Sister Nadieska Almeida on the Cuban crisis: "It is a reality that we are in the worst moments of our nation."

The Cuban nun Nadieska Almeida Miguel, a strong critic of the Castro regime, shared a text on her Facebook profile in which she painfully describes the daily reality of the Cuban people.

Nadieska, Superior of the Daughters of Charity on the Island, recalled a passage from the Bible to invite "our beloved and suffering country" to choose good in the midst of anguish, fatigue, and overwhelm, but above all, not to lose hope.

"It hurts deeply for what they are making us go through as a nation. Such grief, such abuse, so much precariousness and repression permanently pierces the soul," he said.

"Like the first Christians who were subjected to death, we, believers and non-believers, have spent years of bitter weeping, imposed silences, shared hunger, and evident and disguised fears," he added.

The religious leader sent a message to the government, which continues to impose new economic measures that only worsen the crisis, without acknowledging its responsibility in the disaster that has plunged thousands of families into poverty and forced many others to emigrate.

"Each new proposal, reform, or law does nothing but suffocate our existence and lead us to anguish, to flight, to abandoning what belongs to us, to opening ourselves up to what breaks us while leaving behind those we hold dear, not knowing for certain what we will find in other lands, which may be the great dream of freedom and prosperity, valuable, of course, but with a broken heart and life drained with a backpack on our backs," he emphasized.

Certain that good always triumphs over evil, the Daughter of Charity urged her compatriots not to give up and let hope be stolen from them, despite the fact that "it is an undeniable reality that we are in the worst moments of our nation."

Almeida Miguel called on his compatriots to seek the freedom that exists within each one: the freedom to be better people, to express what they feel without being crushed or allowing themselves to be crushed, to calmly demand a right, and to stand up against so much injustice.

"Tired, but not defeated. Yes, silenced and suffocated, but dignified. Yes, almost dead, but still alive... And above all, confident that God remains by our side, walks with us, feels the pain of our people, and supports us. That is and must be forever our strength," he stressed.