Saily González pauses her activism: "I need to find a way to be useful to Cuba from my essence"

The entrepreneur and activist in exile,Saily González, He announced this Wednesday his willingness to pause his activism to reflect on how to be more useful to Cuba and act in that sense.

The young woman,forced into exile in June after months of harassment and threats from State Security, declared toCyberCubawho needs to resume her interests as an entrepreneur in the context of exile and articulate civil society projects that have the necessary funds to have an impact and make a difference in activism in Cuba.

In a text shared on hissocial networksGonzález confessed that she has been away from the “conversation” about Cuba that takes place in cyberspace for some time, something that she said causes her “anxiety.” Her status as a recent exile forces her to look for work and integrate into her host country, a process that requires time and energy.

“Exile is a new way of life in which the focus must be first on oneself and then be able to give to others. “No one can give what they don’t have,” he said.

Based on this observation, the activist expressed her need to “seek and find a way to be useful to Cuba from my own essence, and respecting the suffering of my people.” At the same time, she acknowledged that her sporadic entries on social networks cause her “disgust and sadness” due to the depressing Cuban reality and the unedifying image that is sometimes conveyed by the exchange of accusations and clash of opinions of Cuban activists and opponents, both on the island and in exile.

The former moderator of the platformArchipelago, promoter along withYunior García Aguilera and other activistsCivic March for Change, has been pointed out by some voices in Cuban civil society as an activist with moderate and “dialogue” positions, if not directly an agent of State Security.

Tired of sterile controversies and criticism of an activism that is limited to denouncing or informing, González wants to focus on her economic independence in the United States to then be in a position to act in areas where she can contribute to change with initiatives that truly impact the lives of people. the Cubans.

Skeptical of “political fictions or articulations that do not exist beyond social networks, and that in no way achieve nor will achieve the freedom of any political prisoner, relieve their families, or satisfy the hunger of the people I love in Cuba” González also disagreed with using “the American taxpayer's money” intended to promote democracy to continue activism.

“Nor do I question those who do it in the face of an exile that is not responsible for assuming the economic cost of freedom for Cuba,” he said, stating that he distances himself from any form of activism that generates fame or personal income “with the misery of my town". Likewise, he distanced himself from the treatment of the Cuban problem marked by partisan interests “in this country that is so generous and so unfortunately polarized.”

For González, the only usefulness of his current activism is in denouncing. But denouncing and informing are not the functions that the entrepreneur understands as typical of activism, but, as she toldCyberCuba"Look for solutions".

Leaving the complaint to the human rights organizations that work on it, and the function of “informing the Cuban independent press and some serious journalists and YouTubers around here,” the young Cuban announced that she will soon return to the front line of citizen activism. with projects that improve the living conditions of political prisoners and their families, as well as the activists themselves who suffer the repression of the totalitarian regime.

"I come back soon. I will do it with money (my own and others) to allocate to the freedom of Cuba, with people willing to really fight inside Cuba to recover the country that was stolen from us, with reality,” he warned.

“To State Security: hold on, curves are coming. To the Government of Cuba: nothing to talk to terrorists. To the clarias: enjoy the blackouts and remember that your mothers are also 'enjoying' them,” the activist said goodbye with a “see you later.”