A Cuban mother recounted the difficult journey she had to undertake with her two children to Uruguay in search of freedom.
Dailyn Cabrera Lantigua is a young woman from Matanzas who left Cuba alone with her two children to reunite with her husband, who had been in the South American country for two years.
According to what he told CiberCuba, they left Cuba on June 2nd and arrived in Uruguay on the 7th on a direct flight.
"We crossed Guyana until Brazil and from there to the border with Uruguay. The journey was very complicated due to the floods, it's many hours without stopping, but thanks to God we made it," he said.
"Extremely difficult because of the children, vomiting almost to the point of dehydration and fainting, were the most tense and anguishing hours of my life, but I would do it a thousand times more, now prepared and with experience, in order to see the freedom in my children's eyes," she added.
Dailyn shared a video on her Facebook showing some of the places the three travelers visited.
"I buried my fears and filled myself with courage, placed dreams and hope in my backpack, took my little children by the hand, and set off in search of a better future for them. I closed my tear-filled eyes and said goodbye to everything I love so much, left my land and with it my memories, my dreams, my family," he explained.
"This is the beginning, it is the first step of many more to come. I applaud with strength all the brave moms who take such risks to see freedom in their children's eyes. Thank you God for allowing us to start a new life," she wrote.
Already in Uruguay, the young mother felt the large Cuban community there.
He explained that his immigration status is in process, after applying for asylum for her and her children, she is waiting for her identity card -similar to a national ID- to arrive so she can start working.
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