{"id":242365,"date":"2021-08-10T09:44:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=242365"},"modified":"2021-08-10T09:44:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:44:01","slug":"dialogue-and-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/opinion\/dialogue-and-sovereignty\/","title":{"rendered":"Dialogue and sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"

We must quickly open the way for dialogue. We must talk, agree, present feelings and ideas. We must talk to come to an agreement. Dialogue is an antidote to hatred and repression; it disarms both fundamentalism and its younger brother, sectarianism. Dialogue is a condition for collective projects, for the socialization of knowledge and power. It makes justice and equity feasible facilitates amendments to social pacts and suggests political depth in the treatment of the nation\u2019s affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not lose sight of the fact that the lack of sustained, plural and naturalized dialogue within the Cuban system is also the cause of the <\/span>July 11<\/span><\/a> social outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n

The approach that supports the function of dialogue as an escape valve for the accumulated tensions in any society does not divert its affirmation as a right, as a sustainable way to resolve public and private affairs, not only as the crisis lessens, but as a definition of the political culture in a nation that defends justice, dignity and sovereignty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assuming dialogue as part of the Cuban political metabolism is the most significant structural change demanded by the island\u2019s current context, as well as the daily life of the public government and the sustainability of the nation project. Dialogue looks directly at the deliberative and participatory limits of Cuban institutions and suggests adjustments to regulations and conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a complex issue in the midst of a country with recent wounds. It is not an exit without context, it is a challenge to the ability to reconstruct patterns of social and political coexistence after a deep shake, after the explosion of tensions and disagreements also caused, I reiterate, by the limits to the dialogue that we have endured.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where to start?<\/b><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take seriously that the term dialogue was opened to the public arena with the same rigor and urgency as the issue of stores in freely convertible currency, inflation and shortages.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s assume that it is as important to remove the cap on words, ideas, perceptions and country proposals, as it is on the price of taro, lettuce and pork.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s understand that the unfinished reforms that also brought us here are not only economic but also political. To dialogue about them is to foresee the prolongation of the crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s sense that the mere mention of the term \u201cdialogue\u201d does not exactly mean that it is discussed. Doing so is listening, respecting and recognizing rights in those who have different approaches.<\/span><\/p>\n

Di\u00e1logo, pol\u00edtica y libertad<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n