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“CONVIVENCIA”: FIRST ANNIVERSARY.ON THE THRESHOLD AFTER HALF A CENTURYEditorial 7. Jan-Feb-2009. Convivencia Magazine. www.convivenciacuba.esIt’s the first anniversary of “Convivencia”, atthe service of the civil society, from theinterior of Cuba.We are on the threshold of our secondanniversary. The six issues have shown theprofile and style of the magazine; itslanguage and range. The way we propose itin our definition of that first editorial on the15 th February 2008: “Convivencia” is a digitalpublication of a Socio-cultural, plural,participatory nature, respectful of thedifferences and promoting a healthy diversityin which each person may find a space toshare criteria and improve life”.Cuba is on the threshold after half a century.Our service is not the useless complaint, orthe opportunistic adjustment, or the fearfulsilence. We have tried to breath with bothlungs: criticism and proposal. Both with themaximum respect. An analysis of thepublished contents allow to appreciate thisbalance yet to be improved. Thus wecontribute, gradually, step by step, to theorganization of a public space where there isroom for all of us, without exclusions, theway we outlined our service one year ago:“We want to be a transparent space for publicdebate and proposals which might lead tojoint the personal freedom with thecohabitation in a healthy, autonomous andinclusive civil society”.Cuba needs to trespass the threshold ofmonotony up to polyphony. The articles,interviews, stories, poems, art criticism fromdiverse authors and polemic approaches had aspace in this threshold because we have tried tobe faithful to our perspective: “We waht to be a“nursery” for the different cultural expressions.We are not afraid of diversity and we don’tthink diversity leads to confusion or relativism.We believe that cultural openness strengthensthe identity. We consider that the convergenceof the different ones and the pluralistcohabitation make human beings rich andmake a contribution to the growing of the soulsof peoples. Unity can be constructed throughdiversity”.Cuba needs bridges, not trenches. That is whywe have asked for and published works fromour brothers and sisters that live in othershores too: artists, writers, sociologists,economists, jurists and ordinary citizens whohave a common characteristic: their love forCuba. A love that has been increased by thedistance, put to trial by the years and“sharpened” by the experiences of otherlatitudes. These persons wish to put all theirtalents at the service of the present and thefuture of the Nation of which they are aninseparable part. Thus we are fulfilling one ofour hopes: “We aspire that “Convivencia” mightbe an open house shared by Cubans, womenand men, in the Island and in the Diaspora. Signand advance of the common home we ought torebuild and reconcile all of us together. Nomatter the dimension of the contribution. Webelieve in the power of the smallness”.Our editorials have tried to reflect the evolutionof developments, the scenarios that arediscerned, and always proposing, suggesting,Ediciones ConvivenciaPinar del Río. 201231