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The story of a trip.

This is a trip that went forever, a true story of a never ending trip where the cause or reason of why it was possible, made it so incredible!

It was June of 1978 in a small town in Cuba that started this unbelievable story.

Jorge was a 23 years old young man who was drinking beers with some friends at El Triny, a popular bar in El Cobre, a small town 12 miles off Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

At the table there were five people including Jorge, they were drinking bodies, not really close friends, however they were considered good guys and all known since birth, or for a long time who shared the same school as well as playing sports and other activities since they were kids together.

So, there were some discussions or arguments about sports, which was very usual.

The argument centered about boxing, and specifically about Teófilo Stevenson, the raining and twice olympic champion at the time of that argument, and it included Muhammad Ali, professional world champion and considered by many as the best of all time.

So, people should wonder, what does that have to do with that “non-ending forever trip”?

Well, in the discussion Jorge’s opinion was that Muhammad Ali would beat Teófilo Stevenson in the ring, however, the rest at the table side with the olympic amateur champion, Stevenson who had never gone more than three rounds (maximum allowed as amateur at that time).

The story of that bar discussion should have ended there, however, one of the people sitting at the table wasn’t happy with someone siding with an american imperialist.

Cubans believed and followed what the government says, because that’s the way a socialist country is, the government thinks for the people, they don’t want people with their own ideas or thinking, they control everything, so, it was rare to see a cuban giving a favoring opinion to an american over a cuban at that moment (1978) because americans are bad people according to the c*******t government in Cuba, even if the argument was about sports, not politics.

Anyway, that person went to the Cuban Secret Police and accused Jorge of saying bad things about the Cuban revolution or Cuba because he sided with the American boxer!

The Cuban Secret Police interviewed the other three persons that were at the table in order to corroborate the accusations, they all said “yes”, Jorge (a very good kid that never even got into a fight) side with the american, so he did something against the principles or laws of c*******m or socialism.

Well, I think most Cubans are not real c*******ts, because a real c*******t should side with the Party even against his or her own mother, or brother and sister, and I don’t believe most Cubans understand that, however, they follow and do as they’re told, even if it doesn’t feel right.

On July 23, 1978 the Secret Police arrested Jorge and took him to jail until the date for a trial was set.

Most people in that small town were outraged for what happened to Jorge, and they all side with him regardless of any socialism principles, because they knew Jorge since he was born and “finally” most people understood who the real good ones were.

Soon, all three witnesses regret agreeing with the affirmative actions they took against Jorge when they were interviewed, and the principal witness or accuser regretted even more what he did, but it was too late.

Jorge was the firstborn of three brothers, Sergio, his twin brother and Héctor, a year younger.

Jorge was very popular, he was like a leader, an easy going kid that everyone wanted to be friends with.

They were all good kids that were raised in that small town in Cuba by a single mother, Milagro who divorced right after Héctor was born and she did a terrific job by herself.

However, when they were still in primary school, they were ten and eleven years old, their mother Milagro decided that it would be a better life for them if they go to the USA as there was a legal way through a reclaim from her best friend that was living in the United States since the fifties.

At that time, when people in that small town learned about it, many mothers warned their kids not to get close to them, Jorge and his brothers, or avoid any friendship because of fear of government actions because anyone who wanted to go to the USA was considered a t*****r.

A few years later, they were still in Cuba probably because the reclaiming papers were lost, then, any hope of leaving Cuba ended.

Now, imagine a single mother raising three children by herself in a small town where most people look at them as defectors, as t*****rs that the secret police had them on file, and have been checking on them since they were ten and eleven years old. It was very hard for her.

For the kids it was easier, as children they play and find friends and live without fear of the government because of their mother, Milagro, she showed them, “she can not show any fear”.

Then, at around that time, there happened to be some populars trials created by the government to impose more control and fear.

Jorge and Sergio were sixteen years old (seven years before Jorge’s argument at the bar) and because of their intent to leave Cuba when they were ten and eleven years old, and without any wrongdoing, they were accused of absenteeism at the copper mine where Jorge and Sergio were already working.
The judge could not find anything to convict them, still they were sentenced to two months in jail and working in labor camps.

It seems Héctor escaped because he was fifteen years old and still considered a minor!

At that time most mothers knew that they were good kids, still they sided with the government and even some were commenting that they only got two months in prison, as if they were real criminals.

I am commenting on all of this that happened years before, so people can see how eight years later all those same mothers and everyone in general realized or opened their eyes and saw who the good guys really were, Jorge and his brothers, not the government!

In 1979, Héctor was working at the University of Santiago de Cuba as a plumber and he was a good worker by nature, so his supervisor noticed it, however, he also noticed that he never stayed to do volunteer work as everyone else does.

Volunteer work was another creation by the C*******t Government that helps the government on their control and power, not the people, as the government claimed (They are still in power in Cuba in spite of the death of its creator, Fidel Castro).

So, the overtime hours that people work and get paid extra in a non-socialist country it’s volunteer hours without any payment in Cuba, but it's for the good of the people and the country and everyone is or was OK with that because that’s what the government tells and everyone follows like a sheep.

So, the supervisor talked to Héctor after work hours and asked him “what happened?” Why hasn’t he stayed for volunteer work?

So, Héctor immediately answered with no hesitation that there were some personal problems with him without giving him any details, and he left.

However, Héctor knew that it wasn’t going to be the end of it, that probably sooner than later he was going to be asked again and keep on pressuring about something that everyone is happy to do! (according to the government).

Another story that makes people who read this understand to what degree people are, or were controlled by a socialism system is about the regular meetings made exactly for that same reason, “government control”.

In one of those meetings where all workers were present, they were asked to raise their arms who were available for volunteer work to go into the fields for cane cutting, those are very hard work and required people to go for a few months away from their family and of course, they would be getting their regular salary (nothing extra) and those volunteering (everyone) should be happy to help the people (C*******t Party).

Anyway, in that meeting as expected everyone raised their arms but, not Héctor, he kept his arms down because no way he was going into that cane cutting without being forced with a gun on his face.

Then, what happened? Well at that time everyone else looked at Héctor with astonishment, how could he do that? He is not afraid?

However, no one said anything about it and the meeting was over after they chose the lucky ones going into the fields, but Héctor knew that wasn’t going to be the end of that.

So, something or someone saved Héctor from going to jail sooner or later, because there was going to be a moment when asked by his supervisor that he would be honest and explode telling him that the reason is because he doesn’t want to “F _ _ _ _ _ G” do it!!

September 29, 1978, Jorge his brother, went to trial because of his opinion favoring Muhammad Ali over Teófilo Stevenson, and in spite of all three witnesses recanted of “what they told before” and testified that Jorge did not say anything bad against the government, and even the principal witness and accuser all he was saying on his testimony was that Jorge has always been a very good kid, still he was sentence to the minimum of three years in prison (the prosecutor was asking for 12 years).

However, while Jorge was in jail there was some kind of political move made by the Cuban government that would favor Cuba economically as things were going from bad to worse.

Those political moves were called, or known as family reunifications, and they involved the Cubans living in Miami, USA and previously considered t*****rs to travel to Cuba for the first time and the possibility of allowing some Cubans to go to the United States for good.

While he was in jail, as he was considered a political prisoner, he was asked if he wanted to be put on a list with the possibility of going to the United States for good, then he asked Sergio, Héctor and his mother, Milagro if they would want to be put on the list, because they were all their close family.

Of course, they all agreed.

Jorge was released from jail about a year later on July 26 of 1979 because of the family reunifications that he was approved of because of his status as a political prisoner.

Four months later, on November 10, 1979 Jorge, Sergio, Héctor and their mother Milagro, boarded a plane in Havana, Cuba destined to Miami, United States, that was an eternal journey, endless, forever!

I hope this story will help people understand why they have never come back to visit their loved land where they were born and became adults.

This is Héctor Bayate, and they are my brothers, Jorge and Sergio and my mother, Milagro who is now 96 years old and lives with my brother Jorge in Miami.

Héctor Bayate

NOTE:
After more than 40 years living in the United States of America it is a shame to see that the Democratic Party has been hijacked by socialists and c*******ts and the freedom we dream of has almost disappeared forever. This country is being systematically destroyed by a regime that calls themselves democrats.
The end of the free world seems closer than ever.
I hope many true Democrats wake up and v**e for Trump, because he is the last hope for true democracy and freedom.

skyrider

If there were more like you Hector, the country just might have a chance of surviving.

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

With you Hector. Keep up the good work of revealing what the left is doing to America and why it is so bad.

Michael Roy Loc: North of Amarillo

Let’s trade pos democrats for these people who will appreciate what we have here. We could afford to give ten for one.

Michael Roy Loc: North of Amarillo

Would be a win win. They h**e us and we don’t need them.