THE HALF BROKEN CIRCLE

The Black Diamond

The reality of the cubans hidden by the government at all cost, many know about the operative fence circling the house of Jorge Luís García Pérez (Antúnez). From march 18, 2009, repressive forces directed by the State Security are stopping the opposers of the island from getting near the house of the known "Black Diamond".

This notorious siege could be observed by the inhabitants of Placetas, in the province of Villa Clara. The residents or visitors of the also called Villa of the Laureles are surprised, when they see the National Special Brigade of the Revolutionary National Police circling (PNR), The denominated Black Rosters.

But in a manner more subtle other blockades which are blocking the access to Antúnez and four dissidents who are on a hunger strike of solid foods. Which commenced as a hunger strike, february 17 of the mentioned year and which passed to a category of the actual strike, by the petitions made by the mayority of his brothers in the struggle.

Against these civil claims in that city of the central region of the country, has been raised a known dual of opposing leaders residents in Habana. They try to damage the reputation of the possition of Antúnez with the use of defamation and the fundamental lies in front of the diplomatic european embassy.

As we already know, the representatives of the United States of America in the cuban capital, from the year 2003 they have been prohibited to travel out of the perimeter of the city of Habana. This is the reason, that in the none violent opposition it is not none the slander versus Antúnez which should be none by the diplomatic yanquis.

The same blockade have been extended contrary to the feared hunger strickers by the part of these couples of leaders of the peaceful dissidents, with the means of the foreign press credited by the cuban state. The correspondents of other countries have received their tediousness dosis of a lethal poison with the concentrated lies.

Besides the international recognition of the slanderes and the notoriety in the interior of the city, because of their presentation almost constantly by means of the Castro press, the handling of this frank evilness have not been succesful. The motives of the failure have to do with the persistance and the stuborness of Antúnez together with his followers.

The lies before the european representatives have gone from insinuating that Antúnez is a lost alcoholic, even to insure that in the group of brave persons they are all totaly marginated from society and have past commun criminal records. The real reason behind all this is to discredit in all coast and at any cost.

Some interpretate the deceiving as the desperation of political veteran figures already established, to the reality that the civil confrontation has spread to the capitol of the island to the central region. Because at the begining when Antúnez left prison and together with his unconditionals have taken the streets in any part of Cuba.

Other high ranking national leaders which do proceed Antúnez and and their confronting conduct, by the way they also live in Habana, Believe that these deceiving attitudes go beyond professional jealousy. They are past prodemocrats who consider that a direct or indirect colaboration exist with the repressive agency.

By maintaining their fasting by a long period of two month and without a date of termination to be foreseen, and since in the exterior they have executed a campaign of full support very well planned, the fruits which we can perceive. And at least the diplomatic center seek the alternative judgment in regard to Antúnez case.

We already know of embassies in the old continent who have sent their credited personnel to make contact with Antúnez and the other abstinents. This is an essential step in the rupture of the manipulative circle towards the diplomats, so that the totalitarian government feel the international pressure and make minimum concesions.

We have been able learn some entities with inmunity confronting the fidelistic state, pretending to dispatch their representatives to interview does in the plaza. This will produce a rupture with the scheme of isolating slanders which they pretended to make to these representatives and ex-rebel prisoners in excess of 17 years.

Still we have to scrape the ring of retreat due to the informative means of the democratic countries which rest on national territory. If this was reached than the government would be against the wall and would have to resolve at the quickest brevity the episodes of "The Hunger Strikers of Placetas".

These hunger strikers possess a triple merit in their civil confrontation, since they attract the trained repressive public. But resist the invisible circle of lies which is directed to the diplomats and the indifference of the foreign credited press, they do not have the strength but they do have the reasoning and this is why the circle is half broken.

Translator: Eduardo E. Rodríguez Candelario, boricua member of the PULC in Puerto Rico and collaborator of OCPI.