Mother of writer Carlos Manuel Álvarez from Cuba: "I thought he would cross the screen and I could hug him"

The doctorMirta Rodriguez, mother of the journalist and writerCarlos Manuel Alvarez, that this Sundayjumped onto the ground During the game that pitted the Cuban team against the American team in the World Baseball Classic, he was able to watch it from Cuba with indescribable emotion.

"I thought for a moment that I would cross the screen and I could hug him and fill him with kisses," said the intellectual's mother."regulated" by the Cuban regime after his involvement during the quartering of theSan Isidro Movement In the Habana.

In front of the television screen, Álvarez's mother identified her son asthe young man who jumped onto the grass of LoanDepot Park with a Cuban flag, running as if carried by a thousand demons.

This Monday, the doctor shared her emotions through her social networks."For two years and a few months I have not been able to see my son, he is prohibited from entering the country", Rodríguez began by clarifying, who,Together with her husband and father of the writer, she maintained a dignified and brave attitude towards State Security. in the days after the barracks, giving all his support to his son in the face of the strategies of the repressors.

"When yesterday I saw him cross the fence of the stadium with a Cuban flag, his hair frizzy and run at all the speed that was possible and at which I am used to seeing him, I thought for a moment that he would go through the screen and I could hug him and fill him with kisses," he confessed.

As the young man ran across the grass, the mother claimed to have smelled "his smell," a universal image of that special bond established between parents and children.

"I felt his smell and I could hear his legitimate demands. Everyone remained motionless on the ground. I don't know if they were immobilized by surprise or shame at not demanding, along with him, and others, the right to freedom of thought, of returning, of to live; yes, to live as we want and deserve," said Rodríguez.

After an interrogation by State Security in mid-December 2020, the founding journalist of the magazineThe sneeze, He told how the repressors had talked about his parents as part of his strategy to "soften" the young rebel, contrasting his attitude with that of his parents, "recognized as doctors and respected in the locality" and not "mercenaries" like the writer.

This Monday, with her words, Álvarez's mother wanted to make clear where her priorities lie as a person and as a Cuban.

"Every day I wake up waiting to hear her scream at the door, a scream that this misgovernment has stolen from me and other mothers. I'm waiting for you Carlos Manuel, your mother is waiting for you.Long live Cuba Libre and freedom for political prisoners"he concluded.