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The count of a victory
Juan Carlos Hernandez
Independent journalist

SANTIAGO OF CUBA, July 10, 2008 (www.miamiprogressive.com) Néstor Rodriguez Louvain, Young president of the Cuban Movement by the Democracy, can circulate freely around all the national territory; to thus it let us know them Eliécer Consuegra via telephone hours ago. The objective was obtained, already Néstor can travel to Havana, were its words, something fills that us to all of joy.

Although now we celebrated, always is good for recalling the lived experience: The direction that we had was to travel immediately to the city of Baracoa, in the Eastern end of the country in solidarity with Néstor Rodriguez Louvain, who was carrying out a hunger strike in protest by an arbitrary decision of the government whom she prevented him to travel outside the locality.

Nevertheless, in spite of taking all the pertinent measures, créanme, was not easy to arrive at the house from the brothers Rodriguez Louvain. The control in the wagon ones was incredible, in the Control post (police detent) of Guantánamo, the light truck where it transferred to me happened of length, because already there were other three that was lengthy and had to means town down, verifying the identity card to them.  The light truck in which I traveled happened slowly between the other three and followed of length, being useful the confusion, were so many the people whom they had to register, that exceeded the capacity of the police. The citizen commotion was terrible, the people who traveled with me, commented and because they were asked in high voice, what it will be happening.

When arriving at Guantánamo, I remained in the omnibus terminal, they said because me that within 5 minutes, that is to two of afternoon it left a Yutong omnibus to Baracoa, but lamentably no longer there were tickets, the capacity was exhausted informed, me in the Office into Traffic.

I left there for the exit that goes for Baracoa. In ponto of control of “the yellows� (state inspectors of transit) I managed to take a truck, by far effort I could sit down next to a young person whom took a girl in its arms, in the way we made confidence and from time to time was loaded it. To the entrance of the city of Baracoa, they return to us to stop, I I load the girl, but they only lowered the people of both seats of means of the truck. The police entered and they asked the identity card to him some men, reason why I got rid once again of being detected.

When the truck happened against the policlínico in the Martí street I lower, me and I realize that besides the Cuban Flag that waved in the house of Néstor, between the building and the policlínico the authorities had placed other 7 flags more, like reducing importance to him to the subject. When I am walking by the sidewalk of opposite, some activists who recognize and do sign to me to me of which he worries to me, so that they did not go to me to stop in the way, was something incredible, when I arrive, already were inside of the house of Néstor around 15 activists.

Considering that the act of repudio of the previous day and the act witnessed by notary public that did in the policlínico had televised it by the local channel of Guantánamo, we took measures strategic to parapetar in case they wanted to us to enter the force the house or to block the exit to us, for that reason decided to stay in silence, to close the windows and to extinguish the lights, while the activists of the locality brought bread, cakes, yogurt and tomato to have something to eat, while Néstor remained in its strike, laid down in a camp bed.

Néstor always maintained its spirit of leader, reunited at a certain time us to all informed, us into the international situation, the calls of solidarity that arrived at their cellular ones and was thankful for that gesture so tuna and human who activists of different Eastern provinces that they went in his support in a place of so difficult access as is Baracoa.

Rolando Rodriguez Louvain remembered the objectives to us of the hunger strike of Néstor, alleging that they rejected the Cuban medical aid and were asking for the presence of the International Red Cross.  Also it informed to us that for the following morning already they had made another poster in substitution del that in the previous day was burned by the participants in the act of repudio. In this act of repudio they tried to collapse the door of the house and sent eggs.  Soon the own Néstor took the word and it communicated to us that or the wise European Union of the subject, that the Committee of Young people by the Democracy would begin to demand before you soothe diplomatic Cuban in Latin American countries the fulfillment of its exigencies and the denunciations that or left by Martí Radio, Mambí Radio, Radio Republic, etc.

Around the 8 in the morning we felt noises in the outskirts of the building, was possible to be observed a motorcycle of the police, jeep of the lengths of gray color that operative guard said, about 3 Suzuki motors and around 20 police, of which almost 10 entered the house of Néstor with a registry order. He explained us to Rolando that to the police if there were abrir the door to him, because they were the authority and we could not be denied.  Then, to the 8 that nonéramos of Baracoa, Omar Wilson Real Esteve, Felipe of the Rosary Aguirre, Augusto Hernandez of Los Angeles, Solenni Abat Alpajón, Yordi Garci'a Fournier, Yorleidys Dubalón Guibert Ortiz, Yonal Dubalón Guibert Ortiz and this servant, Juan Carlos Hernandez Hernandez, gathered to us the identity card lowered and us for jeep, we did it shouting live the human rights and making the symbol of the victory.  They put us in the car, next to 3 police, plus the driver and we started off. A crowd of deceived people and many peculiar ones hoped to us when coming out, around 150 people, but we only could tell 6 that they shouted insults, the others were impartial.

A motorcycle of the police controlled the transit, with the ignited lights and sounding the terrorist sirens as if we were talibanes, alarming all the population. When crossing kilometers stopped the march, to request another car, because the driver of jeep showed that yet that personnel could not raise the Lamppost. Awhile later a car arrived patrol craft and the activists of Moa were transferred for the new vehicle. That was the moment that was useful to handcuff to us, but like peculiar data, one of the police said: “but nor spouses we have�, reason why it was necessary to unite to two people with a single wife.

The caravan continued its trip with the constant to sound of the sirens of the motorcycle, when beginning to lower the hill of the Lamppost, we noticed that jeep was having problems, was divided to the transmission bar and a tambora of the brakes, thanks to God we are alive.

The police requested aid and half an hour later they sent a truck in the view of supplying of some unit of the Min-Int. When arriving at the town of Imías we were direct to the jails of a police station. The 8 stopped we stood in hunger strike and we did not prove food some, hours more afternoons we were transferred in one guagua even cage to the Unit of Operations of the Security of the State in Guantánamo. There we were fichados, took photos front us, of side, the digital tracks and they took samples us from sweat.  According to them to have samples of our scent.

Once undressed of ours you belonged we were direct to the tapiadas cells. Short while later was interrogating and applying an official warning to us. Around 10 and the average one at night they transferred in a car patrol craft until Santiago of Cuba, first for the Unit of the Motorized one and soon for the Station of Police, well-known popularly like the Small palace.

Approximately to 2 of the dawn we were set free, after an extensive interrogation and forts threats by means of two officials of the Security of the State.

I am thankful for the solidarity that all the agencies and people of different parts from the world had with Néstor. Hopefully that many leaders were like Néstor Rodriguez Louvain.


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