by Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK, Bari 17, 2022
A ranar 16 ga Mayu, gwamnatin Biden sanar sabbin matakai don "ƙara goyon baya ga jama'ar Cuba." Sun haɗa da sauƙaƙe ƙuntatawa na tafiye-tafiye da kuma taimakawa Cuban-Amurkawa goyon baya da haɗin gwiwa tare da iyalansu. Suna nuna wani mataki ne na ci gaba, amma wani mataki na farko, ganin cewa yawancin takunkuman da Amurka ta kakabawa Cuba na nan daram. Har ila yau, akwai wata manufa ta gwamnatin Biden mai ban dariya na ƙoƙarin ware Cuba, da Nicaragua da Venezuela, daga sauran sassan duniya ta hanyar keɓe su daga taron koli na Amurka da za a yi a watan Yuni a Los Angeles.
Wannan dai shi ne karo na farko tun bayan taron kaddamar da shi a shekara ta 1994 da za a gudanar da bikin, wanda ake gudanarwa duk bayan shekaru uku a kasar Amurka. Amma maimakon hada yankin yammacin duniya, gwamnatin Biden da alama tana da niyyar kawar da ita ta hanyar yin barazanar kerar kasashe uku wadanda tabbas wani bangare ne na Amurka.
Tsawon watanni, gwamnatin Biden tana nuna alamun cewa za a cire wadannan gwamnatocin. Ya zuwa yanzu dai ba a gayyace su zuwa tarurrukan share fage ba kuma shi kansa taron ya rage saura wata guda. Yayin da tsohon sakataren yada labaran fadar White House Jen Psaki da mai magana da yawun ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka Ned Price suka sake nanata cewa "ba a yanke shawara" ba, mataimakin sakataren harkokin wajen Amurka Brian Nichols ya fada a cikin wata sanarwa. hira a gidan talabijin na Colombia cewa kasashen da "ba sa mutunta dimokiradiyya ba za su karbi gayyata ba."
Shirin Biden na zabar da zabar kasashen da za su iya halartar taron ya sanya wuta a yankin. Ba kamar a baya ba, lokacin da Amurka ta samu sauki wajen dora son rai a Latin Amurka, a zamanin yau ana samun ‘yancin kai, musamman tare da sake farfado da gwamnatocin ci gaba. Wani abu kuma shine China. Yayin da har yanzu Amurka na da babban karfin tattalin arziki, Sin na da ya zarce Amurka a matsayin abokiyar ciniki ta daya, wanda ke baiwa kasashen Latin Amurka ‘yancin yin kaka-gida ga Amurka ko kuma a kalla samar da matsaya tsakanin manyan kasashen biyu.
Halin da ake yi game da keɓe jihohin yanki uku nuni ne na wannan 'yancin kai, hatta tsakanin ƙananan ƙasashen Caribbean. A haƙiƙa, kalmomin ƙin yarda sun fito ne daga membobin ƙungiyar 15-kasa Caribbean Community, ko Caricom, wanda yayi barazanar kauracewa gasar taron koli. Sai kuma babban nauyi na yanki, shugaban kasar Mexico Manuel López Obrador, wanda ya ba da mamaki da kuma farantawa jama'a a nahiyar baki daya lokacin da ya sanar cewa, idan ba a gayyaci dukkan kasashe ba, ba zai halarci ba. Shugabannin na Bolivia da kuma Zurfis ba da daɗewa ba ya biyo baya da maganganu iri ɗaya.
Gwamnatin Biden ta sanya kanta cikin wani hali. Ko dai ya ja da baya ya ba da gayyata, jefa jan nama ga 'yan siyasar Amurka na dama kamar Sanata Marco Rubio saboda "laushi kan tsarin gurguzu," ko kuma ya tsaya tsayin daka da kuma kasadar ruguza taron kolin da tasirin Amurka a yankin.
Rashin nasarar Biden a diflomasiyya a yankin shi ne mafi wuya a bayyana idan aka yi la'akari da darasin da ya kamata ya koya a matsayinsa na mataimakin shugaban kasa lokacin da Barack Obama ya fuskanci irin wannan matsala.
A shekarar 2015 ne, bayan shafe shekaru XNUMX na fitar da Cuba daga cikin wadannan tarurrukan, kasashen yankin sun yi watsi da hadin gwiwarsu tare da neman a gayyaci Cuba. Dole ne Obama ya yanke shawara ko zai tsallake taron kuma ya rasa tasirinsa a Latin Amurka, ko kuma ya je ya yi fada da tabarbarewar cikin gida. Ya yanke shawarar tafiya.
Na tuna wannan taron a bayyane saboda ina cikin masu hazaka da ‘yan jarida suka yi ta yunƙurin samun kujerar gaba a lokacin da shugaba Barack Obama zai tilasata wa shugaban Cuba Raúl Castro gaisuwa, wanda ya hau mulki bayan ɗan uwansa Fidel Castro ya sauka. Muhadara mai matukar muhimmanci, wadda ita ce tuntubar juna ta farko tsakanin shugabannin kasashen biyu cikin shekaru da dama, ita ce babban batu na taron.
Ba wai kawai tilas Obama ya yi wa Castro hannu ba, ya kuma saurari dogon darasi na tarihi. Jawabin Raúl Castro ba a rufe ba ne game da hare-haren da Amurka ta kai Cuba a baya-ciki har da 1901 Platt Amendment wanda ya sanya Cuba ta zama mai kariyar Amurka, goyon bayan Amurka ga dan mulkin Cuban Fulgencio Batista a cikin 1950s, mummunan harin 1961 Bay of Pigs da kuma mamayewa. gidan yarin Amurka mai cike da kunya a Guantanamo. Amma Castro ya kuma nuna godiya ga Shugaba Obama, yana mai cewa ba shi ne laifin wannan abin da ya gada ba, ya kuma kira shi "mutum mai gaskiya" mai asali mai tawali'u.
Ganawar ta nuna sabon yanayi ne tsakanin Amurka da Cuba, yayin da kasashen biyu suka fara daidaita dangantakarsu. An ci nasara, tare da ƙarin ciniki, ƙarin musayar al'adu, ƙarin albarkatu ga mutanen Cuba, da ƙarancin Cuban da ke ƙaura zuwa Amurka. Wannan musafaha ya kai ga ainihin ziyarar da Obama ya kai Havana, balaguron da ba za a manta da shi ba, wanda har yanzu yana sanya murmushi a fuskokin 'yan Cuban a tsibirin.
Sai kuma Donald Trump, wanda ya tsallake zuwa taron koli na Amurka na gaba tare da sanya sabbin takunkumin da ya bar tattalin arzikin Cuba cikin tabarbarewa, musamman da zarar COVID ya buge da bushewar masana'antar yawon bude ido.
Har zuwa kwanan nan, Biden ya kasance yana bin manufofin kashe-kashe da kone-kone na Trump wanda ya haifar da gaggarumin rashi da sabon rikicin ƙaura, maimakon komawa ga manufar cin nasara ta Obama. Matakan na 16 ga Mayu don faɗaɗa zirga-zirgar jiragen sama zuwa Cuba da dawo da haɗin gwiwar dangi suna da taimako, amma bai isa a nuna ainihin canji a cikin manufofin ba - musamman idan Biden ya dage kan sanya taron a matsayin "iyakantacciyar gayyata kawai."
Biden yana buƙatar motsawa cikin sauri. Kamata ya yi ya gayyaci dukkan kasashen Amurka zuwa taron koli. Ya kamata ya girgiza hannun kowane shugaban kasa kuma, mafi mahimmanci, ya shiga tattaunawa mai mahimmanci kan batutuwan da suka shafi kone-kone kamar tabarbarewar tattalin arziki da bala'in ya haifar, sauyin yanayi da ke shafar wadatar abinci, da tashin hankali na bindiga - duk wadanda ke kara rura wutar rikicin kaura. In ba haka ba, Biden's #RoadtotheSummit, wanda shine jagoran twitter na taron, zai haifar da mutuwa kawai.
Medea Benjamin ita ce wacce ta kafa kungiyar zaman lafiya ta CODEPINK. Ita ce marubucin litattafai goma, ciki har da littattafai guda uku akan Cuba-Babu Abincin Abinci: Abinci da Juyin Juya Hali a Cuba, The Greening of the Revolution, da Talking About Juyin Halitta. Ita memba ce na Kwamitin Gudanarwa na ACERE (Alliance for Cuba Engagement and mutuntawa).
