Kokoke i ka hola ʻeiwa o ka Pōʻakolu ʻo Dekemaba 17, 2014 i koʻu ʻike ʻana i kahi tweet na Rene Gonzalez, kekahi o nā kiu Cuban ʻelima i hoʻopaʻahao ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no nā makahiki he ʻumi. HOI MAI! Pono au e nānā ʻelua. He ʻoiaʻiʻo paha? Ua hoʻomaka koke wau e ʻimi i loko o nā nūpepa a me nā media digital no nā nūhou e pili ana i ka ʻelima, ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻia lākou ma Cuba, akā kuhikuhi nā mea āpau i ka tweet a Rene. He mau minuke ma hope mai, ua hōʻike ʻo Rene i ʻekolu mau tweet e hoʻopau i nā kānalua. Ua kakauinoaia na pepa no ka hookuu ana mai ka halepaahao o Gerardo, Ramon a me Antonio. Ua noa lākou.
Ma mua, ma ka lā 4 o Dekemaba, ua lawe koke ʻia ʻo Gerardo mai ka hale paʻahao ʻoi loa ma Victorville, Kaleponi kahi āna i hoʻopau ai i ka hapa nui o kāna mau makahiki he 16 mau makahiki a lawe ʻia i kahi hale paʻahao ma Oklahoma City. Me ka ʻike ʻole i ke kumu o kona noho ʻana ma laila ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo ia i loko o ka "puka", kahi huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe no ka hoʻopaʻa mehameha i loko o kahi keʻena me ka puka makani ʻole a i ʻole ka launa pū ʻana me nā paʻahao ʻē aʻe, i hoʻokau ʻia e nā kiaʻi. Ua waiho ʻia ʻo ia ma laila no ʻumikūmākahi lā. Ma ka lā 15 o Kekemapa, ua hoʻoneʻe koke ʻia ʻo ia i kahi haukapila paʻahao ma Butner, North Carolina. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hāʻawi ʻia i manawa e hōʻiliʻili a lawe mai i nā waiwai pilikino liʻiliʻi āna i hōʻiliʻili ai i nā makahiki he 16 i hala i loko o ka hale paʻahao.
Ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka ʻāina ma Florida, ua ala ʻo Antonio i ka hola ʻelima o ke kakahiaka i ka Pōʻakahi Dekemaba 15, i loko o kāna hale paʻahao ma Marianna, kahi hale paʻahao palekana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa i kāna mau mea ponoʻī, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻokō ʻo ia me ka ʻike ʻole i kahi e lawe ʻia ai a me ke kumu. A laila lawe ʻia ʻo ia ma kahi mokulele pilikino i ka hale paʻahao ma Butner. Ma laila, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻololi hou i kahi hoʻopuni hou a hana i kona ola i loko o kēlā hale paʻahao.
I kēlā lā hoʻokahi, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ʻo Ramon ma lalo o ka inoa hoʻopunipuni āna i hoʻohana ai i ka wā o kāna misionari naʻauao ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo Luis Medina, ua lawe pū ʻia ʻo ia mai kāna keʻena ma Georgia a i ka hale paʻahao ma Butner. ʻAʻole ia i hāʻawi ʻia i nā ʻōlelo aʻo a i ʻole ka ʻike e pili ana i ke kumu o kona hoʻololi ʻana. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi lā aʻe, i ka lā 16 o Dekemaba, ʻo nā mea ʻekolu - ʻo Gerardo, Ramon a me Antonio - i hui maka he alo ma kahi hoʻokahi, a ʻike lākou mai ia manawa mai e hoʻi ana lākou i ka home.
ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopaʻa i ko lākou hauʻoli. Ma waena o nā ʻakaʻaka, ʻakaʻaka a me nā pūliki, ua hopohopo nui nā luna o ʻAmelika i ka wā i lawe mai ai lākou ʻekolu i ka mokulele i ke kakahiaka nui o Dekemaba 17, ua koi lākou iā lākou e ʻōlelo Pelekania. Malia paha e hui pu ana na Castro-kiu makau i ka aina nana lakou i hoonele i ko lakou kuokoa no na makahiki he 16 i hala. I ka hopena hope loa, i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana o ka mokulele i ko lākou ʻāina hānau, ua uhi nā luna i nā puka makani o ka mokulele. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i ka hōʻea ʻana i Cuba.
Ua haʻalele mua ʻo Antonio i ka mokulele. Ua makemake ʻo ia ʻo Gerardo, akā no ke ʻano o ko lākou noho ʻana ma ka mokulele, ʻaʻole hiki. Ua komo mai ka ea mailoko mai o ka mokupuni hoouluhua iloko ona me he hanu aloha la, a ia manawa, wahi ana, ua mahuka wale iho la ko lakou hala. ʻIke koke lākou i ko lākou ʻohana a pahū me ka hauʻoli. ʻO Antonio, me kona makuahine ʻo Mirta i ke aloha pau ʻole; Ua uhi ʻo Ramona i kāna wahine ʻo Elizabeth me nā honi aloha; a me Gerardo, e malama ana i kana wahine maikai, ia Adriana, me kona opu i piha i ke ola. Ma kahi hōʻailona a puni ka ʻāina, aia ʻo Pelekikena Raul Castro e hoʻokipa iā lākou, me nā kiu Cuban ʻelua ʻē aʻe, ʻo Rene Gonzalez lāua ʻo Fernando Gonzalez, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i mau mahina ma mua.
GERARDO ME ADRIANA
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Gerardo Hernandez i ʻelua mau hoʻopaʻi ola a me ʻumikumamālima mau makahiki i loko o kahi hale paʻahao palekana kiʻekiʻe loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no nā hoʻopiʻi pili i ka spionage.
He kanaka u'i 'o Gerardo, he helehelena aloha a opiopio. Ua ʻoi aku ka mālama ʻana ma mua o nā ʻehā ʻē aʻe, a ʻike ʻia e noʻonoʻo nui i kāna mau ʻōlelo ma mua o ka haʻi ʻana i ka leo nui. I koʻu ʻike ʻana iā ia no ka manawa mua ma ka International Press Center ma Havana, puliki mākou a haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu e heluhelu mau ʻo ia i kaʻu mau palapala i kona wā i loko o ka hale paʻahao. Ua kamaʻilio mākou no ka manawa lōʻihi i loko o kahi lumi nui, me Ramon lāua ʻo Rene.
Aia kona mau ʻohana i loko o ka lumi a ua like nā mea a pau me kahi hālāwai ninaninau. Ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu e pili ana i nā kumu ma hope o kāna hana huna ma Miami a me nā kikoʻī o kāna mau hana hana. ʻO ia ke alakaʻi o ka hui, ke poʻo o ka "Wasp Network" nona nā ʻelele i hoʻokomo i nā hui anti-Castro e ʻike a pale i kā lākou hana ʻino iā Cuba. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka ʻike wahaheʻe i loko o kāna mau makahiki ʻehiku o ka hana naʻauao ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a hiki i kona hopu ʻia ʻana i ka lā 12 Kepakemapa 1998. ʻO Gerardo ke kuleana o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ʻike naʻauao āna i hōʻiliʻili ai mai nā ʻelele i komo i nā hui anti-Castro ma Florida. . A laila e hoʻouna ʻo ia iā Havana ma o nā ʻano huna like ʻole. ʻO Gerardo ka loulou ma waena o nā luna huna a me ke aupuni Cuban.
Ma hope o kekahi manawa, ua noi au iā Gerardo inā hiki iaʻu ke hele pū me ia i kona hale e kamaʻilio me kāna wahine ʻo Adriana. Makemake au i kahi lewa ʻoluʻolu, ʻoluʻolu a kamaʻāina e hoʻomaopopo pono i kā lākou moʻolelo. Me ka lokomaikaʻi, ua ʻae ʻo ia i kaʻu noi a kau mākou i kona kaʻa a holo aku. Ua hōʻea mākou i kona hale i kēlā lā mehana, a komo mua ʻo Gerardo e hōʻike iā Adriana aia mākou i laila. I koʻu komo ʻana, ʻo Gema ka mea mua aʻu i ʻike ai, a laila ʻekolu mahina, i loko o kahi pahu liʻiliʻi ma ka foyer. He nani ʻo ia. ʻO kona helehelena poʻe nani a me ka hohonu o kona mau maka uliuli akaka. "Nani ka Gem," wahi aʻu, a pane akula ʻo Gerardo, "ʻAe, ua like ʻo ia me kona Māmā." ʻO Adriana, komo i loko o ka lumi a aloha aloha mai iaʻu. He wahine u'i 'o ia e ho'ike ana i ka ikaika o loko. Hāʻawi ʻo ia iā mākou i mea inu e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai a hele mākou i loko o ka pā hale e noho ai a kamaʻilio.
"Makemake au e hōʻike mua iā ʻoe i kekahi mea," wahi a Gerardo me ka lawe ʻana i kahi mea kanu ma kona mau lima. "I kekahi lā hele mākou i kahi a puni a hāʻawi lākou iā mākou i kēia bonsai". Hōʻike mai ʻo ia iaʻu me ka paʻa kiʻekiʻe. “ʻIke ʻoe, he ʻuʻuku iki kaʻu wahine ma ke kino, akā nani loa, a kāhea mau wau iā ia he bonsai. Ma nā leka aʻu i kākau ai iā ia mai ka hale paʻahao, e kapa mau wau iā ia ʻo Bonsai ". Ua ʻakaʻaka lāua. "Ma muli o kēia, manaʻo ka poʻe ʻAmelika he kiu ʻo ia a ʻo Bonsai kona inoa kapakapa," wahi a Gerardo me ka ʻakaʻaka. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki iā lākou ke ʻakaʻaka i kēia manawa i ka hana lapuwale i loaʻa iā lākou mai nā luna o ʻAmelika, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana iā Gerardo lāua ʻo Adriana he mea ʻeha loa ia.
Haʻalele ʻo Gerardo i ka bonsai i loko o ka māla, hāpai ʻo Gerardo iā Gema liʻiliʻi ma kona mau lima a hele akula i kahi noho ʻoluʻolu nui a noho i lalo. Noho ʻo Adriana ma ka lima o ka noho, e hilinaʻi mālie ana ma luna o kāna kāne me he mea lā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i makemake e hoʻokuʻu iā ia mai kāna pā. Ke nānā aku nei au i kēlā kāne ʻōpio nani me ko lākou aura o ka hauʻoli, me ka hoʻopaʻa nui ʻana i kā lāua kaikamahine pēpē maikaʻi ma waena o lāua, makemake wau e ʻike i ke ʻano o kēia mau mea. "E haʻi mai iaʻu i ka hoʻomaka ʻana a me ke ʻano o ko kāua hiki ʻana i kēia wahi," i nīnau aku ai au me ke kunou ʻana i koʻu poʻo iā Gema. ʻO ka moʻolelo o Gerardo lāua ʻo Adriana he moʻolelo aloha maoli.
"Ke aʻo nei au i nā pilina pili honua," i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Gerardo, "a pono wau e lawe i ʻekolu a ʻehā paha guagaus (nā kaʻa kaʻa) e hele i koʻu kula. I kekahi lā, ma ke kahua kaʻa kaʻa ua ʻike au i kekahi wahine ʻōpio uʻi loa a aloha nui wau iā ia. He aloha i ka kaʻa mua”, ʻakaʻaka lākou. “Ua ʻeha koke au, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia wale nō a ma ia pō ua kākau wau i kahi mele. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia 'He wahine aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai', no ka mea, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i kona inoa, ʻike wau aloha wau iā ia".
"He 16 au," wahi a Adriana, "a he 21 kona makahiki. ʻAʻole au i hoihoi iā ia. Ua komo au i kaʻu mau haʻawina a ʻaʻole makemake wau e hoʻopilikia ʻia". Akā, ʻo Gerardo ke koi a me ka hoʻomau. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hui hou me Adriana ma ke kahua kaʻa kaʻa, akā ua lōʻihi ka manawa, hoʻomanawanui a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana e hoʻokō. I nā manawa a pau, lawe ʻo ia i ka mele āna i kākau ai no ia i loko o kāna ʻeke. Ua paʻa ʻo ia e ʻimi hou iā ia a ʻaʻole e hoʻokuʻu iā ia e hele me ka ʻole o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kamaʻilio me ia. I kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, ua hoʻokō ʻia ka makemake o Gerardo, ua holo ʻo ia iā Adriana ma ke kahua kaʻa kaʻa a hāʻawi iā ia i ka mele āna i kākau ai no ia.
“Ua lilo ka poem i mea maoli. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hui hou mākou a aloha, "hōʻike ʻia ʻo Adriana. “I kekahi lā, hele mākou e noho ma ke ala e nānā ana i ke kai. Ke nānā nei mākou i nā waʻa. Ua hōʻailona ʻo Gerardo i koʻu hema a ʻōlelo mai iaʻu e nānā i kahi moku nui i waho o ka wai. A laila kuhikuhi ʻo ia i kēlā ʻaoʻao, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he moku ʻoi aku ka nui ma laila. I koʻu hele ʻana e nānā pēlā, ua pili pono kona helehelena i koʻu a honi māua. I kēlā manawa, ua aloha au iā ia. "
Ua male lāua i ka makahiki 18 o Adriana i ka makahiki 1988, a he mau mahina ma hope mai, hele akula ʻo Gerardo e kaua ma Angola me ka pūʻali koa Cuban internationalist. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia no kona wiwo ʻole a me kona mākaukau, a ua hoihoi ka ʻoihana naʻauao o Cuba iā ia. Ma hope koke iho, ua kiʻi ʻia ʻo Gerardo ma ke ʻano he luna naʻauao a ua kauoha ʻia e alakaʻi i kahi misionari kūikawā ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻo Adriana i kāna hana maoli. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua komo ʻo ia i ka papa diplomacy Cuban, e like me kāna i ʻōlelo ai iā ia, a i ka wā e pono ai kāna kāne e hele i kahi ʻāina ʻē ma mua o ko lāua male ʻana a noho pū i hoʻokahi makahiki, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hele ana kāna kāne e hana ma ka Embassy o Cuba. ma Argentina. "ʻO ia ka manawa kūikawā ma Cuba, ua loaʻa iā mākou nā pilikia koʻikoʻi i ko mākou ʻāina a ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻohana ke hele pū me nā diplomats ma waho," wahi āna.
I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua haʻalele ʻo Gerardo i Miami ma lalo o kahi ʻike ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ola huna hou ma ke ʻano he Puerto Rican i kapa ʻia ʻo Manuel Viramontez. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Gerardo i kahi hui o nā ʻelele Cuban i hoʻokomo i kekahi mau pūʻulu pio i Miami i ʻike ʻia no kā lākou hana ʻino kūʻē iā Cuba. ʻOkoʻa i ka nani o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo James Bond, ʻo ka hana a Gerardo he luhi a me ka noʻonoʻo. I ka manawa i loaʻa ai iā ia ka ʻike mai kāna mau ʻelele ma o nā hālāwai malu i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia, e hōʻoia ʻo ia, e hoʻoponopono a laila e haʻi i ka ʻike i ke keʻena nui ma Havana. A laila, e hahai ʻo ia i nā ʻōlelo aʻo i hoʻihoʻi ʻia iā ia. Ua hiki iā ia ke kipa aku iā Cuba a me Adriana i ʻelua a ʻekolu mau manawa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hele ʻo ia i Cancun, Mekiko ma ke ʻano he Manuel Viramontez, kahi i hālāwai ai ʻo ia e nā luna Cuban a laila hāʻawi iā ia i kāna passport maoli e hoʻi i ka home e kipa i kāna wahine.
I ka waena o nineties, ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki ma kēia misionari, kaʻawale i kahi mamao mai kekahi i kekahi, ua kamaʻilio ʻo Gerardo lāua ʻo Adriana e pili ana i ko lāua makemake e hoʻomaka i kahi ʻohana a loaʻa kahi keiki. "ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa ka manawa a me ke kūlana kūpono e hana ai," wahi a Gerardo. "Ua manaʻo mau mākou e hiki mai ana ka manawa."
Akā i kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hiki mai kekahi mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. Ma Sepatemaba 12, 1998 ma 5:30 am, he ʻumikūmālua mau mākaʻi FBI i hoʻopaʻa pū ʻia i kona hale haʻahaʻa ma Miami a hopu iā ia. “Ua haʻi aku au iā lākou ʻo Manuel Viramontez koʻu inoa a ʻo wau ʻo Puerto Rican, he kamaʻāina ʻAmelika. Ua haʻi mai lākou iaʻu ua ʻike lākou i koʻu ʻano maoli a me kaʻu e hana nei. ʻAʻohe oʻu ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe."
No nā mahina, ʻaʻole i lohe ʻo Adriana i kāna kāne. ʻAʻohe leka, ʻaʻohe kelepona, ʻaʻohe kipa. ʻAʻole i puka ākea ka lono o kona hopu ʻia no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hoʻohana i kona inoa maoli, ʻaʻole hoʻi i hōʻike i ka FBI. Ma hope o nā mahina ma hope, ma hope o ka hopohopo nui a me ke kaumaha, ua kīkēkē nā luna o ke Kuhina Kalaiaina ma Cuba i kona puka a noi aku e komo i loko. Ua haʻi lākou iā ia e pili ana i ka hana maoli a Gerardo a me kāna hopu ʻia ʻana. ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō, haʻi lākou iā ia, ua hopu pū ʻia kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe me ia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻōlelo i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe o kona ʻohana. "He mea paʻakikī ia no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke ʻike ua paʻa ʻo Gerardo i ka US. Pono wau e hana e like me ka mea maʻamau, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
ʻO ka hope loa, ua lilo ka inoa maoli o Gerardo i ka lehulehu i ka wā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna hoʻokolokolo ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana o kahi kamaʻāina i kāna kiʻi ma kahi pepa Miami kūloko, a ʻaʻole pono ʻo Adriana e noho mālie hou e pili ana i kona ʻeha. Akā i kona hoʻāʻo ʻana e noi no ka visa e ʻike iā ia i loko o ka hale paʻahao, ua hōʻole ʻia kāna noi e ke aupuni US. "Ua hoʻopiʻi lākou iā ia he luna naʻauao pū kekahi," wahi a Gerardo. "He ala ia e hoʻopale ai iaʻu. Ua hana lākou i nā mea a pau e ho'āʻo a koi iā mākou e kumakaia iā Cuba a i ko lākou ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole mākou e hele, a laila hōʻole lākou i ka visa iā ia ma ke ʻano he hoʻopaʻi ".
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Gerardo i ʻelua mau hoʻopaʻi ola a me ʻumikūmālima mau makahiki, kahi ʻōlelo kūlike ʻole a pololei ʻole (ʻo ia kekahi moʻolelo). "Makemake lākou iaʻu e hui pū me ke aupuni US no ka mea he mea nui ia iā Cuba. ʻAʻohe o nā luna i hopu ʻia i kumakaia i ko mākou ʻāina, ʻoiai ua hoʻomau ʻo ʻAmelika i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana a hiki i ka manawa hope.
He ʻumikūmāono makahiki i hala ma mua o ka ʻike hou ʻana o Adriana lāua ʻo Gerardo. He nui nā hoʻāʻo e kipa aku iā ia i loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi i hōʻole ʻia e ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hala nā makahiki a hikiʻole iā ia ke hoʻokō i kāna moeʻuhane no ka loaʻaʻana o ke keiki a Gerardo. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i hāʻule i kona aloha iā ia, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻo ia i ʻimi e hōʻoluʻolu i nā kāne ʻē aʻe. Akā, ua hakakā ʻo ia no kona kūʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia lā, e hele ana i ka honua e noi me nā hui hui honua, nā mea kaulana, nā pāremata a me nā aupuni e hui pū i ka hakakā no kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia.
Ma 2012, he 42 makahiki ʻo Adriana me kāna kāne i hoʻopaʻi ʻia i ʻelua mau manawa ola i loko o ka hale paʻahao ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua noho pū lāua mai kona mau makahiki he 16. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ke aloha ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hoʻi i makemake. Eia naʻe, ua emi koke kona kūlana o ka noho makuahine. Ma kahi o ka haʻalele ʻana, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Adriana i kahi hoʻolaha haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa honua e noi aku i kona kuleana e loaʻa keiki me kāna kāne. "ʻAʻole wau i hoʻopiʻi ʻia i kekahi mea, no ke aha lā lākou i hōʻole mai ai iaʻu i koʻu kuleana e hānau keiki me kaʻu kāne?"
Nui ka poʻe a puni ka honua i lohe i kā lākou noi a aloha i ko lākou kūlana. "Makemake au e haʻi aku i kekahi poʻe nāna i hana i kēia," wahi a Gerardo iaʻu i kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana, ua hiamoe ʻo Gema ma kona umauma. "ʻO Vilma Espin, ka pelekikena o ka Federation of Cuban Women, he kuleana nui loa i ke kākoʻo ʻana iā Adriana". Ua nīnau au inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo ua kōkua pū kekahi luna US. “ʻAe, he ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO kahi senator US, ʻo Patrick Leahy a me kāna wahine i kōkua iā mākou, "wahi āna.
"Ua hoʻolohe lākou iaʻu," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Adriana. "Ua hui au me ka Senatoa a me kana wahine a ua hoomaopopo lakou i ka aoao kanaka o ko'u kulana, a ua kokua oluolu mai lakou ia'u."
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki 2014, ʻoiai ua hoʻomaka mua nā aupuni o Cuba a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā kūkākūkā malū e hoʻihoʻi hou i nā pilina, ua hoʻomaka ʻia kekahi hoʻolālā. Ua ʻae ʻo Pelekikena Obama i ka palapala noi aloha kanaka a Adriana a i kekahi lā ma ʻApelila, ua lawe ʻia kahi capsule hau e kekahi luna US mai ka hale paʻahao palekana loa ma Victorville, Kaleponi, i kahi keʻena hānai ma Panama. I ka hōʻea ʻana o Adriana i Panama, hopohopo a hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka mea hiki ke hana. "ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike inā e hana ia, ua hana ʻia ke kaʻina hana a haʻalele wau a hoʻi i Cuba", wahi āna, me ka ea kahaha e pili ana i ka hana mana i ola.
I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike i ka mea e hiki mai ana ma hope o ka US a me Cuba. ʻAʻole hiki ke noʻonoʻo i nā Pelekikena Barack Obama lāua ʻo Raul Castro e hoʻolaha like ana ma ke kīwī e hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka pilina ma waena o nā ʻenemi Cold War. Pono ʻo Adriana e hūnā i kāna hāpai ʻana mai nā mea a pau koe wale nō nā luna Cuban i ʻike, a me Gerardo. ʻAʻole ʻo ia a me Gerardo i ʻike i nā kūkākūkā ʻana ma waena o Wakinekona a me Havana, ua haʻi wale ʻia iā lāua he pono e hūnā ʻia ka hāpai ʻana mai ka lehulehu. Ua hauʻoli wale ʻo ia i ka ulu ʻana o kahi pēpē i loko ona a ua manaʻo ʻo ia ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia e loaʻa kāna kāne me ia ma ka liʻiliʻi loa e loaʻa iā ia kāna keiki.
"Pehea ʻoe i ʻike ai no kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka hale paʻahao?" Ua nīnau au iā ia. "Ua haʻi mai lākou iaʻu ma ke ʻano maʻalahi, no ka mea, ua lōʻihi koʻu hāpai ʻana (8 mau mahina) a ʻaʻole lākou makemake iaʻu e hauʻoli nui a hiki i ka hana ʻana," wahi āna.
Ma ka lā 17 o Kekemapa, ua pae mai kahi mokulele i hoʻonani ʻia me ka hae ʻAmelika ma ka ʻāina ʻo Cuban a ua manuahi ʻo Gerardo, he kanaka i hoʻopaʻi ʻia no ke ola. ʻO ka apo mua ma waena o Gerardo a me Adriana ua piha i ka ikaika, ka hauʻoli, ka waimaka o ka hauʻoli a me ke aloha maʻemaʻe. Ua kūʻē ʻo ia a kū ikaika no 16 mau makahiki, ʻoiai ʻo ia hoʻi, kūpaʻa mau, kūpaʻa a kūpaʻa i kekahi i kekahi a me ko lākou ʻāina.
He iwakālua mau lā ma hope o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana a hōʻea i Cuba, ua hānau ʻia ʻo Gema me kona makuahine a me kona makuakāne e hoʻokipa iā ia i kēia ao. "ʻO ia ka lā hauʻoli loa o koʻu ola," wahi a Gerardo, me ke kānalua ʻole.
"Makemake mākou e lilo ʻo ia i kaikamahine hauʻoli a hauʻoli e like me nā keiki ʻē aʻe a pau, a loaʻa ke ola maʻamau e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe," wahi a Gerardo iaʻu, ua pau kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana. Ua nānā au iā lākou me ka manaʻo o ka transcendence. ʻAʻole kā lākou moʻolelo he moʻolelo pilikino wale nō. ʻO ia ka moʻolelo o Cuba, ka moʻolelo o kahi lāhui - he poʻe - i kū a kūpaʻa, kūpaʻa, hanohano a ikaika i mua o nā pilikia paʻakikī a ikaika loa, a ua lanakila lākou. A ua hana ia no ke aloha. Aloha aina, aloha kanaka, aloha kanaka.
Nānā wau iā Gerardo a kuhikuhi aku me koʻu mau lima iā Gema ma kona mau lima, a ʻōlelo aku me ka ʻakaʻaka hiki ʻole, "Ua maopopo iaʻu e mamao loa ʻo ia mai ka maʻamau."
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I loko o ka moʻolelo o ka Cuban Five, he nui nā ʻike a me nā haʻawina e hōʻike ana i nā hakakā nui loa o ke kanaka. ʻO ka manaʻo o ke kuleana i alakaʻi i kēlā me kēia o lākou i hāʻawi iā lākou i ka ikaika e kūʻē ai ma o nā kūlana hiki ʻole. ʻO ke kaula i ulana ʻia i loko o kā lākou mau moʻolelo a pau, nāna i hoʻopaʻa ikaika iā lākou me ka puʻuwai a me ka noʻonoʻo maʻemaʻe, ʻo ia ke kākoʻo kūpaʻa ʻole o kā lākou wahine, ʻohana, makuahine, kaikuahine, keiki kāne, kaikamahine a me nā hoaaloha a puni ka honua. ʻAʻole lākou hoʻokahi wale nō, ʻoiai i loko o nā mahina 17 ua koi ʻia lākou i loko o ka hale paʻahao inhumane, ka "puka". E like me kā Antonio i ʻōlelo ai, ʻaʻole lākou i pio maoli. "I kēlā me kēia pō i loko o koʻu moena hale paʻahao, i koʻu hoʻomoe ʻana i koʻu poʻo ma luna o ka uluna me ka ʻike ua hoʻokō wau i kaʻu hana, ua ʻike wau ua kaʻawale au".
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