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institutions the terms and realities such as“commissions for clashes” or “brigades forquick reply? This doesn’t help the unity of theNation or the reconciliation of all Cubans. Inthe structures and institutions citizens mustbe treated equally in right and dignity.So that exasperation and exodus should stopwe should ask ourselves and answer withessential changes: Why do common peoplewho don’t commit crimes are afraid of policeor security authorities in a country thatproclaims to live in a system of social justice?Where there is fear something must becorrected. Where there is fear to somethingundefined something must be cleared up.Where there is fear to someone undefined,something must be identified and healed.If Cuba wants to really update its economic,political and social model with depth, in astructural and democratic way, repression topacific and honest citizens must stop andinclusion must be the watch word.Protecting political discrepancy andfighting common crimePolice institutions must take care and protectpolitical discrepancy which strengthensnational unity and stability and they mustdevote themselves to fighting common crimewhich undermines and breaks up the Countryinstead of repressing political diversity.If Cuba and its government really want tochange all that has to be changed, they mustreplace the verbal attacks with the promotionof values; they must replace politicalrepression with an open ideological debatewith equal rights and opportunities; they mustchange the usage of Mass Media and makethem accept diversity, decriminalizediscrepancy and eliminate forever thediscredit between Cuban brothers from allideologies, religions, sex and geographicresidence.If Cuba, its government and civil society reallywish to change all that must be changed thenpolice and security organs should leave alonethe ones who pacifically disagree using a civicattitude; they should stop considering“dangerous” or “of police interest” the oneswho promote coexistence in peace anddemocratic diversity and they should devotethemselves to fighting real illegality, commoncrime, rampant corruption in all levels ofsociety, increasing violence, increasingcriminality in young people who have beeneducated during the last 50 years, familyviolence and disintegration, public resourcediversion, traffic of influence and power,irresponsible administration of the Stategoods, violation of contracts,misappropriation of productions, enterpriseinefficiency, the venality of politicians,ineffectiveness of public officials, drug,prostitution, human trade, genre, racial andother kinds of discrimination.We sincerely believe that these commoncrimes and other not mentioned are the oneswhich undermine, erodes, discredit the systemand what is even worse they could causegrater evils of ethical character, ofungovernability and possible new organizedmafias. Even the highest leaders of thisCountry have recognized and expressed it.The urgency of these changes is evident in anunequivocal way in each family, eachneighbourhood, each school and eachworkplace.All Cubans, women and men, who are sincerewith themselves know, verify and distinguishthat the real and dangerous damage is notinflicted by pacific dissenters or opponentsbuy by the ones who want to live on illegalityand permissiveness of organs which havebeen focussed, during five decades, on awrong target which is the persons whodisagree because they love Cuba, becausethey see clearly its evils and solutions andhave decided to stay in our Country to workfor its change, for human improvement, forpolitical pluralism, for economic efficiency, forsocial progress and for holistic humandevelopment.If an objective and multidisciplinary evaluationis done we will see in a transparent anddefining way, how the following words said bythe Apostle, who achieved unity in diversity inCuba, work as a paradigm in Cuba today andhelp us to question ourselves. The first phraseof these words are usually quoted but the restof the words are unknown and they illustratethe most universal and comprehensiveEdiciones ConvivenciaPinar del Río. 2012123