He was one of the travelers who this November 15 took advantage of the reopening of borders and directed their steps towards the warmth of the land where they were born. For this reason, he enthusiastically sang in front of the cameras that chorus that recalls the beauty of the island and prays that “whoever defends it loves it more.”
Significant allusion in a day in which from the American city of Miami, from which Alonso left, the calls to carry out acts of civil disobedience did not cease, which were diluted in the midst of the resumption of face-to-face classes, the arrival of international tourism and the return home of many Cubans.
To return, a comforting feeling after a distant year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as happened to Rolando Dueñas, who described his feeling when leaving terminal 3 of the José Martí International Airport, in Havana.
This Monday was a day of hugs in the capital of the Caribbean island and in five other airports where operations were resumed, although according to specialists from the Cuban Company of Airports and Airport Services SA, except Cayo Largo, all are ready to receive travelers .
Demonstrations of affection that, despite the calls of the health authorities, are becoming more common in the country, consolidated in the decrease in Covid-19 cases, with only 1,755 active, and a vaccination campaign that on 13 November was around 76.4 percent of the population with a complete scheme.
These reasons also compel them to return, this time directly to the neighborhood, from the elimination of the mandatory quarantine, even when other protocols are maintained to maintain control over the disease.
From this Monday there will be many returns: around 170 weekly operations will have Havana and there are more than 400 throughout the country, which will also allow the return of nationals stranded in other latitudes as a result of the stoppage of transport.
They will return to a nation lacking, resisting hostile US policies, including a six-decade economic blockade, but a nation seeking solutions to its problems in peace.
That is the currency of Cuba, said last Friday President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who affirmed that the island will continue to advance along this path.
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