The police arrested aman who entered a store in MLC in Bauta, province of Artemis, yHe ate a lot of products until he satisfied his hunger., this week.
In a letter sent toCyberCuba, the sister of the Cuban, whom she identifies asAriel Matos Izquierdo, explained the details of the man's action, whichremains detained at the Bauta police station for five or six days. The woman does not know what decision the authorities will make with her brother.
According to the written testimony of the Cuban woman, who has resided in Spain since 1993, Matos appeared at one of thestores in freely convertible currency (MLC) de Bauta and the first thing he did was inform the workers that “the action he was going to carry out had nothing to do with them, that he regretted what he was going to do, but please do not get involved or try to stop him.” nor stand in the way, nor touch him,He was hungry and was going to eat things from the store”.
“So he went in, ate a bunch of things and when he was full, he waited for the police to arrive and they arrested him without showing any resistance. He is still at the Bauta police station and they have not yet decided what is going to happen to him and it will be 5 or 6 days...”, he explained in his letter.
Matos is 49 years old, has a visual disability, has no home and cannot work., “with two daughters who cannot provide anything, because he has nothing,” lamented the sister, adding that the man receives a salary of 1,500 pesos, but did not specify if it is a social security pension.
By way of consolation, he stated that “at least in prison he will have a plate of food, a roof and a bed to sleep in, something I didn't have before entering the police station this week.”
He remembered a previous action by his brother, in November of last year, whenHe carried out a solo protest in the middle of the street in Bauta, to ask his compatriots not to endure any more misery.
On that occasion, sitting on a garbage tank that he had placed in the middle of the street, Matos questioned the Cubans "how long" they will continue to hold out. “You are crazy, these people (the government) are murderers, psychopaths, fascists, they have us stubborn and crazy, for how long?” he claimed during hispeaceful demonstration.
The sister said she believes that Matos “has reached a point ofdisappointment in the very life that so many Cubans have had and are having to live, who believes with total conviction that an action like that which he carried out by sitting in the middle of the Bauta road, can lead others to say without violence, with respect and apparent calm... How long, are we going to continue holding on? ?
"Few people can understand my brother's story, sometimes I also want to justify his attitude this past year, above all, by saying... My brother has lost his mind...", he stated in his emotional writing. .
The woman, who claimed to help her brother monetarily from Spain, confessed: “I cannot explain, nor do I think anyone, not even my family, can understand what frustration I feel while I try to move forward with my life and my family, trying to understand why that boy With so much potential it is now as it is.”
“My brother has not been a person to give the grade, he was someone discreet, respectful, a cultured person with whom you can have your best deep conversation; In fact, he is my favorite person with whom I could ramble and delve into topics that not everyone has the power to express, understand me and share points of view so different from what is generally correct or imposed by society,” he described.
“There is a lot to tell about the decline of human beings and in this case that of my brother Ariel. At the moment I am waiting for some news, trying to stay calm from Spain,” said the man's sister. “From here I can do nothing but wait and ask for hope to return and all I can do is think…”
“Hope?... My brother no longer knows what it means...”, were the disconsolate words with which he ended his letter.
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