Havana - Two young writers approach several polemic issues of present Cuba, after the announcement of reestablishment of diplomatic relations with the United States on December 17, 2014.

Human rights, migration, civil society, freedom of the press, links with Washington and others are debated in Five Polemic Issues on Cuba -published by Editorial Ocean Sur, declared one of the authors of the title, journalist Rodolfo Romero to Prensa Latina.

Written together with historian and essayist Elier Ramirez, the book 'is a starting point for persons inside and outside Cuba', he assured.

'Elier and I set ourselves to find answers to questions such as: 'Is there freedom of the press in Cuba? Are human rights respected or not? How many lies or truths are said each day about the Cuban Revolution? How has the migration phenomenon behaved in the island? Which are some of the myths woven around Cuba-U.S. relations?, he said.

To that end we researched, we read, interviewed, searched for information and wrote about these five issues, says Romero, who added they 'do not expose a given or complete truth'.

In the opinion of the also coordinator of the magazine Latin American Context of the same editorial, 'readers will have to analyze, contrast, enrich, support or refute when they finish reading the book'.

The text, presented last June 7 at the University of Havana, starts with the myths on the conflict US-Cuba 'telling unknown moments and other transcendent ones that allow to understand what happened before December 17 and the meaning of that day', he said.

Another of the issues included is that of freedom of the press. On that topic, he commented that 'of our journalism we can criticize things, but its ethics and compromise with truth are characteristics that stand out internationally'.

The volume includes a chapter where ten of the lies frequently repeated by international media about the more recent Cuban history are dismantled, he added.

According to the interviewee, the aim is to enrich the debate on issues used by the international news media as 'spearhead' in its crusade against socialist projects such as the Cuban one.

'After 12/17, many eyes turned on Cuba. The change in Washington policy about the island allowed for a flow of U.S. visitors to the island, motivated to know the so manipulated reality of Cuba', he said.

Although at the beginning we thought on the project for readers abroad, it was always our target to motivate that the book was also known in Cuba, he expressed.

Romero indicated that the text can work for Cubans as a tool for political debate, the ideological war and as detonator of new debates on these topics.

'I think the youth should debate constantly on our reality. To gain awareness over the past and present will enable us to be better prepared for future challenges', he concluded.