Margarita

So a lot of people think Margarita Alercón is kind of crazy. She's this woman who is a journalist, I think, but she has come to our class twice and every time she does i feel like i get the most out of my time here. She is familiar with the US as she was born in New York, i THINK SHE MIGHT BE the daughter of the ex Cuban ambassador for the UN but i don't know since i'm not really familiar about those things. Anyway, today she talked about the importance of lifting the embargo and how now that Obama is taking presidency he has the power to simply not veto the bill to life the embargo and then everyone will be happy. Cuba will finally be able to import things from the US and especially from other countries and the ability to travel in and out of cuba will finally be possible. This would be great for Cuba since about 70% of their income is from foreigners and tourism. 

It was so sad to hear her talk about the essential things that we sometimes take for granted in the us. nOT THAT a lot of people are fortunate enough to have full health insurance in the US but it is still more accessible for those who can afford it, which is a problem in itself, but she was talking about if a child was diagnosed with cancer and the doctor needed to get more medicine for a treatment but because of the embargo they would not be able to access it and the doctor would have to tell the parents that the dose they were giving their child would be the last one they would be able to give them until they could somehow get more... 

I couldn't even imagine knowing that someone i loved was going to die because the US has prohibited the Swiss from trading with cuba. And then we started talking about the war, if one could call it that, going on between israel and the palestinians in Gaza and how they are basically just destroying them off the face of the earth. there is so much happening in the world that it seems as if it is literally being held together at a vastly dissipating seam. Aye no.

pOWER 90 is scheduled for 5 today. i feel a tad bit sore but it feels good.