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VIVA CUBA
Dear Editor,
The Cuban Revolution is under enormous pressure. Since the failed CIA invasion in 1961, Cuba has been living under an economic blockade that has cost her trillions of dollars. This situation has intensified since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Why is this hatred for Cuba so profound in the ruling class of the United States? They are not afraid of Cuba as a military threat that much is clear. However, they were terrified of the example that the Cuban system can become, if not stopped.
After all, despite the most inhumane blockade for more than sixty years, Cuba’s achievements are impressive.
This country has the highest educational standard in the Americas. It is the only country in which every family has a doctor attached to it. It is a country with one of the highest life expectancy in the world. It has the human capital to develop rapidly had it not been for the U.S. aggression on people.
This island is one of the very few third world states that has independent discoveries in medicine. Recall during the covid pandemic Cuba developed more than two vaccines to combat the dreaded virus that caused 1.2 million deaths in the USA. It has recently developed medicines to combat cancer, including lung cancer.
The Cuban workers have been keeping their factories going by manufacturing their own parts. Their ability to innovate is second to none.
More than this, Cuba has been sharing its experience with all other countries. At every disaster in the world, Cuban doctors and other workers are among the first to offer assistance. During the outbreak of Ebola in the Congo, Cubans were the first to go to stop the spread of that deadly illness. The examples are too numerous to list. However, they are well known.
Solidarity has been one of the pillars of the Cuban revolution. In 1960, just months after the victory of the Revolution, Cuban doctors, though limited, went to assist Chile that had experienced a very destructive earthquake. In 1963, when the French were forced to leave Algeria, they took with them most of the doctors. Cuba went to the rescue of the Algerian people. From the beginning we saw a most humane and generous country and people.
If the Cuban people could have achieved so much and done so much for others under such difficult conditions, then can you image what they would have been able to do in normal conditions? The sky would have been the limit. It could have been a model state of prosperity.
The U.S. is afraid of any system that can compete successfully against capitalism. They see their principal task is to maintain its dominance to exploit the world’s resources for the rich and idle. As far back as 1947, President Truman, in fighting against the Eastern European countries states that “… the whole world should adopt the American system…” He went on to say that “… the American system could survive in America only if it became a world system…”
Therefore, they have to crush any system that they feel threatens the American way.
I am often amazed by those who speak about free and fair elections in Cuba without calling for the total ending of the blockade and non-interference in the affairs in Cuba. In my opinion they are just repeating, parrot like, U.S. slander of Cuba.
After all the United Nations has a principle of the “Right of Nations to Self-Determination.” Those critics should note that Cuba has its own Constitution which was widely discussed by the population and a referendum before it was adopted by their legislative body. The Cuban people chose their system.
It is shameful and cowardly for leaders of states that benefited from Cuba’s generosity, at a heavy cost to themselves are now turning their backs on Cuba in its time of need.
Now too, Cuba is facing an energy (fuel) blockade by the U.S. Yet those who speak of change in Cuba are not mentioning that the imposed blockade is a clear violation of all international laws. That is what deserves our region’s condemnation!
For the governments in our region which so easily break contracts they signed with the Cuban authorities, I urge them to respect the sanctity of contracts.
Regards,
Donald Ramotar
Former President
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