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The playwright and theater director Freddys Núñez Estenoz posted on his Facebook profile an extensive reflective text in which he portrays Cuba as a country fractured by decades of resentment, where the confrontation among Cubans has eroded the collective humanity.
«Cuba is a battlefield... We fight against everyone and among ourselves. We try to validate our ideas, we foresee the future, we complain about the past, we seek out culprits... and, in this immense battle, our humanity and our sensitivity slowly fade away, often without us realizing it,» wrote the founder of Teatro del Viento of Camagüey.
The text, accompanied by a photograph taken in front of the altar of the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, presents forgiveness and reconciliation as the only possible ways to heal that rift.
"When I think of Cuba, the first words that come to my mind are FORGIVENESS and RECONCILIATION... Without this, there is no possible path towards that dreamed-of Cuba," said the playwright, who acknowledged that not everyone is in a position to take that step: "We probably cannot embrace each other, I know and understand that... Not everyone is ready for an embrace that leaves behind decades of accumulated hatred and resentment... but I do believe that forgiveness is possible."
Núñez Estenoz, with several decades of artistic experience, described how he has managed to bring together people from radically opposing positions on stage: independent journalists like Henry Constantin Ferreiro, cultural officials, the president of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) Armando Pérez Padrón, the artist and deputy to the National Assembly Regina Balaguer, clergy, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens.
"For more than 25 years, I have tried, through art, to build bridges, open pathways, and bring together diverse people in the same space... Some positioned at very divergent political extremes, and at least during the time the representation lasts, we have been together in mutual respect," he noted.
The playwright was categorical in rejecting any violent means toward change: “I refuse to accept and support that this path involves military intervention or a bloodbath that would stain the streets of our island... In such circumstances, we would all lose, and that divide of hate would only grow wider.”
He also made a personal confession that reinforces the authenticity of his calling: "I too have hated, I acknowledge it without any shame; I have also felt disappointed, betrayed; I have written out of anger, from anguish, from desperation... but those feelings last only a little while, very little, and I am proud of that, very proud... of not allowing hate to grow within me."
This text is part of a series of public interventions by the artist that have intensified over the past year.
In December 2025, it published the heartbreaking message titled "The Country We Dreamed Of Is Crawling," and in November of the same year, it spoke out on social media against the health crisis in Cuba, denouncing the spread of dengue and chikungunya due to state neglect.
In June 2026, her text "They Should Leave," performed as a monologue by actress Yia Caamaño, surpassed 100,000 views in less than 24 hours, confirming the growing reach of her voice in the Cuban public debate.
"When I look from the stage, I don't just see the audience, I see Cuba... A diverse people that represents Cuba in a silent, calm encounter; that diverse Cuba on the brink of an embrace; an embrace made possible through art, forgiveness, love, and faith," concluded Núñez Estenoz.
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