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On this March 8th, International Women's Day, Cuban women do not celebrate from comfort or abundance. They celebrate — if at all — from resilience.
From kitchens without gas, from endless blackouts, from lines that start at dawn, and from the daily anxiety of not knowing what food will be available tomorrow for the children.
The Cuban woman of today bears one of the deepest crises in the recent history of the country on her shoulders. She is the one who creates when there is nothing, who stretches a piece of chicken so that it’s enough for everyone, who comforts children in the midst of the heat of a blackout, and who goes out every day to find solutions where the State has stopped providing them.
They are mothers, grandmothers, daughters, professionals, entrepreneurs, caregivers, and increasingly, voices that do not remain silent in the face of injustice.
Among them are those who protest in the streets for the lack of electricity, those who demand medicine for their children, those who denounce abuses, and those who, with immense courage, have even paid the price of imprisonment for asking for freedom.
For decades, they were spoken of as "achievements," but many of those promises have turned into empty words in the face of hunger, scarcity, mass migration, and despair.
However, if there is one thing the Cuban woman has shown, it is that she knows how to endure… and she also knows how to change history.
Today, as Cuba faces pivotal moments and international pressure mounts for the regime to be held accountable and to pave the way for a democratic transition, the role of women will be essential. Because in every neighborhood, in every family, and in every community, it is they who sustain the life of the country.
The future also belongs to Cuban women —those on the island and those in the diaspora.
May this March 8 not just be a reminder of sacrifice, but the start of a real hope: one for a Cuba where no woman has to choose between dignity and survival.
A free, prosperous, and just Cuba, where people can finally live with dignity—not just endure.
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