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The exiled Cuban writer Zoé Valdés demanded in an interview with CiberCuba that her homeland become the site of the first "Nuremberg of communism" in history, and called for the prohibition of the Communist Party, the prosecution of criminals, and the establishment of a "Cuban neocapitalism," all to be done immediately and simultaneously.
Valdés read excerpts from an article he authored published in the Spanish newspaper La Gaceta, in which he flatly rejects any gradual or negotiated transition in the Venezuelan style.
"We cannot remain stuck in the idea of a transition and be satisfied. We must think of firm liberation, radical change, demand and impose justice, call for a Nuremberg for communism, declare a ban on communism, enforce law and order, respect constitutional emergency, and ensure the economy and prosperity under a Cuban neocapitalism. All of this at the same time and swiftly," he stated.
Regarding who should be judged in that hypothetical tribunal, Valdés was categorical: "The criminals, those with blood on their hands, those who have committed murder."
He stated that the evidence does not rely on denunciations, but on the regime's own documents, and revealed that he had participated in the extraction and safeguarding of official records outside of Cuba for a future legal process.
"There are many people who have participated in that tremendous work. It’s a labor of small efforts both inside and outside of Cuba. They can burn whatever they want to burn. The records will be there," he assured.
Valdés also rejected the idea of forgiveness before justice: "Forgiveness comes after justice, not before. After justice, justice and order, each person will decide whether to forgive or not, and that is a daily dialogue with God."
The intellectual cited specific crimes such as the sinking of the tugboat 13 de Marzo in 1994, in which 37 people died including ten children, and the massacre at the Canímar River in Matanzas, as examples of the unforgivable.
He argued that Cuba has a historical memory of capitalism—it was the third richest country in the region in 1957, even surpassing some European countries—and that this differentiates it from Russia, which transitioned from feudalism to communism without that prior experience.
"I believe that if there is no shame with that Nuremberg of communism that finally takes place in Cuba, and we are recognized once again for having held the world's first Nuremberg of communism, the only one that has ever been held, because there has been no Nuremberg for communism," he stated.
Valdés also identified Alejandro Castro Espín as the real ruler of Cuba and Vladimir Putin as his "instructor," linking the situation of the Island to the geopolitical negotiations surrounding Ukraine.
The statements come weeks after protesters in Morón, Ciego de Ávila, set fire to and looted the municipal headquarters of the Communist Party on March 13 and 14, during protests triggered by power outages lasting up to 15 hours a day and food shortages.
For the necessary external support, Valdés was direct: "For the moment, we need what we have at hand, which is not insignificant for overthrowing that tyranny. Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, the United States. That’s why we must rise to the occasion."
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