{"id":10049,"date":"2017-01-27T20:04:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T01:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=10049"},"modified":"2021-03-16T12:58:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:58:11","slug":"trip-back-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/trip-back-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trip Back To Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a rather long four-year, four-month wait, I visited the island I was raised in. Cuba is known for its timelessness\u2014a deep-seated perception that the antique cars, the 58-year-old communist system, and the people<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s lost sense of hope, have remained intact. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So while I was enjoying my winter break with my father, cousins and childhood friends, I was also observing if anything had changed about the place that saw me grow up. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to my surprise, not much has changed. The &#8220;positive&#8221; differences following the opening of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, such as limited internet accessibility, are a double-edged sword. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But before I go into what changed after Fidel Castro&#8217;s death and the closing of the U.S.-Cuba embargo, as well as \u201cwet foot, dry foot\u201d and what the future of Cubans looks like, let&#8217;s take a road trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Pinar+del+Rio,+Cuba\/@22.3354082,-85.1429896,8z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8f34ac72ad2471f9:0xd87a55c600ac4052!8m2!3d22.4076256!4d-83.8473015\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Pinar del R\u00edo<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The night was young when my mother and I started our 87-mile ride from Havana to Entronque de Herradura, a small town in the westernmost Cuban province, Pinar del R\u00edo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I noticed the bright stars in the dark Cuban sky. However, that light wasn\u2019t enough to keep us safe from the risk of hurting the people and animals walking through the narrow national highway, namely the best asphalted road in the country. Said road still lacks street lights and clear road signage, as well as maintenance to fix the frequent potholes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My mother and I agreed that the pitch-black drive was a bit scary, but in two hours we saw light again in our family members<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> excitement to see us back after so long. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although my cousins and friends had physically changed, we told the same jokes and played the same hand games. Their disillusionment with the regime\u2019s scarcity of opportunities is evident, but they try to remain happy by gathering friends and walking around, telling funny stories and dancing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That happiness is oftentimes replaced with repression. Castro\u2019s death was followed by nine days of mourning, in which parties and music were banned, and all eight TV channels aired documentaries and speeches praising the deceased leader as well as communist songs my friends were forced to memorize for school. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuban citizens are also deprived of other forms of entertainment such as foreign music, movies, and shows they must pay for and download through an illegal bundle. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The filtered intranet only permits access to content controlled by the government. To even access this limited version of the internet, Cubans must go to a Wi-Fi hotspot and pay two Cuban dollars an hour for a poor quality connection. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given that most Cubans work for the government and are paid only 12 to 20 dollars per month, the price for just one hour of Wi-Fi is ridiculous. The low, unfair salaries have not changed despite the escalating prices of food and other necessary items. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to mention the continuing inability to protest against the government. The nonexistent freedom of speech, expression, or the press. The absence of basic human rights. The light-year distance from any form of technology, democracy, or change. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recent policy change in \u201cwet foot, dry foot\u201d only reduces the hope that many Cubans, like I myself did, have of fleeing and having a taste of freedom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last grain of hope is in the hands of Cubans who must unite to completely redesign the government and possibly, in some years, be free. Only then will the light in the lost talent and efforts of Cubans reign over the darkness of corruption.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a rather long four-year, four-month wait, I visited the island I was raised in. Cuba is known for its timelessness\u2014a deep-seated perception that the antique cars, the 58-year-old communist system, and the people&#8216;s lost sense of hope, have remained intact. 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