaranteed placement in a
job." How stark is the reality, when they make the laws ordering a
restructuring of the workforce, which is why hundreds of workers have
been declared "available." What's the difference between "available" and
"unemployed"?

"The state has spent or invested significant resources to stabilize
public transportation," but even so there are no spare parts, supplies,
fuel.

So then, did you know that the national coffee production plan has not
been met? And how, then, is it possible that the plan to export coffee
has been met?

Many of us have heard the disrespectful phrase "do more with less."
Aware that, when there are no resources, it's possible to have the
information and knowledge needed to act, but every day we are farther
from thinking and acting freely and from their respecting our human and
constitutional rights. For them to defend action, it must be doing more
with more and not with less; and every day more, with less outrage, less
injustice, less violations.

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