MADRID, Spain.- The independent journalist Abraham Jiménez Enoa, forced into exile by the Cuban regime, recently published the book The hidden island
According to defines the publisher Spanish Libros del KO, in charge of the publication, “the hidden island It is not yet another book about Cuba, a country that has been part of our collective imagination since its Revolution, but rather a collection of chronicles that takes us to its lesser-known places with a moving, sad, and at the same time mischievous look. A puzzle from the last five years of Cuba that shows another island, perhaps underground”.
In its pages, Jiménez Enoa collects dissimilar themes of the current Cuban reality such as totalitarianism, daily problems, male prostitution, difficulties to emigrate and economic deficiencies. Just as he approaches the frustrated dream of a boxer, the artist Áfrika Reina, a member of the San Isidro Movement, and the activist and scientist Ariel Ruiz Urquiola.
Abraham Jiménez Enoa, who has lived in exile in Barcelona since 2021, in a recent interview with Radio Television Martí, Following its publication, he explained that his exile has been “hard and devastating”; as well as “an immigration duel, in which he must struggle with family distance and, to a certain extent, job and personal uncertainty.”
A few months ago the journalist it was recognized with the International Press Freedom Award, awarded each year by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
In announcing the award, CPJ called Jiménez “a prominent and outspoken voice within Cuba’s media community, providing fresh perspectives on the challenges facing independent journalists and reporting on issues rarely covered by state media.” , including racism on the Island”.
In addition to having published reports and opinion columns in media such as The New York Times, BBC World and youI have Washington PostAbraham Jiménez Enoa was co-founder of the magazine The sneeze.
