
Interview with Adriana Pérez
I live proud of being a woman and Cuban
By Magaly Cabrales – Cuba | lajiribilla@cubarte.cult.cu
Translated and edited by Walter Lippmann for CubaNews.

“As time goes by, you gather strength, willpower, resources and energy to face the new challenges that life imposes on you”. Photos: Courtesy of the interviewee. Taken from the family album

“Gerardo always taught me that: live each day as if it were your last. And that’s what I did.”
During the relentless struggle for the Five’s release, did you ever feel alone?
My life strategy was to prepare for the future day by day, even though I had no idea when it was going to come. But I still did what I could every day. Gerardo always taught me that: live each day as if it were your last. And that’s what I did, even though I felt that all the sentimental burden I was carrying was hardening me. I got so hard that I reached the last stage of the campaign terribly exhausted from a sentimental point of view. Despite that exhaustion, I found the strength to welcome Gerardo, Ramon and Tony when they finally arrived in their homeland on December 17, 2014.

“Just because of the perseverance (…) that characterizes Cuban women, I managed to get here with all my dreams turned into a beautiful reality”.

“Today, she says excitedly, she is immensely happy because ‘I have Gerardo and my children by my side'”. Photo: Taken from the Facebook profile GEMA – from Cuba.
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