(EFE) .- Cuban-American artists Antonia Wright and Rubén Miralles have put themselves at the service of a plan to keep opponents in Cuba connected so that they can coordinate with each other and report on what is happening on the island through something so simple as donations for phone recharges.
Wright and Miralles, who have stood out for their artistic projects for public spaces, have “intervened” two benches for those waiting for the bus placed in strategic places in Miami-Dade County with a text alluding to political prisoners on the Island, which more than half a thousand after the July 11 protests, already Homeland and life, the anthem of those who call for political change in Cuba.
Wright and Miralles, who have stood out for their artistic projects for public spaces, have “intervened” two benches for those waiting for the bus placed in strategic places in Miami-Dade County
Those banks, one located in downtown Miami and the other in Haileah, a city with a majority Cuban population, are also invited to send a text message with the word Cuba to a telephone number (56512) from which you can donate the money. amount that one wishes to recharge the mobile phones of people on the Island.
“There are still more than 500 Cubans detained. Send mobile minutes to help Cubans organize,” reads the bank’s backing next to the number to be texted, a Cuban flag and #patriayvida.
Wright and Miralles, who are a couple in life, not only in art, told Efe that the purpose of this project is to support social protest and help the people of the Island.
The Cuba Decide movement is in charge of distributing the donations to make recharges, which defends that Cubans have the right to decide what political system they want, because, according to the artists, they can make it “go directly to those who need it,” without the Cuban Government intervenes.
Rosa María Payá, leader of Cuba Decide, told Efe that being connected with each other and with the world is essential for opponents and activists on the island.
“When Cubans are connected, the mobilization is much more effective,” Paya stressed to point out the important role that cell phones played in J/11, the largest protests on the island since 1959.
Cuba Decide has started a campaign to involve artists and small business owners of Cuban origin in volunteering and raising funds to help the cause of freedom in Cuba
They are also important to publicize the results of the repression unleashed by the Government since then, the situation of political prisoners and the trials to which those who participated in demonstrations are subjected, he added.
Cuba Decide has launched a campaign to involve artists and small business owners of Cuban origin in volunteering and raising funds to help the cause of freedom in Cuba.
“We thank all our friends for their help to empower the voice of those who have no voice, supporting our movement until we achieve freedom and democracy in Cuna,” adds Cuba Decide on his Instagram account.
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