July, 2022.- These are times of definitions, days in which we Cubans must look not on which side we can live better, but on which side our duty is, as the Apostle of national independence José Martí advised us, that great man of our homeland history.
In the face of the growing number of manifestations and ungrateful events in social media around the essential achievements of the Revolution, retaking Marti's ideas is very opportune today.
Athletes who try to leave the country illegally or who quit their delegations abroad, dissatisfied artists who use their creations to attack a system that trained them professionally and which until yesterday they defended tooth and nail, people that despise how much Public Health has done for them, like save their lives, for instance.
The case of the direct statement made by the only survivor of the plane crash that occurred in Cuba in 2018, in which she denounced the shortcomings she is experiencing today to attend the ailments caused by the tragedy, only leaves a bad taste in the mouths of those of us who know how much it was done for her.
This is not an isolated case, thousands are the patients who experience in Cuba the shortage of medicines and medical supplies caused, among other causes, by the insufficiency of raw materials and spare parts for the technological infrastructure, or the lack of funding because doors are closed when hearing the name of Cuba, and all this has only one explication behind it, the blockade.
It is true that we have shortages and limitations, that there are sometimes bad decisions or that the guidelines are not followed properly, but all this does not justify unscrupulously dismissing the effort of the Public Health system to guarantee them a minimum quality of life for these people.
There are many cases of Cuban men and women who receive the benefits of this Revolution, young people with disabilities and medical limitations who, thanks to the kindness of this country, have graduated from University, even if this meant refitting classrooms or mobilizing teachers; patients who, to guarantee their well-being, require air conditioning equipment and that today the State budget assumes the billing expenses for the service.
There are plenty of examples on this Island, which the ungrateful call a dictatorship, but which many of us love will defend at whatever price is necessary.
