The Death Certificate / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado

The Death Certificate / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado
Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado, Translator: Hank Hardisty
The historical and honorary President of Cuba signed a death certificate
on Twitter last week. Our country has been known for years for the
practice of "illness and burial" of the Cuban historical leader, more or
less regularly in the unofficial voice of the people, to serve as the
pretext of his proud reappearance, in the media, in order to deny the
rumours. I think it is an over-exploited resource for "oficialistas" to
refloat the anointing of the phoenix of Cuban politics.
I always found it suspicious, that battered history. I think it has been
closely linked among the 638 terrorist attacks that government spokesmen
have claimed occurred against the former president. A figure also
suspect, if we consider the published writings and audiovisual material
made and disseminated on Cuban television, with the assistance of the
Ministry of the Interior; stories of aggression told and retold that
fall short of twenty. It is likely that the number and continuing
rumours of his disappearance, have been aimed at denigrating his
opponents, by consecutive refutations, in the diaspora.
I know not whether this was spontaneous, that year, and resulted from a
rumour which took root in Cuba that became routine. It is possible that
when some emigres gathered together to play dominoes, drinking to the
death of the "Guinness Records Hoarder" of Cuba, authorities added it to
the long list of attacks he claims. Perhaps they reacted now to the
prevalence of the social networks and intend to use the chirping of the
free bird that is Twitter to their advantage. I'd rather use those
"cyber-comments", often the fruit of social lethargy or the state
mind-trap, and see how they add the most recent funeral to fabricate the
number 639 in the long list of attacks on former President Castro.
Translated by: Hank Hardisty
January 26 2012
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