Nervous Daybreak on the Habanero Pier

Published in El Mundo
(Spain) on 20 July 2015
by Wendy Guerra (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Cydney Seigerman. Edited by Helaine Schweitzer.
It is no longer the 1970s.

There is no turning back.

The embassies now exist for Cuba and the United States.

Beyond conjectures and opinion, it is a fact. The embassies will open their doors and then, only then, will the negotiations, controversies, discussions, and ideas about the positions of the two sides come to the table for discussion.

The sequence of events has been the following: make the situation real and concrete, and then from that point on, the rest will take shape.

Create a space for the ideas, and then develop those ideas.

The streets facing the pier near the embassy were a little more guarded than usual this morning. In Washington, D. C. at 10 a.m., Silvio Rodríguez will touch on some of the usual subjects during the inauguration of the Cuban Embassy in the U.S. capital. Here in Cuba we will find out if finally, the more than 500 people invited by the former Office of Interests will attend the raising of the American flag to our sky.

Do they know how many of our grandparents, parents, and siblings want to see that flag raised? However, the fact is that there is a lot of uncertainty about the event. The American side has not provided any details or public information.

For the moment, we know that John Kerry will not be present. However, will the flag be raised today at last?

Being careful about the information available, we hope so, but there are no guarantees.


Ya no son los años sesenta.

Ya no habrá vuelta atrás.

Ya son embajadas las de Cuba y Estados Unidos.

Mucho más allá de las conjeturas u opiniones, es un hecho, las dos embajadas abrirán sus puertas y entonces, solo entonces, las negociaciones, polémicas, discusiones y puntos sobre ambas posturas se pondrán sobre las mesas de estas casas.

Este ha sido el orden: Hacer que la situación sea real, concreta, pues luego, en lo adelante, todo lo demás se irá concretando.

Un espacio para las ideas, luego un desarrollo de esas ideas .

Esta mañana amanecimos nerviosos con la noticia de la apertura de las dos embajadas.

Las calles que dan al malecón y a la embajada amanecieron custodiadas, un poco más que de costumbre. A las diez de la mañana en Washington Silvio Rodríguez tocará alguno de sus clásicos temas en la inauguración de la embajada cubana allí, y aquí, nos preguntamos si por fin los más de 500 invitados por la antigua Oficina de Intereses acompañarán el asenso de la bandera americana a nuestro cielo.

¿Saben cuántos de nuestros abuelos, padres y hermanos quieren ir a ver cómo se eleva esa bandera? Pero lo cierto es que hay mucha incertidumbre sobre esto. No hay detalles, no hay información de manera pública por la parte americana.

Ya se sabe que John Kerry, por el momento, no viene... pero ¿se subirá la bandera hoy por fin?

Cuidado con las informaciones, esperemos, aun no hay certezas.
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