Transition is stirring. Will it be democratic, will it be heard, will it be ours? Will intelligence prevail, or compassion—or the eternal obstinacy? Can Cuba change without breaking apart? We are reaching Cuba’s hour, and the question remains: What force will shape its destiny?
Raysa White
Between June 19 and 24, the Council for Democratic Transition in Cuba (CTDC) held its First National Convention, making a bold statement—not meant to please, but to awaken:
The transition has already begun, even if it is not yet democratic.
From a decaying autocracy and a society in motion, the Council outlines a nation being pushed into transformation by the sheer force of reality.
In its main document, presented by Vice President Manuel Cuesta Morúa, a detailed X-ray of the Cuban moment emerges:
A government without a project, a Communist Party emptied of meaning, military control over the economy, widespread repression, collapsing basic services, and yet—a citizenry still seeking spaces for freedom, faith, and civic pluralism.
The Convention not only diagnosed the crisis—it proposed possible paths.
Rejecting fantasies of foreign intervention or sudden uprisings, the Council advocates what it calls a constitutional route to democracy:
A civic, peaceful, inclusive, and sustained mobilization—from below, from the people, from every possible front.
With the tools still available: the Constitution, the law, language, and organized dignity.
“Change will not come by miracle or decree,” said Cuesta Morúa.
“Democracy is made by walking,” he concluded, quoting Spanish poet Antonio Machado.
The Council for Democratic Transition in Cuba exists. It thinks. It proposes.
Will it be heard? Can its call open the path to real transformation on the island?
That remains to be seen.
It will depend not only on those who govern, but also on how many Cubans are willing to walk that uncertain curve we call the future.
Akerunoticias 