"What lies across the sea. The True Story of Five" has been published in Cuba. Its author is Canadian journalist Stephen Kimber, who received the prize for his work to the best work of "Evelyn Richardson Memorial Non - Fiction" in 2013, in his country.
The Cuban edition was conducted by the Social Sciences Publishing in 2015, and was presented during the last Book Fair.
The book, 270 pages, has a pleasant language, as a best seller. Recounts the events of thorough and addresses undisclosed at least little known in Cuba or news.
The brief prologue, by one of the protagonists, Rene Gonzalez Sehwerert, gave its assent. Clarifies that this book is "... the most comprehensive and tailored to the facts I have read about the case. Even though we do not agree here or there with some criteria or observation of the author, professional rigor that has taken this story assures us who sincerely believes in every word you write. "
The extensive preface provides some interesting facts to learn the origin of the sources of information. The first is to Alejandro Trelles Shaw, (Alex), a retired Cuban counterintelligence dedicated to providing service to tourists.
Trelles was the guide and perhaps link with the Five State Security.
This man, supported by the CIA, as we said Kimber, infiltrated among students at the University of Havana, was representative of the interests of the government in Cuban delegations and sports teams traveling abroad and occasionally was a translator of Fidel Castro when He is conducting foreign travel.
A phrase that includes this informant is quite eloquent. I quote: "Part of the problem in Cuba ... it is that Fidel is involved in everything I call the law of Fidel jeep arrives in his Jeep, talks and walks, and suddenly we have a new law..."
Added later: "When one side of the story how you can be well informed listening".
Interestingly a paragraph found on page 2 which states: "One of the most intriguing facts in their mutual hatred is that, ever, Orlando Bosch and Fidel Castro were allies." Both were presidents in the Association of Students of Medicine and Law, respectively, of the University of Havana in the same period and participated in the struggle against the Batista dictatorship. The Maximum Leader rewarded Bosch came to power with the governor of Las Villas, home province of the physician.
Another curious fact that slides on page 44 of the text is on Antonio Guerrero. The author explains that this agent moved to Panama in 1991 with orders to "bring together political and military intelligence information via radio and visual intelligence, create a support network, access and penetrate major priority objectives -Bases military, political and diplomatic facilities" among other tasks.
Gerardo Hernandez, meanwhile, also received similar orders. Among them he was keeping "their watchful eyes to nearby military bases to detect abnormal activities that might indicate that the United States planned an attack against Cuba".
In both cases, these orders were denied in the official Cuban version.
It is noteworthy that the book speaks plenty about the other five Wasp Network agents who decided to collaborate with the FBI to arrest for minor prison sentences.
The official Cuban version systematically omitted this part of the events to this day.
One aspect that appears as an afterthought, but interesting, are the statements by exiled journalist Juan Tamayo, Miami Herald, who wrote on the subject. Kimber Tamayo said that "foreign correspondents based in Havana ... not report what the Cubans did not want them to say because they knew they could not, at least if they wished to continue living and working in Cuba ...".
These and other collateral issues related references that appear interspersed allow certain readings outside, unusual in the national press, which provide us with a broader view on the events.
The greatest value that encounter in this book is the detailed information provided on the controversial case of the Five. Of course, it is in favor of the explanation provided by the official Cuba, but has a more objective position, it presents the versions on the other side. The absolute reality is not possible to unravel, but something can conclude this investigation.
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