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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.72,0:00:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WE ARE MORE
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.60,0:00:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eliecer Avila. Poland. 24 March 2103.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.54,0:00:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ELIECER AVILA: Greetings to all Cubans inside and outside the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.40,0:00:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to tell you that right now I am very proud and grateful
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.13,0:00:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the support I have received from all of you since our story began.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.24,0:00:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A story that, well, you knew something of this humble servant
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.55,0:00:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew many of you, who from the very beginning...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.94,0:00:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showed your solidarity and your approach that continues to this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.24,0:00:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The time has come, friends, to do something more than words.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.88,0:00:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We believe that this great movement that has been created around the opinions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.07,0:00:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the ideas for the future that many of us share
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.34,0:00:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is time for action..
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.34,0:00:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to create together an organization that allows us to have a louder voice
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.87,0:00:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a clearer voice, a cleaner and more forceful voice, facing the reality we want to transform.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.54,0:01:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, I was born in one of the most humble parts of the Cuban countryside
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.47,0:01:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time I studied in the capital of all Cubans.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.24,0:01:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has given me a broad vision of the national reality
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.24,0:01:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also because I have been able to share experiences and conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.94,0:01:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with hundreds or thousands of Cubans within the country, and now, through this opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.67,0:01:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have done exactly the same thing outside of Cuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.70,0:01:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can affirm for you, with total confidence, that we are more
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.55,0:01:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those of us who today want to build a modern state
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.30,0:01:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a government that has a different policy toward its citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.34,0:01:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precisely because it is elected by those same citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.30,0:01:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because of this it is a legitimate force that represents them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.74,0:01:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to have a state where all Cubans have the opportunity to develop ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.72,0:01:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economically as well as professionally and spiritually, inside our own country.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.72,0:02:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to have a state that, above all, respects all of our families
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.10,0:02:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we also want to do much to unite the many many families
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.24,0:02:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who today continue to suffer from a distance being separated from their loved ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.84,0:02:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to add our grain of sand to promote policies, laws
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.47,0:02:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,projects within Cuba that allow us to build this reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.20,0:02:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To build a country that works for Cubans, or works for many of us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.87,0:02:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that works for more than none of us. Because that's how it should be!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.25,0:02:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Cuba is our great home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.28,0:02:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have our private space, but we do nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.57,0:02:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to transform what happens within the walls of our home
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.98,0:02:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when we step into the street, everything is destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.07,0:02:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no tolerance. We can't express ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.70,0:02:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to speak in whispers in case someone hears us, and there can be consequences
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.87,0:02:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply for thinking differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.40,0:02:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to transform this reality with the help of all of you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.98,0:02:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know there are many others fighting in their own ways to achieve the same goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.04,0:03:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we want to fight in our way for the same objective
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.17,0:03:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have the right to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.47,0:03:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to focus our fight from a professional point of view
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.30,0:03:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an in depth knowledge of the reality every Cuban lives
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.46,0:03:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to have ideas on how to transform it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.62,0:03:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are counting on a fight focused on the reasons that each Cuban has
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.58,0:03:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fight for this change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.81,0:03:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do the workers need?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.00,0:03:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do our teachers need?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.44,0:03:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do our students need?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.34,0:03:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do our professionals need?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.34,0:03:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What, in the end, do we all need to make the reality of our country what we want it to be?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.20,0:03:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From this point of view we believe we have an immense field of action within which to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.95,0:03:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we need, is the question of numbers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.62,0:03:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government constantly says that the majority of people support it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.62,0:04:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We recognize the real thinking of many people on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.17,0:04:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know the majority don't support maintaining the situation we are now in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.63,0:04:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how can we demonstrate this?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.77,0:04:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once and for all we have to demonstrate that we are more.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.29,0:04:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or at least we are some.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.79,0:04:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we, independent of the number, we have to have the courage
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.44,0:04:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to defend our right to express ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.77,0:04:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a majority or as a minority.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.79,0:04:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the day we are Cubans, and one Cuban, even alone, who has a different idea
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.94,0:04:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deserves the respect of the other 11 million.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.23,0:04:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that is a State of rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.36,0:04:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where no one can pass over a single individual.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.36,0:04:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that what we want, to build a more prosperous country, a more modern country
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.86,0:04:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more tolerant and more democratic at this time, is not just one Cuban
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.49,0:04:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor are we hundreds, nor are we thousands.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.49,0:04:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We believe we are millions who have this desire
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.27,0:04:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are millions also, those who today are outside Cuba, who have this desire
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.99,0:05:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this dream shared with those of us inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.63,0:05:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all this potential, we want to use it to make this idea a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.62,0:05:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have decided to begin to form this organization at this time
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.19,0:05:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because taking into account the objective conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.10,0:05:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have within Cuba for communicating
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.76,0:05:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be impossible to articulate this within Cuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.53,0:05:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my objective is precisely to reach this Cuba, that we cannot access
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.94,0:05:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of media censorship, but that now, the new technologies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.23,0:05:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open a new door for us, a new opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.79,0:05:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is happening, in my judgment, in the Cuban political landscape of today
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.23,0:05:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially within people who disagree in some way with the official politics
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.60,0:05:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we are creating a model where one person proposes, speaks and executes actions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.86,0:05:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has great international support, that says, "Oh, great!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.56,0:05:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What you're doing is great!" - "You're so brave!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.63,0:06:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to me, it doesn't seem that this road takes us very far.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.63,0:06:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to convert all this support
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.86,0:06:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to convert all these favorable opinions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.06,0:06:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these shared ideas into a movement that has real form and real strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.96,0:06:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that can also inspire respect from the government itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.96,0:06:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this movement doesn't come together
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.44,0:06:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if this movement doesn't take off and reach sufficient strength
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.99,0:06:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Communist Government, despite being aware of our ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.19,0:06:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shared by many within the people, by many Cubans
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.29,0:06:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have every right to participate in Cuban politics
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.23,0:06:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have had to leave Cuba, and have their family and work in a different place.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.99,0:06:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the government is aware of this it is never going to sit down to negotiate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.53,0:06:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is never going to compromise.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.36,0:06:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I believe a lion can eat a hundred sheep one by one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.19,0:06:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if a hundred sheep directly confront the lion we will see what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.63,0:07:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we don't want to eat the lion, we want to talk to the lion.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.56,0:07:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.44,0:07:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we also want the lion to respect us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.94,0:07:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will only be able to earn this respect if we are capable of translating all this support
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.03,0:07:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we see on Facebook, all this support that we see on Twitter
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.46,0:07:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all this support that we see on the web
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.33,0:07:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to translate it ultimately into a significant political movement
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.53,0:07:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with names and surnames. With courage. With strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.10,0:07:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's preferable, as our grandparents said, to turn red [from anger] once
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.43,0:07:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than to be pink for a lifetime [ up with something].
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.93,0:07:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And think about it: It's cheaper to fix things in our own country
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.06,0:07:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than to support the people who live in our country for their whole lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.27,0:07:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think: We will not all win
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.66,0:07:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we don't join together, and manage to truly negotiate, to truly move this great rock
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.60,0:07:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is Cuban politics, this great uphill battle.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.50,0:07:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the rock begins to move
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.83,0:08:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the future will be easier in some ways, harder in others.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.93,0:08:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at least we will have gained the right to disagree.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.03,0:08:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the future we will mostly agree
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.63,0:08:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using the instruments of democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.44,0:08:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using the guarantees of respectable powers that work
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.44,0:08:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a modern, democratic, developed country.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.06,0:08:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Respecting... that with these guarantees we can build a better country.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.83,0:08:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can make mistakes on some things, but we can get more things right.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.00,0:08:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And experience will tell us what we need to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.04,0:08:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to get to this point, where we can decide, where we can move forward
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.70,0:08:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm willing to invest my youth, my energy, these years
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.03,0:08:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with you, on the same level with you, facing this fight, and winning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.04,0:08:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fully convinced that we are more, that we want to build a prosperous country
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.87,0:08:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a country with dynamic and plural politics
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.30,0:09:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a democratic country
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.50,0:09:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a country where our children can realize their dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.66,0:09:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A country where we can work and live on our honest wages.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.13,0:09:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A country where we can unite our families, so that finally
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.83,0:09:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...grandparents can watch their grandchildren play in their backyards.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.20,0:09:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We Are More