On Feb. 14 — Valentine's Day — Cuban independent journalist Oscar Mario González wrote from prison a letter to his daughter, who lives in Switzerland. González has been in jail since July, has not been formally charged with a crime. González, who had been warned by authorities to quit his job as a journalist was arrested on his way to cover a dissident demonstraton.
(For more on González, read my previous post here.)
I won't try to translate the entire letter, but it will break your heart.
In one passage, González explains succinctly why he and so many other journalists, librarians, human rights activists and other dissidents are languishing in Fidel Castro's gulag.
The reasons for my incarceration are incomprehensible for someone in your society, but totally understandable for the Cuban.
I was indiscreet enough to criticize and question the government of my country and to denounce its totalitarian and dictatorial nature before the world. I did it the only way how and the only way consistent with my character: peacefully and through the written word."
To read the entire letter, in Spanish, go to CubaNet.
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