Cuban Opposition Leaders Moving in the Right Direction

The Voice magazine ^ | Dr. Jorge A. Sanguinetty

[truthnomatterwhat]

Forget the mission of Cuba to the OAS or the moves by the Obama Administration to have a constructive dialogue with Cuba. Let’s face it, change needs to come from the people on the island. To see that change, we need to focus on the grassroots.

Like a breath of fresh air, things are shifting within Cuba. Non-violent civic movements are gaining attention and influence both on and off the island. Hope is being restored for the ever so desperate youth. With acclaim both on and off the island most people think of Yoani Sanchez as the guiding light for this hope. But like Yoani and her blogger colleagues, there are many other initiatives led by many brave and dedicated individuals across the island.

[kabumpo]

All these terms like “grass roots” in relation to Cuba are ethno-centric ideas imposed from without that have no meaning in Cuba. When even normal EXILE society in Miami is penetrated by spies (viz the Alvarez case) what possibility is there for a so-called grass roots organized to not be penetrated by agents of the regime —
most people in Cuba do not even understand what freedom is — they just want to go shopping.