To appeal to you means placing all my hope in finding tranquility to my conscience and peace in my soul when faced with all the suffering and frustration which have subjected me in anguish and pain, which extends to my family, but thanks to having embraced God, it is not more painful. Let me tell Your Holiness that since August 1994, I've been subjected to the persecution and harassment at the hands of State Security in Las Tunas, a province in the Eastern part of Cuba, for the only reason that I don't sympathize with the policies of the government, something which I have openly expressed here and through the radio abroad. This led to my being expelled from my job as a psychologist in a psychiatric hospital, something which has led me to sell our meager possessions in order to feed and clothe our children.
This harassment has gone to the extent of isolating me from my family and friends because the government alleges that I am a threat to the revolution and that I can implicate them in a crime. I have no intention to go against my motherland, which I will never use as a pulpit from which to stake a claim to history. I only seek to make the truth known, truth which is hidden, and to eliminate the fear and terror which stands in the way, as a result of all the hatred, the horrible offspring of ideological absolutism which denies a dialogue with those who hold a different point of view from the official one.
Today, they've fired my wife from the University in Las Tunas. She was an accounting professor. Talent and intelligence earned her awards and recognition, but she made the "grave" mistake of following God's mandate to refuse to separate from her husband. (Corinthians 1-7:11), when she was approached by the Party leadership in Las Tunas and the authorities at the university who demanded that she divorce me, she decided to maintain the family unity and her marriage. What will become of our lives from now on? When I've been threatened with jail and also taken from my place, leaving two youngsters, who cannot understand what's happening, in limbo? Faith in God and strong beliefs is what is keeping me strong to face uncertainty.
I pray to His Holiness for spiritual support to our cause which, even if it seems isolated, reflects the reality for many in Cuba. God bless you in your divine task.