The instrument he used was a hunting rifle, perhaps the same one with which he faced a rhinoceros one day in the middle of whatever African plain. Still, he left many journalists the lesson and teaching of all the dangers that exist in the profession. Others have preferred to take on the job out of convenience, leaving to one side the challenges to finally accept the manipulation of the systems in which they live. In the former there are challengers and in the latter those who flee from challenges. Every man or woman has the right to think for him- or herself.
Every individuals can accept or reject the dangers of the occupation.
Those who flee from the challenges should remain silent in the presence of the challengers. The independent Cuban press has been slandered on more than one occasion. The Cuban authorities have reached the point of rage over independent journalism many times. With those teachings the independent journalists have triumphed over the risks and learned how to put up with the constant slanders of those who once could have won for themselves the adjective of professional colleagues. The independent journalist has never offended the government journalist.