{"id":162441,"date":"2020-11-09T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T03:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/?p=162441"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:12:44","slug":"baby-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/english\/baby-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baby entr\u00f3 en el 1014 de la calle Neptuno, entre Espada y Hospital. Subi\u00f3 los 34 escalones que llevaban del calor de la calle al calor de su casa, entr\u00f3 por la puerta que estaba a su izquierda y fue directo a la sala. Ah\u00ed est\u00e1bamos platicando Yanina, Ren\u00e9 (un amigo franc\u00e9s de la familia que hab\u00eda llegado esa ma\u00f1ana) y yo. Baby se sent\u00f3 en el sill\u00f3n que estaba entre Ren\u00e9 y yo mientras que nosotros segu\u00edamos platicando. De pronto Baby comenz\u00f3 a llorar y todos nos quedamos en silencio, verla tan descompuesta era impresionante por la personalidad tan fuerte que siempre hab\u00eda mostrado; hac\u00eda falta ver c\u00f3mo Emilio Sarmiento, quien era su esposo y tambi\u00e9n era un ex coronel del ej\u00e9rcito revolucionario cubano, era doblegado todas las veces que medio intentaba empezar una discusi\u00f3n con ella. Todas las veces que \u00e9l comenzaba a contar una historia y quer\u00eda adornarla con algunos datos de m\u00e1s para hacerla interesante, Baby lo interrump\u00eda y le ped\u00eda que nos contara la historia tal cual era, \u00e9l s\u00f3lo bajaba la mirada y correg\u00eda para darle gusto a Baby. Todo el entrenamiento y car\u00e1cter que hab\u00eda adquirido en el ej\u00e9rcito y del que se jactaba; todas las veces que dijo haber convivido con Fidel Castro y aquella \u00fanica vez que vio y trabaj\u00f3 al lado del Che Guevara en Olgu\u00edn, se volv\u00edan insignificantes ante la presencia y el car\u00e1cter de Baby. Ella lloraba por la avanzada y desconocida enfermedad de su hermano, a quien hab\u00edan llevado del hospital a su departamento un par de d\u00edas atr\u00e1s y estaba acostado en un peque\u00f1o y sucio colch\u00f3n en la parte de arriba del departamento. \u201cLa vida es as\u00ed, la vida es una basura, por eso yo les digo que coman y viajen cuanto puedan, porque la vida es una basura y m\u00e1s en este lugar\u201d, dijo Baby en medio de nuestro silencio. Todos continuamos callados. Minutos despu\u00e9s Yanina y yo salimos a caminar al malec\u00f3n; llegamos hasta el final y nos sentamos en la orilla con los pies colgados hacia el Mar Caribe, era de noche y no hablamos durante mucho tiempo, s\u00f3lo ve\u00edamos la noche, algunos reflejos de las olas que golpeaban las enormes rocas del malec\u00f3n y las estrellas que en la Habana llegan a verse por cientos a\u00fan. Por primera vez, ante ese silencio yo no le pregunt\u00e9 a Yanina qu\u00e9 estaba pensando ni ella me lo pregunt\u00f3 a m\u00ed como tantas otras veces lo hab\u00edamos hecho, s\u00f3lo nos dedicamos a observar lo que ten\u00edamos frente a nosotros.\u00a0 A veces pienso en Baby. La recuerdo con su pelo rojo y chino, siempre amarrado. A veces pienso en Baby con alg\u00fan vestido largo y sandalias. La recuerdo dici\u00e9ndome que ella prefer\u00eda esa vida a una llena de lujos, dici\u00e9ndome que el dinero corrompe a la gente y la hace cambiar. A veces pienso en Baby y me pregunto si alguna vez ella piensa en m\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photography by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/155995221@N04\/\">Lorella Furleo Semeraro<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baby entr\u00f3 en el 1014 de la calle Neptuno, entre Espada y Hospital. Subi\u00f3 los 34 escalones que llevaban del calor de la calle al calor de su casa, entr\u00f3 por la puerta que estaba a su izquierda y fue directo a la sala. Ah\u00ed est\u00e1bamos platicando Yanina, Ren\u00e9 (un amigo franc\u00e9s de la familia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6087,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17385],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baby - ERRR MAGAZINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/english\/baby-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baby - ERRR MAGAZINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Baby entr\u00f3 en el 1014 de la calle Neptuno, entre Espada y Hospital. 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