Yoani appeals to Aécio: "Don't leave us alone in Cuba"

Mines 247 – As soon as Senator Aécio Neves was introduced to Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez as the opposition candidate for president, she made her appeal: "Don't leave us alone in Cuba. We often feel abandoned there." The conversation was witnessed by Globo journalist Gerson Camarotti, who has a blog on [website/platform name]. G1 portalAccording to him, the Cuban dissident asked the politician to permanently monitor the issue of restrictions on freedom in her country.

Yoani is participating in a debate with parliamentarians, mainly from the opposition, in the Chamber of Deputies, where she was received earlier this afternoon, causing a... frisson at the HouseFollowing the screening of the documentary "Cuba-Honduras Connection" by Brazilian filmmaker Dado Galvão, a debate began in Plenary Room 1, while groups both for and against Yoani held protests in the hallways.

In her speech, the blogger said she dreams of the day when there will be freedom of expression in Cuba. She complained about the "information monopoly" that exists in the country – where only the official newspaper of the Castro regime, Granma, circulates. The author of the blog "Generación Y," the journalist said she did not expect that her website, with texts about her family and her compatriots, would result in police surveillance and the inability to leave the island.

"Cuba is not an ideology. Cuba is plural, diverse, with many colors. We fight so that, in this plural Cuba, people can express themselves. The Parliament of my country has never said no to a law, has never seen a debate like this one, where there are different opinions," said Yoani. Regarding the embargo imposed by the United States on Cubans, she stated that it must "end now" and that this is not her current opinion, but her "long-standing" opinion.