I had never been in prison before, but the past eight months have given me access to this small world and to firsthand knowledge of the violation of human rights and legality. If this document finds its way out of this prison, it will be proof that there are those here who dissent. You oppositionists are just five or six, she said, as opposed to 11 million Cubans who don't want to change their flag, an allusion to the yanquis who can't stop reaching out to those who want democratic transformation in this country. I can't write every day. The few times that I have written, there have been unpleasant consequences not only for me, who chose the path of struggle, but also for my family, my closest collaborators, and even my defense attorney.
Today is a day like any other.
Yet, inside my cell, my independent thought accompanies me. It matters not that they shut it in, that they repress it. As long as it can be infused onto paper, it will try to find an exit, even if the spaces of time are lengthened.