The Cuban youth, like all the people, have enough reasons, for this February 24 to mark Yes in ballot boxes to vote for the new and revolutionary Constitution.
The Cuban youth knows heiress of the best fighting traditions of this people, a condition that distinguishes and commits.
They would not reach a few pages to remember the role of young people in our history: The sidewalk of the Louvre, the execution of the eight medical students, the libertarian events of 68 and 95, the Protest of the thirteen, the Moncada, the Sierra Maestra , the Literacy Campaign, Giron Beach, the Crisis of October, the harvest of 70’s, the voluntary works, the internationalist missions in Angola and in other lands of the world.
Intelligence and altruism to face the special period, the Cuban presence in Venezuela, Pakistan or more than 80 countries where our doctors are required, the demonstrations for Elián or our Five Heroes, the several tasks entrusted by Fidel and Raúl, the recovery of cyclones, they know it well in Baracoa or Maisí, and now after the tornado that occurred in the capital. They are authentic examples of the role of our youth.
The legacy of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Ignacio Agramante, José Martí, Antonio Maceo, Máximo Gómez, Villena, Trejo, Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Camilo, Frank País, José Antonio, Mella, Che and many others, is present in each of their actions.
We Cubans have endured almost 60 years a cruel and unjustified blockade that imposes multiple deprivations, but we have a great wealth: dignity.
The young Cubans are enthusiastic, patriotic, intelligent, more and more educated, humanitarian, friendly and profound.
You see them in voluntary work or climb the Turquino Peak to honor the José Marti, and then, exhausted but happy, look at the stars while they sing a song by Silvio or Buena Fe, those lyrics that they will not be able to forget anymore.
Hundreds of activists’ hands give their contribution in the agricultural areas or in the coffee plantations of Guantanamo.
It is true that some are no longer here, who left and will never again understand our songs and hopes, but many faced with chivalry the hardest years of the Special Period, and laughed and shouted "Yes for Cuba !,” while wearing a pair of shoes made with tyres, or made a long line to buy hamburgers.
I remember Roly, the best student of my year at the university, who many knew not only for their knowledge, but also for that jeans in which, as a symbol of resistance, there was no place to place a label anymore.
Human quality is the greatest pride of the Fatherland, and today the word "Duty" is very high, which often separates us from loved ones, leading us in important missions.
This is the Cuban youth of today, the one that will mostly give the Yes this February 24. For knowing of a generation that prides itself on its main wealth: to have dignity. That is the most important.
