There is a tide of disorder, of a lack of discipline and a fury to steal, to get something into one's hands no matter what the cost. Whatever is needed to survive has its roots in the locks which the state, the Republic's absolute master, has arranged for society. When I state that the remedy is worse than the illness I well realize that most of the rookie policemen come from rural areas, where life is hard. The young man from Marroqu , or from Antillas, Ceiba Mocha or Quemados de G ines prefers to patrol Havana in his uniform and with a gun to than to remain out in the field getting 20 pesos a day, that is one U.S. dollar per day. And this is precisely the feeling of the citizens who are moving about in a city overwhelmed by a subjugating police presence.
Many observers see second and third intentions behind the fa ade of the stated one.
Ra l Rivero, Cuba Free Press.