
{"id":231306,"date":"2020-12-06T09:34:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T14:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=231306"},"modified":"2020-12-06T09:34:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T14:34:39","slug":"havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/","title":{"rendered":"Havana and Havanans, beyond San Isidro*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Havana woke up this Tuesday gray, wintry. In its oldest part, including the San Isidro neighborhood\u2015center of gazes and comments on the events of the last days\u2015and also beyond. The cloudy sky and the north winds left no room for doubt. The first cold front of the season entered the city just as December began and the thermometers and the people of Havana were thankful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd it was needed,\u201d says a man who prefers not to reveal his name, \u201cto see if it refreshes the atmosphere a bit, because things have been quite hot in recent days. You know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know, you know, he knows, we all know. In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/la-habana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Cuban capital<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2015and also throughout the island and even outside of it\u2015no one is exempt today from this conjugation of the verb to know in the present tense of the indicative mood.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"t2Sy2822tz\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/opinion\/columns\/no-filter\/dialogue-in-this-cuba\/\">Dialogue in this Cuba?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Dialogue in this Cuba?&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/opinion\/columns\/no-filter\/dialogue-in-this-cuba\/embed\/#?secret=9DoZKepWiV#?secret=t2Sy2822tz\" data-secret=\"t2Sy2822tz\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all know, in one way or another, of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/detienen-en-la-habana-al-grupo-en-protesta-pacifica-en-san-isidro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what happened in San Isidro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the Ministry of Culture, of their sagas in Havana itself and in other cities of the country, of the \u201ct\u00e1ngana\u201d in favor of the government in Trillo Park, of the Cuban Foreign Ministry complaint that the United States intervened in the matter, of the crossed denunciations, entrenchments, arrests and disqualification of some parties towards the other parties, of the tug-of-war that pulls towards extremes and maintains the possibility of dialogue encouraged on November 27 on a knife\u2019s edge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all know, because social networks, Cuban and foreign media, official and alternative, activists, artists and intellectuals directly involved in the events and others who were not, the official bloggers, commentators and influencers and also the opponents and the supposedly impartial, the academics and journalists and leaders and more, have been in charge of telling their version, offering their criteria and assessments, setting their principles, completing the picture of what happened by filling in the omissions of their counterparts, contributing to the necessary debate, but sadly not a few have also taken the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, to gauge ideologically opportunistically and stubbornly, to denigrate and distort in their favor, to slam the doors that could open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And all this, in one way or another, has reached the streets, the ordinary people, who also (de) construct what happened and have their own opinion, although later many prefer to keep it to themselves, to their closed circle, or they say it halfway, or off the record, when they have a tape recorder in front of them. Just in case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou better ask me about baseball,\u201d Orestes tells me\u2015he tells me his name is Orestes\u2015, a man in his fifties walking slowly who I bumped into on busy Monte Street, when I ask him about the events of the last few days. And then he clarifies that he is tired \u201cof fighting with Industriales fans and those who aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_231308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231308\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.58-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-231308\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.58-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.58-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.58-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.58-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.58-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.58-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People on Monte Street in Havana, on December 1, 2020. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt this point in the game, I don\u2019t really care much how things are anymore. What matters to me is that they don\u2019t bat me out,\u201d the man says with a peculiar but understandable baseball metaphor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHere people are minding their own thing, journalist, in their struggle,\u201d seconded Rolando, who accompanies Orestes to \u201ca procedure,\u201d they tell me. \u201cThings were already quite complicated with the pandemic and the lack of food, and now all this makes it even worse. Have you seen how the streets are full of police officers? \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRight now, one has to stay safe, yes,\u201d Orestes returns, \u201cbecause if they catch you off base, you\u2019re in for trouble and I\u2019ve already heard every story that I don\u2019t even know&#8230;. But what I say goes both ways: everyone knows what they\u2019re doing and where it hurts, and everyone learns from their own mistakes. And if all this has happened now, the strike and the protests, it has a reason, right? The only thing I hope is that the situation calms down and it\u2019s not for the worse.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_231309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231309\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.41.15-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-231309\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.41.15-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.41.15-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.41.15-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.41.15-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.41.15-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.41.15-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A classic car passes in front of a group of police officers in Havana\u2019s Parque Central, on December 2, 2020. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orestes and Rolando were one of the few who paid attention to me, out of all those who I tried to talk to. Some, with all their right, flatly said \u201cno\u201d to me; others quickened their pace or kindly apologized for not being \u201cvery aware\u201d of what I was asking. Which was what I know, you know, and they surely knew too, but they preferred not to comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t the case of Mario, retired from the electricity enterprise and an \u201cinternationalist,\u201d as he emphasizes, for whom \u201cyou don\u2019t negotiate with the enemy.\u201d Not with \u201cmercenaries\u201d either.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI knew that the Americans were behind the San Isidro thing, before they said it on the news. It was obvious,\u201d he affirms. \u201cThose people (U.S.) have always wanted to overthrow this (the Revolution) and they no longer know what to invent. They have done everything, even planting bombs. And there are always people here who lend themselves to their game, mercenaries who are trying to stage their show and fill their pockets. But it seems the door slammed on their faces again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-231306 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/attachment\/whatsapp-image-2020-12-01-at-3-08-31-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.31-PM-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-231310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.31-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.31-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.31-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.31-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.31-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-231310'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/attachment\/whatsapp-image-2020-12-01-at-3-09-10-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.09.10-PM-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-231311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.09.10-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.09.10-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.09.10-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.09.10-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.09.10-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-231311'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/attachment\/whatsapp-image-2020-12-01-at-3-11-00-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.00-PM-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-231312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.00-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.00-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.00-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.00-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.00-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-231312'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/attachment\/whatsapp-image-2020-12-01-at-3-12-37-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.37-PM-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-231313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.37-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.37-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.37-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.37-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.37-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-231313'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/attachment\/whatsapp-image-2020-12-01-at-3-12-47-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.47-PM-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-231314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.47-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.47-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.47-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.47-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.47-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-231314'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/attachment\/whatsapp-image-2020-12-01-at-3-12-56-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.56-PM-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-231315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.56-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.56-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.56-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.56-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.12.56-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-231315'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou can always dialogue,\u201d says Daniel, a university student, whom, like Mario, I met while passing through Calzada del Cerro, \u201cbut within socialism, as President D\u00edaz-Canel said at Trillo Park. I was there, like many young people who went to reaffirm our support for the Revolution and to show our rejection of those who disrespect the national symbols, who call themselves representatives of the Cuban people and receive money from the United States. Those people from the so-called San Isidro Movement have no morals to claim anything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd what about those who went to the Ministry of Culture?\u201d I ask him and he takes a minute to think. \u201cI think they still have to define themselves,\u201d he finally answers, \u201cbecause they cannot be confused or dragged along by those who want to provoke a social outbreak in Cuba. I already told you that you can debate, dialogue with respect, because we don\u2019t live in a perfect country, but always to improve our socialism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabriela, for her part, regrets not having been at the Ministry of Culture on November 27, as were several of her classmates and friends. Her parents, she says, would not let her go \u201cfor fear that something would happen, like the pepper spray they used on a group.\u201d \u201cThat was strong,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"o9FZsvxVRF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/opinion\/columns\/our-life\/last-nights-cuba\/\">Last night\u2019s Cuba*<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Last night\u2019s Cuba*&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/opinion\/columns\/our-life\/last-nights-cuba\/embed\/#?secret=BS3hVEWdPo#?secret=o9FZsvxVRF\" data-secret=\"o9FZsvxVRF\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even so, this young university student thinks that this was \u201ca historic day\u201d in which a part of the Cuban youth and intelligentsia made it clear that \u201cthere is much to discuss and change to have a better, more inclusive and respectful Cuba in which we all really have a space, not only those who think like the government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less enthusiastic is Maikel, also young, with whom I talk briefly while waiting at a bus stop near Parque de la Fraternidad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat happened at the Ministry of Culture was good, but these people (the Cuban government) don\u2019t like to lose. They\u2019ve already turned the tables and have thrown everyone in the same bag,\u201d he answers. \u201cThey summoned the meeting at Trillo Park and they have had it out for those of San Isidro, who, the truth, gave themselves away with the United States ambassador and those videos of the rapper who is imprisoned, Denis Sol\u00eds. Although I\u2019m still waiting for someone to explain to me if it is legal for a police officer to film him inside his house, and also why the connection and the networks got so bad during those days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_231316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231316\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.40-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-231316\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.40-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.40-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.40-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.40-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.40-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.11.40-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People at a bus stop in Parque de la Fraternidad, in Havana, on December 1, 2020. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But beyond San Isidro, physically and spiritually, the people of Havana don\u2019t hide other concerns these days. Some, for a great many of them, are more important and urgent than the island\u2019s political climate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOh, dearie, I don\u2019t know much about that,\u201d says Marina, who is walking through Old Havana in search of food, when I ask her about recent events. \u201cI don\u2019t have the Facebook that my grandson is always looking at all day, and now no one sees the news, because here when they start on something there\u2019s no end&#8230;. It\u2019s so much so that they no longer talk so much about COVID, which seems to be getting worse again here in Havana since the airport opened. And that worries me because I\u2019m no longer twenty years old. But what am I going to do, I have to go out to buy food anywhere because you can\u2019t live without eating.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marina is alarmed by the prices of many products \u201cwhen they appear\u201d and fears that the cap imposed by the Havana authorities will cause them to \u201cdisappear\u201d and \u201cthings will get even worse.\u201d \u201cRight now, some markets are closed and even the carts are half full,\u201d she says, \u201cbut the government had to do something, because the truth is that with those prices it\u2019s not possible&#8230;.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-231306 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/attachment\/whatsapp-image-2020-12-01-at-3-10-15-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.15-PM-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-231317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.15-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.15-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.15-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.15-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.15-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-231317'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/attachment\/whatsapp-image-2020-12-01-at-3-10-22-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.22-PM-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-231318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.22-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.22-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.22-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.22-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.22-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-231318'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/attachment\/whatsapp-image-2020-12-01-at-3-10-33-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.33-PM-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-231319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.33-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.33-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.33-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.33-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.33-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-231319'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-and-havanans-beyond-san-isidro\/attachment\/whatsapp-image-2020-12-02-at-4-39-53-pm-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.39.53-PM-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-231320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.39.53-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.39.53-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.39.53-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.39.53-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-02-at-4.39.53-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-231320'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another controversial issue is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/tres-pasos-para-comprar-en-las-tiendas-en-divisas-extranjeras-en-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stores that sell in dollars<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, opened by the Cuban government to collect foreign exchange and mitigate the impact of the pandemic and the increase in U.S. sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are more and less and less things that can be bought elsewhere. The shopping malls in CUC (Cuban convertible pesos) make you want to cry,\u201d says Laura, who is leaving one of those shops located on crowded Obispo Street. \u201cAt first, they said that the MLC (freely convertible currency) stores would be for high-quality items and that in the others they would leave the cheapest products, but practically everything is in dollars, except for some food and hygiene items, for which there are tremendous lines. I understand the effects of the blockade, but it seems to me that it is getting out of hand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd in the end, it\u2019s not like the stores in MLC are great either,\u201d she adds. \u201cThe prices are extremely high and the assortment is not that different from what was previously in CUC. Maybe at first yes, but not anymore. Right now, I was looking for a cream and a cologne, and here in Obispo\u2019s Agua y Jab\u00f3n store there wasn\u2019t any. And so on with other things all the time, and not just with cosmetics. And then?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_231321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231321\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.54-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-231321\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.54-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.54-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.54-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.54-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.54-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.08.54-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People in front of a toiletries and cosmetic products store in MLC, on Obispo Street in Havana, on December 1, 2020. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe stores in dollars? That\u2019s for whoever can,\u201d reflects Orestes, whom I also asked about them. \u201cI took out my card so as not to be left out, but so far I haven\u2019t been able put money in it because I don\u2019t have someone to send me money from abroad. So I have to continue solving with what I have, as I have done so far, until I see if things improve.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat dollar thing is hard,\u201d Rolando adds, \u201cmy daughter sends me money, but I know that for many people it is difficult. Even the apples they sell for Christmas are being sold in those stores. And on the street a dollar is sold for two CUC. That\u2019s why I tell you that most people mind their own business, struggling to get ahead, and they don\u2019t have much time for things like San Isidro and everything else that happened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDo you want to see a demonstration in Havana?\u201d He asks me as a farewell. \u201cGo to one of those lines to buy chicken and that\u2019s it. There you\u2019ll see people, no matter how cold it is. Go to one of them and you\u2019ll see how right I am.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_231322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231322\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.43-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-231322\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.43-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.43-PM-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.43-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.43-PM-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.43-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-01-at-3.10.43-PM-1-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk and others stand in lines in Havana, on December 1, 2020. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>*Editor\u00b4s Note: This text was originally <a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/la-habana-y-los-habaneros-mas-alla-de-san-isidro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> by OnCuba on December 4.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Havana woke up this Tuesday gray, wintry. In its oldest part, including the San Isidro neighborhood\u2015center of gazes and comments on the events of the last days\u2015and also beyond. The cloudy sky and the north winds left no room for doubt. 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