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In view of the exclusion of the social actorswe propose: The ways to a participatorydemocracy and to a modern State of Rightsare the ones that favour institutional spaceswhere the protagonists should be and findequal opportunities and equal means to servethe Nation among all and through public andparticipatory debate as a body of limited andshared leadership, as a community of electedactors controlled by their voters. Nobody shallbe above the law and the democraticinstitutions. The support of the voters will begained by the ones who are more inclusiveand the ones who serve the Nation more, theservers who show that they know how to workin a team, how to be respectful of otherprotagonists who are equal in dignity andopportunities; the servers who are able toobserve alternation in power; servers and notleaders is what Cuba needs.2. Disregarding or excluding some orall of the political, social, economicprograms and projects which arealternative and pacific is to deprive theFatherland of its dreams and hope; it is toclose the way to a civilized and gradualchange in peace as we all want. Some who stillthink with totalitarian or exclusive mentalitycomplain that there is no “project” which“unites all”, which “represents the Nation” andshould be its new perfect and finished utopia.That is not what other Cubans, women andmen want for Cuba because it leads directly tonew authoritarianisms and new exclusions.In view of the exclusion of projects andsocial programs we propose: The ways ofinclusive democracy and modern State ofRights are necessarily plural, diverse anddissenting; or they are not democratic. Tothink that unity is uniformity is not only apolitical mistake but an unacceptable ethicalattitude whatever its color is. There is nonational and democratic unity if it is not aunity in diversity. That unity in diversity canonly be achieved by opening public spaces ofproposals, debates and decision taking thatshould convene and include all political, socialand economic projects which are pacific,gradual and respectful of national sovereigntyand the sovereignty of citizens. The majoritysupport will be gained by those programs orprojects which are more inclusive and whichpropose the search for the common good ofthe Nation with more efficiency and realismand not the partisan privileges.3. Disregarding or excluding the sourceof thought for the present and the future inCuba is to sever the spirit and the mystique ofthe Nation; it’s to hinder its creativity and theideation of the itineraries to democracy. Tosilence the pacific thinkers whatever theirphilosophical, political, economic or religiousschools should be means to make the Nation’ssoul wither. Some who think that there shouldbe only one ideology for the changes or thosewho don’t think first of “thinking” becausethey are paying attention to the every daystrive for survival do not notice that a“hatchery” of thoughts is appearing insideCuba and in its Diaspora.In view of the exclusion of the schools ofthought we propose: The most wide anddiverse rainbow of ideas is articulating amongthe thinkers of all ages, of all politicalaffiliations or not specific affiliation. There isno country with only one ideology. Theschools of thought that will convene a greaternumber of Cubans, women and men will bethe ones with wider range, the most tolerantand the most pacific ones; the ones thatshould submit themselves more to thescrutiny of dialogue and public debate; themost inclusive ones.What Cuba needs in order to construct,piece by piece, the way to democracyThen we could say that Cuba does not needmore than this to the ones who paralize or tryto monopolize, for their sake, the process ofchanges by arguing that there is nooutstanding leader or viable project. Cubapast and recent history absolutely showswhere these two messianic and exclusiveaspirations lead.On the contrary Cuba needs to believe andconvince itself that democracy is made blockby block, step by step counting on all thepieces of the national puzzle. WinstonChurchill used to say this very serious joke:“Democracy is the worst of all politicalsystems with the exception of the rest ofthem”. This can be one of the lessons onpolitics Cuba needs most in order to get outof its civic illiteracy. Perfect and unreformable,Ediciones <strong>Convivencia</strong>Pinar del Río. 2012115
everlasting projects shall be never soughtagain. Democracy is the art of sizing up withno improvisation or opportunism and withoutunethical pragmatism. And the sizing upmeans not to tie up ourselves or the Nation toany exclusive political, economic or socialproject and in no way to one project whichconsiders itself the Kingdom of Heaven hereon this Earth.What Cuba needs is to learn how to do thenational puzzle patiently without rejecting,disqualifying or destroying any of its “pieces”which are not pieces but free and responsiblecitizens or pacific and not sectarian groups;protagonists and projects should not either beconsidered as pieces of a machinerymanipulated by only one group or person whobelieve without transparency that they will beable to lead the people-flock toward a futurewhich is being “cooked” in the backyard of theNation.What Cuba needs is to create viable and pluralthought in order to start conceiving its ownfuture consistent with and faithful to itshistoric roots, its cultural patrimony, itsspirituality and its idiosyncrasy.What Cuba has gotThis is not the space to catalogue a list ofsocial actors, programs and thought creators.It would be a laudable project to make this listand make it as inclusive as possible withoutthe influence of sectarian ideologies but wewill mention only some examples inside theIsland and in the Diaspora for those who don’tbelieve if they don’t “touch” reality:Some thought creators for the future inCuba: The universities in Cuba and abroadwhere scholars who study Cuba in theDiaspora teach and publish, for example:Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Harvard, Princeton,Yale and Michigan Universities, FloridaInternational University, Miami Dade College,among others; study or investigation Centersfrom the Academy of Sciences, the Academyof Languages and the Academy of History; SanJerónimo College in Havana with its masterlyconferences; Inter American Dialogue inWashington, Cuban Consensus with more than30 groups from the Diaspora, the group ofUniversity students of Cuban origin namedHope Roots and other groups which deal withscientific, social and literary studies aboutregional policies or about economic and socialpolicies; they belong to the Cuban State or tothe exile. University professors, economists,sociologists, anthropologists, historians andother specialists who have devoted part ortheir whole lives to studying and proposingthought for the future in Cuba in differentgeographic and philosophical shores.Other thought creators are the differentspaces for study and reflection sponsored byChurches and fraternal Associations: CatholicSocial Weeks (1991-2011), Centro deReflexión y Diálogo (Center for Reflection andDialogue) in Cárdenas, Martin Luther KingCenter, the Civic and Religious EducationCenter in Pinar del Río (1993-2007) with itseducative, economic and information societythought itineraries; Enrique Pérez SerantesInstitute in Santiago de Cuba; Janssen Institutein Holguín, Study Center in Santa ClaraDiocese, Aula Fray Bartolomé de Las Casasand Dominican Fathers Center in Havana; FélixVarela Cultural Center in Havana, John Paul IIBioethics Center; Protestant Seminar ofMatanzas, Masonic Study Higher Center,Yorubá Association of Cuba, Summer Schoolsfor Educators, María Reina Institute belongingto Jesuit Fathers and other Centers fromreligious orders such as the Pious Schools, thePassionists, the Salecians and some others.Besides we must bear in mind all the officialor independent publications which arethought hatcheries devoted to creatingproposals and perspectives on the future forCuba; Catholic magazines and magazinesfrom other denomination and associations forexample, Vivarium, Palabra Nueva, Espacio,Bifronte, Espacio Laical, Vitral, Enfoques,Cocuyo, Amanecer, Iglesia en Marcha.We should also mention the civic publicationsand encounters such as the Cuba EconomyStudy Association (ASCE), Cuba Study Institute(IEC), Cuba Study Group, Latin AmericanStudies Association (LASA); Socialist Trend,Studies, Consensus, Cuban Institute ofIndependent Economists, Social Study Centerand other spaces and Cuba study centersinside Cuba and in United States universities,Latin America, Spain and other academies; aswell as the socio cultural magazines such asCriterio, Temas, Caimán Barbudo, Catauro, La116
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Cuba does have thought, projects an
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with their changes and hesitations,
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well, eveyone knows that they are n
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There has to be a differentiation b
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lind. Infiltrations of bureaucracy
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We are, and we should be “the pro
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have been introduced during decades
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sacrifice his life, his prestige, h
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have different political options, i
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there is political will and changes
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Conclusions from its Council. We th
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TO FREE THE PRODUCTIVE FORCESAND TH
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tentative behaviors by the governme
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the three powers of the State: the
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what in our opinion is better for C
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THERE IS NO FATHERLAND WITHOUTTHE S
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Fatherland going to belong to every
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CULTURE AND POLITICS IN CUBAEditori
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that bearing in mind the strategies
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POWER IS FOR SERVINGEditorial 10. J
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An authentic exercise of power as a
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“mosquitoes” which are the smal
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“For I will take you from among t
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forward by seizing the institutions
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democratic participation where they
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north and south of the human person
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wins with the complementation and t
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has reached a citizenship category
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THE ABSOLUTE RESPECTFOR ALL OF THE
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It is clear that it is about the in
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