Havana Province, Cuba. - In Santa Cruz del Norte, 85 years-old housewife Georgina Gomez confessed to me that she still regards the dawn of January 1 1959 as a dream. Her eyes lock in a crack of the ceiling. She seems to go back to the past along the crossroads of time, but then returns to the present. She remembers Juana, her neighbor, yelling at her at 6:00 in the morning to tell her that Batista was gone.

Octogenarian Bienvenido Diaz, from Jaruco, assures that it was an unforgettable dawn. He claims that philosophers and historians will elaborate on Fidel Castro’s feats for centuries to come. Half a century after the victorious daybreak, he thinks that the Commander revolutionized the world with his innovative thinking.

But not only aging Cubans comment on this historical event. Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, young right-handed star of Havana Province baseball team, affirms that Cuban Revolution is Light. The tall pitcher wishes a prosperous 2010 to all the baseball fans of his province, particularly to his neighbors in Mariel.

Cigar roller Laura Rodriguez affirms that the change requested by the foes of the Revolution and Fidel happened 50 years ago when Fulgencio Batista’s murderous dictatorship was overthrown. Discrimination, racketeering, misery, hunger and the precarious life in the city and countryside all came to an end in the island.

The truth is that Revolution is Light.

Translated by: Pedro A. Fanego

( 03.12.2009 10:13 AM )