Transition
Like many other Cuban nationals, my parents
immigrated to the United States in the early 60s.
My father arrived here first, found a job, rented a
suitable apartment, and then sent for my mother and
sister. It wasn't until much later - until my sister was in her late teens, that they became actual citizens of this country.

In the years since, they have struggled through many hardships, including several social prejudices inorder to give my sister and I some hope for a better future.

Despite the fact that neither of my parents spoke any English or had completed a high school education, they managed to buy a handsome two family home and see both my sister and I through college. The sacrifices they have made in their search for freedom are almost inconceivable. Although my father's entire family is in America, they have lost all of their land and property. My mother has not seen most of her family in over thirty years, and in the past five years, has lost four brothers. Her parents both died in the mid-eighties. The last time she saw them alive and healthy was in the early sixties.

This is not a unique story.

Many Cuban immigrants were forced to surrender their homes, possesions and bid farewell to family members - all in the hopes of finding political freedom.

The horrible painful truth is... it's our fault. Then again - it is easy for a "historian" to critize history, and viciously pinpoint people's misteps...

The fall of Cuba from grace is as much the people's fault as it is Fidel Castro's. He did not miraculously materialize as the new Cuban president. He was part of a revolution to overthrow the previous "tryannical" leader, Batista. Many of the Cubans, now in America, not only supported him, but fought beside him. Could any of his contemporaries have guessed that he would have turned out to be an even greater tryant?

Yet, it's sorrowful to note, that still... over four decades later... the political and social freedom that so many patriots, artists, and poets died for, has not been realized.

Sidenote:
According to my father, I am a communist. Here is why:

Honestly, I think my parents have never fully recovered from their "life in exile", and I know my sister and I will never fully recover from them...


Happy Latins dance on the ceiling deep in the barios
of Spanish Harlem - because you know
we are all so very very happy.

FIDEL ALEJANDRO RUZ CASTRO

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LINA RUZ GONZALEZ

Many Cubans claim that Castro does not have a mother, or that he killed her... but here she is, in her full combat glory.

Fidel Ruz Castro was born on August 13th, 1926 in Mayari, the easternmost part of Cuba.

His father, Angel Castro, was an immigrant from Spain and his mother, Lina Ruz Gonzalez, was his father's cook.

Fidel's father cultivated sugarcane and some other crops, and although the region they lived in was poor, Angel was financially well off.

Fidel Castro took over the government of Cuba
on January 1, 1959, and has been "sitting pretty" ever since.

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Bergenline's Cuban Pride Parade 2000

 

No illegal substances were unearthed
during the impromtu "crack-raid" in
Little Havana, Florida.

ELIAN GONZALEZ
Find me a website hosted by a Cuban that does NOT discuss Elian's plight. Although, I agree that the boy should have been returned to his natural father, the manner in which this entire affair has been handled by BOTH sides is horrifying. Elian became a symbol of Castro's potential downfall - a responsibility far too great to throw on the shoulders of a 6 YEAR OLD CHILD.

Elian is currently back in Cuba, harvesting sugar cane, like a good patriotic little child.

JOSÉ MARTI

January 28, 1853 - May 19, 1895

"Tengo fé en el mejoramiento humano,
en la vida futura, en la utilidad de la virtud,
y en ti..."

CELIA CRUZ

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Celia Cruz is not a communist either, she is a nosferatu. She has performed for well over forty lifetimes, ingeniuosly masquerading herself down through time...

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Behold... images of Celia Cruz during her live concert at the World Trade Center Plaza with Johnny Pacheco, where she was cleverly disguised as Tina Turner.

| Download her famous "Azucar.wav" |

WILLY CHIRINO

Cuban salsa star, Willy Chirino, is a prolific singer, songwriter, producer, who has recorded 16 albums since 1974.Three of his albums Zarabanda (1985) Acuarela de Caribe (1988), and Oxígeno (1991) went platinum. His most recent release is called Cuba Libre.

GLORIA ESTEFAN

"My whole family paid a heavy price for freedom. My father not only fought in the Bay of Pigs, he volunteered to fight in Vietnam. He fought for these same freedoms. I watched him die a slow death for 14 years. I was not about to let anyone stomp on those ideals.''

"Holy Father, do not forget to ask for Cuba's freedom in your prayers.''

 

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