It is a fact. The governments of socialist countries like Cuba, have been very effective in hiding the reality and suffering that people have suffered under such regimes. By removing the most political freedoms, economic and civil rights of the people the authoritarian centralized state powers were able to successfully carry out their totalitarian plans. The consequences of this have brought this to something too well known to all: a deceived and confused world, where a growing number of people put their hopes and expectations in this absurd model of government.

Collected evidence on the Cuban people’s experiences under the totalitarian regime by the research Center of Cuban Studies (CCS) shows the cruelty of this regime. Such testimony was collected from all classes of people (without exclusion of race, gender and profession), the working class folks, educated folks and everyone else who passed through the experience of a totalitarian regime like Cuba. Many of them experience post traumatic stress disorder & various other psychological disorders, therefore sharing their experiences isn’t particularly their most preferred thing to do, however they do understand the importance of doing so.

Cubans, as people who lived through totalitarian regime that lasted half a century, can shed light of what this type of regimes cause. Every Cuban has a story that he/she can share, a light in the dark part of history, the history that needs to be shared, told & remembered so that it is not forgotten or repeated.