The Mast and The Storm
The Mast and the Storm is an intimate and courageous account that gathers the voices of those who crossed seas in search of the freedom their homeland denied them. It is the memory of fathers who fought with dignity, grandparents who sowed history through their example, and mothers who taught how to resist in silence. Amid family memories rises a tribute to those who left without being bid farewell and to those who remained without being remembered, leaving behind a legacy of pain and hope that spans generations.
But this work is not just a hymn to memory: it is also a raw denunciation of present-day injustice. It tells the tragedy of those who fled hunger, repression, and the daily misery of Cuba, only to face an equally cruel fate in lands that promised refuge. It exposes the reality of deportations that make no distinction of nationality: Haitians, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Guatemalans, and many others are sent back to the poverty or violence they escaped.
These pages reveal how justice can be bought with money and influence, leaving the poorest defenseless before a system that criminalizes them for daring to dream of freedom. The book also explores the quiet forms of violence faced by those who migrate: discrimination for being women, the constant suspicion, and the contempt for speaking another language. Women who must endure double humiliations, mothers who protect their children while carrying the fear of being separated from them, and voices that break when trying to defend themselves in a language they don't master.
The Mast and the Storm does not offer easy comfort. It is a call to recognize the courage of those who dared to leave everything behind, to confront the betrayal of democratic promises, and to demand a world where freedom is not a privilege for the few but a real right for all.
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