Identidades in English No 1, February 2014 | Page 59

narcoguerrillas, and European mafias while international terrorism could attempt to make Cuba a firm
base of operations, the same way in which extremist,
Islamic groups try to take over the Syrian people’s
justified struggle against El Assad’s tyranny. Whether

technology we are experiencing. With it, we can personally communicate, which will accelerate the
growth of the economy, and the transparency and
wellbeing of many countries. As proof of that, Africa,
the most loathed continent, is enjoying an 80% rate of

Everyday emptiness
it was a group renewed by those in power or civil society’s democratic power, the nation would have weak
institutions that could not prevent many of these outrages, at least not early on. There could even be alliances with these forces, for selfish gain. A chaotic situation such as this would force action on the part of
the United States and other nearby nations, in the long
run. They would want to keep our country from becoming a new danger to their territories, which would
mean something even more catastrophic: military occupation.
Hope
Yet, not all is negative. Despite the damage, bastardization and upheaval inflicted upon our people by a regime it once embraced and followed with blind enthusiasm and even cruel violence, we have also managed
to be educated. We possess intrinsic, modern virtues
that will permit us to develop our dynamic ability to
join the world, especially given the growing wave of

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Internet connectivity.
There are also positive signs for Cuba. The increased
availability of modern methods of communication in
civil society is exceeding the limits established by
State censorship. The group in power has found itself
trapped in a contradiction: accepting the maddening
pace at which the world is growing and attempting to
catch up with it. If they do not, they will lose their
ability to sell their image, and interact, and influence
anything that might benefit them in international affairs. Their greatest contradiction is their attempt and
slow failure to keep civil society segregated from this
constant modernization. This is increasingly obvious
and will give us an advantage that we must use wisely
in order to work towards a State of Law with institutional clarity and transparency with its public. This
will allow us to distance ourselves from the latent danger of a failed State, the legacy of classes representative of totalitarianism or authoritarianism, and devastation of international, anti-democratic forces.