"If there are still shadows and clouds trying to cover the sky and the sun of our land--and there is still much pain to mitigate and so many wounds to stanch!--how will it be where no one has seen the light or held in his hands the flag of the people who march in silence, without tears or sighs, bleeding under the night of slavery..., and how will it be where the light can be seen, but too far away, and hope is an immense pain that rebels & burns in the flesh and soul of the people parched for liberty and justice!"
					"What is happening to our people is a drama, an authentic and extraordinary drama for the ownership of life...of happiness...of the pure & simple well-being that my people have been dreaming about since the beginning of history."
				"I want to tell the truth about all those things.       "My authentic truth!  And I hope that at some point it prevails over so many lies...or at least--even if I am not believed--that it is of some value to the people of the world in their struggles for justice & freedom.      "I pronounce that I belong inescapably and forever to the 'ignominious race of the people.'      "They will never say of me that I betrayed my people, dazzled by the heights of power and glory.  All the rich & poor of my land know that.      "That is why the descamisados love me and the others hate & slander me.      "No one in my Nation denies that for better or worse I would not let the soul I brought from the street be torn away from me."
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