MIAMI, United States. – Cuban activist Adelth Bonne Gamboa, collaborator of CubaNetdenounced on his Facebook profile the impact of repression on interpersonal relationships on the Island. As he narrateda very dear friend told him that he could not go out with him due to fear of having problems with State Security or the Police.
“Today, for the first time in my life, a very dear friend told me in full words that he couldn’t go out with me because he was afraid of having problems with State Security or the Police…” wrote Bonne Gamboa.
Initially, the activist admitted feeling frustrated by the situation. “At first it made me a little sad. I did what I never did. I took my time to answer him, since I am often impulsive. After thinking about it, I told him ‘I understand’ and sent him two hearts,” he said.
Despite what happened, Bonne Gamboa claimed not to judge or be upset with his friend, although he decided to remove him from his Facebook contact list to avoid problems. “I don’t judge him, I don’t hate him, nor am I upset, even though I deleted him from my Facebook so he doesn’t have problems like he wants. “Everyone is a victim of their fears, I have also experienced that feeling in the past,” he expressed.
The activist directed his criticism at the Cuban regime, which he blames for sowing fear that affects personal relationships. “My resentment and my hatred is with the dictatorship that sows that fear and that causes friendships of years to give in to the love of a friend for not looking for problems with them,” he said.
Furthermore, he highlighted that the repression in Cuba goes beyond the physical. “The repression of the dictatorship is not only physical or psychological, most of the time it is also sentimental,” he concluded.
Bonne Gamboa, 29 years old and known for his activism and his open criticism of the Cuban regime, is a communicator who transmits to the people the reality of the Island in crisis. In CubaNet run the program Worming with Adelth, in which it addresses current issues and relevance to the population.
On several occasions, the State Security He has cut off his internet access to prevent his transmissions and has warned him, by telephone, not to leave his house.
Last October, he was summoned by telephone this Friday by an alleged State Security agent. However, the communicator and activist refused to appear before the supposed authority if he did not receive an official summons.
According to what he told this medium, he assured his interlocutor that, to summon him, he had to give him an official document for that purpose. In the call, the alleged agent referred to “the new regulations”, that is, to the Social Communication Law that recently came into force and by which the Island’s regime unleashed a wave of repression against journalists and communicators.
In September, Bonne Gamboa was confronted and threatened in his own home by two women who, according to his statements, were acting on behalf of the Cuban Government. Both said they disagreed with the young man’s journalistic work and activism, both in CubaNet like on their social networks.
In a recorded video The communicator himself shows the women who tried to intimidate him.
Bonne Gamboa denounced the women as “snitches” of the Government and underlined the absurdity of the situation, indicating that, if State Security had something against them, they should send the Police directly instead of delegating responsibility to two women apparently civilians.
