Camagüey opponent Bárbaro de Céspedes: "I have been abandoned"

The Cuban oppositionBarbarian of Céspedes, known as El Patriota de Camagüey, said that since he entered prison a year and two months ago, "unfortunately I have been abandoned."

"The Patriot has not died, the Patriot is simply imprisoned," he said in a live interview during a screening, and lamented that "the prisoner, like the dead, is forgotten."

The opponent has been in prison since the beginning of October last year,sentenced to two years in prison for the alleged crime of attack.

In his statements, he asserted that his commitment is to the freedom of Cuba and that he will not disappoint those who believe in him.

"I am convinced of what I do and what I will continue doing, which is for my homeland, for my country and for my people and it is enough for me to think that I will have the recognition of my homeland to continue doing it and I will continue being the same anti-communist fighter and I will continue fighting for the well-being, the benefit, the prosperity of my people and that human rights prevail in this country and that each citizen can have a better life," he said.

El Patriota assured that "I will never give up" and expressed solidarity with the rest of the prisoners who are serving unjust sanctions in Cuban prisons for asking for freedom for Cuba.

Bárbaro de Céspedes ended his live performance with some emotional words dedicated to Cuba: "I will never betray you, and I will fight for you until my last breath, and as Bonifacio Byrne would say, even after death I would raise my arms and defend you," he said with tears in his eyes. the eyes.

El Patriota was sentenced to two years for the post he made on Facebook encouraging people to take to the streets to demonstrate, shortly after the protests began in Camagüey during the social outbreak of July 11, 2021.

That sentence was added to another of one year and six months in prison, imposed in December of last year by the Municipal Court of Camagüey, for his participation in the July 11 protests.

Last February, the activistwent on hunger and thirst strike in prison and said that he was "willing to die for his freedom", which is why he was transferred to apunishment cell in the Cerámica Roja prison in Camagüey.