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We need that Cubana Disaster monument
Dear Editor,
Today marks a significant 34th Anniversary of the Cubana Air Disaster, which took place on October 6, 1976.
It is an event that identifies the length to which evil men go to satisfy their beliefs, prejudices and warped ideologies.
From the time of Cain and Abel, humankind has had to face this willingness to the killing of brothers.
Today we remember 73 innocent persons who were killed at the instance of an evil mind.
We remember in particular the eleven Guyanese: Ann Nelson, Jacqueline Williams, Sabrina Harrypaul, Rita Thomas, Margaret Bradshaw, Violet Thomas, Rawle Thomas, Raymond Persaud, Harold Norton, Gordon Sobha, and Seshnarine Kumar
These are martyrs for justice and peace. Even though time can heal, I know that the pain is still with their relatives. I use this occasion to offer them some solace and comfort.
I also remember the valiant Cubans including their Champion National Fencing Team and the five Koreans who perished.
To remember these martyrs a ground breaking ceremony took place on October 6, 2006 at a site off Camp Street, at the junction of Lamaha Street.
A design was agreed to after consultation, and with the cooperation of a member of the business community, preparation to erect a Monument was made. The base was put in place in time for the celebrations of 2007.
For some inexplicable, or perverse reason this project was brutally stopped, and a promise made at the highest level to have a monument erected at another location.
That monument remains the figment of satanic forces and even as we remember our fallen heroes and heroines this nation should ask why instead of the empty promises, there is still no Cubana Air Disaster Monument.
At the ground braking ceremony the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Rudy Insanally, was present and subsequently the Hon. Prime Minister was there, and no one objected to the location of the proposed monument.
The monument planned for Camp Street is still available, and I appeal to this Government to shift from its penchant of hegemony and give the green light for the monument to be erected, something that can be completed in a few days.
Hamilton Green, J.P.
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