Miami.- Knowing Cubans, their feeling and the spectrum of opinions in which both activists, as journalists and citizens in general have been a purpose that has been a purpose that Mike HammerChief of the US Embassy Mission in Havanahe defined as part of his work style.
Maybe he has not explicitly stated it, but yes, in his tours of Miamithe capital of exile and other parts of the world where the Cuban diaspora is based, such as Spainas well as on the island itself, with its attitude it has demonstrated it by sitting to listen and literally take notes of what regardless of conceptual differences constitutes a claim of millions: something concrete and effective must be done by Cubaand do it now.
Hammer in the regime’s peephole
On Monday, April 29, after revoking probation to opponents José Daniel Ferrer In Santiago de Cuba and Félix Navarro In Matanzanzas, who were convicted after the massive citizen protests of July 11, 2021, Maricela Sosa, vice president of the Supreme Court of the regime, in an attempt to explain the reasons for the measure issued against Ferrer and Navarro, after describing other pretexts, he cited that they had held meetings with the head of the US business office in Cuba and that this constituted a reason why they could Other crimes are imputed.
Also, in the official site Cubadebate, Hammer was qualified as “subversive and interference.”
In response, the American diplomat, capable of communicating in perfect Castilian, has just published in the official Facebook account of the US Embassy a video material in which he urges Cubans, if they find him in the streets, approach him and comment on his ideas and views.
As a frank challenge to the evening coercion contained in the messages of the regime’s spokesmen, Hammer’s warm message could be interpreted in this video.
Apparently and as shown, the meetings supported by Hammer with exiled Cubans and the island convinced him that they are voices with criteria to take into account at the time that the US decides some strategy regarding Cuba.
Not as the official media that usually qualify the exiled Cubans of stateless or terrorists repeat, because the nationals of the island settled in other latitudes disregard their birth land; Yes because with those opinions expressed to an official of the US administration, it is expected that this citizen is the one who profiles some kind of action, instead of staying in the plane of the approach by conversations between governments, as happened in 2014 under the administration of Barack Obama and then reissued with similar procedure during the administration of Joe Biden.
This was listened to Mike Hammer in Miami when in the month of February of this year he held meetings with representatives of exile, who expressed the helplessness and lack of moral support in which during the four years of the Biden administration the besides the besieged internal opposition in Cuba.
Mike Hammer’s receptivity
The receptivity of Hammer in these meetings and their subsequent tours of the island where it has met with relatives of political prisoners, white ladies, journalists and opponents, are summarized in the message he made public on Facebook for whether someone would have doubt what he looks for in his walking through the streets of Cuba.
“I am Mike Hammer, Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Havana, I am touring Cuba because I know from my experience as a diplomat for more than 35 years and having been an ambassador to Chile and in the Congo, I know that it is very important to understand a country and its people, travel and visit all the provinces. When when they see me on the street, I would like Then we will see each other around, until next time. ”
That is the exhortation of the diplomat to the Cubans.
@Ilianalavastida
