After Freedom: Part 1: Havana in the First Light
The First Night of Liberty and the Questions That Cannot WaitA Speculative Series From The Last Wire Cuba’s freedom won’t arrive fully formed.
Power will need to be restored to hospitals, water must flow reliably, streets and neighborhoods must function, and basic systems must stabilize before life can return to normal.
After Freedom is a series that imagines what those first hours and days could require. This is not a prediction or a policy plan. It’s a careful reflection on the practical realities of rebuilding a nation that has been constrained for decades.
Part One focuses on the immediate challenges: keeping hospitals running, restoring water, and stabilizing essential services so citizens can live safely. Later parts explore infrastructure modernization, neighborhood recovery, and economic activation.
The series asks: how does freedom become visible and tangible in daily life? What must be done to restore order, safety, and confidence after decades of centralized control?
Read Part One here: The Last Wire
