The cemeteries of the village are picturesque and gloomy, with their whitewashed tombs, the sun all day darting its rays on their pottery and dirt trails compacted by the passage of bereaved relatives. They are places where one generally hears that cry. But in the small village of Banes [east of Cuba], there is a cemetery where strange cries were heard in the last twelve months.
And to top it all, in recent days the entrance of the premises is guarded, as if the living could control the space where the dead lie. Dozens of police officers want to keep friends and relatives from Orlando Zapata Tamayo [died February 23, 2010 after 86 days of hunger strike to demand the release of political prisoners] to commemorate the first anniversary of his death.
Those who now patrol around the tomb of the builder know they can never accuse him - unlike others - to be a member of the oligarchy who sought to recover its properties. The mulatto, born after the triumph of the revolution, who has not created a political platform and has never taken up arms against the government, has become a disturbing symbol for those who, themselves, clinging to material goods that they acquired the power to: swimming pools, yachts, whiskey bottles, bank accounts and well furnished houses located throughout the national territory.
A man high in ideological indoctrination has eluded them by crossing the threshold of death and left across the threshold, weaker and more pathetic. Sometimes the death of someone gives him forever a place in history. This was the case of Mohamed Bouazizi, young Tunisian who set himself on fire outside a government building because the police had confiscated the fruits which he sold on a spot.
The consequences of his immolation were completely unpredictable, and even more "domino effect" that resulted in the Arab world. The death of a Cuban, which occurred February 23, 2010, recorded in the calendar a date for embarrassing the government. Even today, when Raúl Castro will celebrate his three years at the helm of the nation, many wonder what will happen in Banes, in the small cemetery where the dead are monitored as prisoners of a prison.
Police political circles many Cubans, but it can not prevent the deceased's name Zapata Tamayo being raised this week over the walls of the houses along rosary functions of President General. 
And to top it all, in recent days the entrance of the premises is guarded, as if the living could control the space where the dead lie. Dozens of police officers want to keep friends and relatives from Orlando Zapata Tamayo [died February 23, 2010 after 86 days of hunger strike to demand the release of political prisoners] to commemorate the first anniversary of his death.
Those who now patrol around the tomb of the builder know they can never accuse him - unlike others - to be a member of the oligarchy who sought to recover its properties. The mulatto, born after the triumph of the revolution, who has not created a political platform and has never taken up arms against the government, has become a disturbing symbol for those who, themselves, clinging to material goods that they acquired the power to: swimming pools, yachts, whiskey bottles, bank accounts and well furnished houses located throughout the national territory.
A man high in ideological indoctrination has eluded them by crossing the threshold of death and left across the threshold, weaker and more pathetic. Sometimes the death of someone gives him forever a place in history. This was the case of Mohamed Bouazizi, young Tunisian who set himself on fire outside a government building because the police had confiscated the fruits which he sold on a spot.
The consequences of his immolation were completely unpredictable, and even more "domino effect" that resulted in the Arab world. The death of a Cuban, which occurred February 23, 2010, recorded in the calendar a date for embarrassing the government. Even today, when Raúl Castro will celebrate his three years at the helm of the nation, many wonder what will happen in Banes, in the small cemetery where the dead are monitored as prisoners of a prison.
Police political circles many Cubans, but it can not prevent the deceased's name Zapata Tamayo being raised this week over the walls of the houses along rosary functions of President General.
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