The father of the Cuban child Jorge Esteban Reina Llerena, who suffers from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, questioned the government for spreading his story in the official media, distorting everything.
Jorge Reina Pallarols shared a text on his Facebook profile, where he describes the attitude of the leaders towards all the efforts he has made to save his son's life as "disgusting."
"It is shameful to see that the authorities in Cuba have given a political twist to all hopes for life, and more than petty, to politically relate my son Jorgito's case to the so-called blockade, rather an embargo, which is not responsible for the shortages and the needs that this people are suffering today," he stated.
Jorge emphasized that the issue with his son is not related to the "blockade," but rather it is just a health problem.
"Enough of so much manipulation and distortion of what is being raised," he demanded, accusing the authorities of daring to "advertise" something that the child's parents have not authorized.
"Stop looking for someone to blame for all your inefficiencies," he emphasized.
Jorgito's father thanked the government for echoing his feelings, but he emphasized not linking it to politics, as that has never been his interest.
He detailed that when his son was diagnosed with leukemia, he trusted the Cuban healthcare system and maintained that trust even after his first relapse of the disease. But when he relapsed again, the family began to look for options abroad, since in Cuba the success rate of treatment is very low and they cannot perform the bone marrow transplant that would save his life.
"We never expressed our pain or discontent, we always sought options, which were offered to me in this great North American nation that has opened its doors to more than two and a half million Cubans and has welcomed them as one of its own," he emphasized.
Reina Pallarols thanked the office of Senator Marco Rubio for the effort that resulted in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) prioritizing Jorgito's case.
"Today I speak as that father, hurt and indignant by your political visions and projections towards the world when you are the only ones who have made such a political link, and I seek more than just a visa, the hope for my son's life," he concluded.
The worried father acknowledged the work of CiberCuba, which reported the case of little Jorgito in August, and thanked them for revealing the truth about the family's pain, without manipulation.
"As other official media on the island have tried to do, which, instead of showing any sensitivity, intend to give a politicized focus to our efforts to facilitate this humanitarian visa," he pointed out in another post.
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