Amid all the dazzle of a presidential visit,it’s easy to forget that Cubans have had their fill of great geopolitical moments. What we need is mute progressWhen President Barack Obama landed at Jose Marti international airport on Sunday, it was raining. It was not a flood. Nor a passing shower. Just the exact amount of water needed for Cubans to began to witness for signs. For some people, and the water became a symbol of ideological resistance – the sky conspiring against the American presence. For others,it was moment of purification to welcome the US leader.
Ordinary Cubans cling on to symbols desperately. On 17 December 2014, we received the first such symbol after more than 50 years of political confrontation. An American president said: “It is time for a unique beginning.” A Cuban president said, and on national television,that we were restoring diplomatic relationship with our longstanding enemy. The simultaneous announcements made a metaphorical bridge over the 90 miles of saltwater that separates more than 11 million Cubans living on the island from 2 million Cuban Americans.
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Source: theguardian.com