"To think as a country is how we all contribute to making the decisions we make the best for the nation," was the recent call of President Miguel Díaz-Canel when he once again addressed to the people updating transparently and precisely about the situation we face regarding the arrival of fuel to the country.
Undoubtedly it is a difficult scenario, but from Guantanamo we will also know how to face from the unity and the alternatives, two key words put into practice on many occasions as in the moments of the special period when food was very scarce and bread was shared with pride or some new dishes were prepared due to necessity.
Today the circumstances are different, Cuba has a more sustainable economy focused on national production to reduce imports, but the keywords are kept, especially when daily life continues and with it the arrival at workplaces and schools requires more sacrifice, as many people will have to get up earlier than usual to .
In this context too, solidarity is imposed, with the emphasis of state bus drivers and even the private sector, because we all build a nation that has as strength the unity and the deep conviction to progress in the midst of this new challenge, after all we are Cuba.
We can talk about many positive examples, one of them is the young driver Yoelmis Caballero, a worker of culture sector in the Guantanamo City that I met just when I arrived at one of the most recurrent bus stops in this city and he stopped the car with all kindness to pick up people.
The young driver along with others internalized that it is one of the alternatives to respond to the current situation that the nation is experiencing, however some less receptive do not yet understand that it is about growing camaraderie and not indolence.
To think as a country as the Cuban president called people, it is a practice that must be present in all scenarios in order to fulfill the continuity of José Martí’s thought who also said: The Homeland is an altar not a pedestal.