IDENTIDADES 1 ENGLISH IDENTIDADES 7 ENGLISH | Page 92

(1994) after the Maleconazo, always
functioning as timely, internal, pressure
release valves. Right now, there is a blatant wave of émigrés that has caused
conflict in Central America. Nevertheless, the real indices of the exodus after
January 1959 are immeasurable, not only
due to the number lost at sea during the
fateful crossing, but also the idea of emigrating is inherent to average Cubans.
The negating virus with which younger
generations have been inoculated em-

bodies flat out skepticism regarding the
system, and extreme confusion in the
North (another example of anthropological harm?). It is expanding backwards in
its own ascendency. Those lives became
self-consumed between words and deferrals; it manifests itself in the descendants
they plan to have once they’ve left the
island. There is also the alarming rate at
which the population is aging and the
high incidence of abortions.

Yasser Castellanos event in progress

92