"Aia ia ma hope o mākou," wahi a Fernando Gonzales o ka Cuban Five me ka minoʻaka ke haʻi aku wau iā ia i kekahi mau manawa wale nō i hala aku nei ua kala wau no ke aupuni US i hoʻopaʻa iā ia i loko o ka pā no 15 mau makahiki. ʻOluʻolu o ka New York Times e hoʻoponopono i ka'ōlelo hoʻoponopono no ke kūkākūkāʻana no ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i nā koena i koeʻekolu,ʻo ia kāna i'ōlelo ai,ʻoiai,ʻaʻole i hōʻikeʻia kēlā pepa i ka moʻolelo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gonzales ʻaʻohe kumu no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e waiho nei iā Cuba ma kāna papa inoa hoʻoweliweli. Aia kekahi Basque ma Cuba ma o kahi ʻaelike me Sepania, i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. ʻO ka manaʻo e kaua ana ʻo Cuba i nā kaua ma Central America he wahaheʻe ia, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana e hoʻomaka nei nā kūkā kamaʻilio Colombian ma Havana. "Ua ʻike ka Pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēia," wahi a Gonzales, "ʻo ia ke kumu i noi ai ʻo ia e nānā hou ʻia ka papa inoa."
Ua hoʻomanaʻoʻo Medea Benjamin e hele mai i Kuba i kekahi makahiki i ka manawa eʻike anaʻoʻAmelika Huipūʻia e ho'āʻo ana e pepehi i nā poʻe Cuban wale nō, akāʻo ka poʻe malihini ka mea i ʻaʻa e hele mai i Kuba. ʻO kēia, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ka mea a ka Cuban Five e hoʻāʻo nei e hōʻoki. No laila hauʻoli mākou, ua haʻi ʻo ia iā Gonzales, hiki iā mākou ke hele mai i aneʻi me ka hopohopo ʻole e pili ana iā Obama e waiho ana i kahi pōkā i loko o ka lumi. He hopohopo pupule? ʻAʻole ia i nā manawa a pau.
Ma mua i kēia lā, ua kipa mākou i ke Kulaʻo Medicine Latin American, kahi i kapaʻia i kēia manawa no ka hoʻonaʻauaoʻana i nā kākamai mai ka huina o ka honua,ʻaʻole waleʻo Latin America wale nō. Hoʻomaka ia ma ka 1998 ma ka hoʻohuliʻana i kahi kulaʻauhau mua i loko o kahi kula lapaʻau kahi e hāʻawi ai i ka hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā i nā haumāna mai Central America. Mai ka 2005 a hiki i ka 2014, uaʻike ke kula i nā haumānaʻo 24,486.
Manuahi kā lākou aʻo ʻana a hoʻomaka me kahi papa he 20 mau pule ma ka ʻōlelo Sepania. ʻO kēia kahi kula lapaʻau lapaʻau honua e hoʻopuni ʻia e nā lāʻau pāma a me nā kahua haʻuki ma ka lihi loa o ka Caribbean, a ʻo nā haumāna i kūpono no ke kula pre-med - ʻo ia hoʻi ʻelua mau makahiki o ke koleke US - hiki ke hele mai i aneʻi a lilo i mau kauka me ka uku ʻole he dime, a me ka hele ʻole i nā haneli he mau tausani kālā i ka hōʻaiʻē. ʻAʻole pono nā haumāna e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma Cuba a hana paha i kekahi mea no Cuba, akā makemake ʻia e hoʻi i ko lākou mau ʻāina ponoʻī a hana i ka lāʻau ma kahi e makemake nui ʻia ai.
Ma kēia manawa ua puka nā haumāna he 112 US, a ua kākau inoa ʻia he 99. Ua hele kekahi o lākou me kahi "brigade" kōkua i Haiti. ʻO lākou a pau, ma hope o ka puka ʻana, ua hala i kā lākou hōʻike US ma ka home. Ua kamaʻilio wau me Olive Albanese, kahi haumāna lapaʻau mai Madison, Wisconsin. Ua nīnau wau i kāna mea e hana ai ma ka puka ʻana. "He kuleana pono kā mākou," pane ʻo ia, "e hana ma kahi e pono ai." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hele ʻo ia i kahi kaiāulu a i ʻole ʻAiwi ʻAmelika kahi i ʻaʻohe kauka a hana ma laila. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hāʻawi ke aupuni US i kēia lawelawe like i kēlā me kēia mea e makemake ana iā ia, a ʻaʻole e lawelawe ka poʻe i puka puka me ka ʻaiʻē haumāna i ka poʻe nele loa.
I kēia kakahiaka uaʻike mākou i kahiʻoi akuʻoi aku kahi maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o ke kula kino: Alamar.
ʻAʻole i koho kēia hui mahiʻai mahiʻai ma 25 ʻeka ma ka hikina o Havana e hele i meaola. Hoʻi i nā makahiki 1990, i ka wā "kūikawā" (ʻo ia hoʻi ka wā pōʻino maikaʻi) ʻaʻohe mea i loaʻa i ka mea momona a mea ʻona ʻē aʻe paha. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana iā lākou inā makemake lākou. Ua lilo ʻo Cuba 85% o kāna kālepa kūwaho i ka wā i haki ai ka Soviet Union. No laila, ua aʻo nā Cubans i ka ulu ʻana i kā lākou meaʻai ponoʻī, a aʻo e hana pēlā me ka ʻole o nā kemika, a aʻo e ʻai i nā mea a lākou i ulu ai. Hoʻomaka kahi papaʻaiʻai kaumaha e hoʻohui i nā mea kanu he nui aku.
ʻO Miguel Salcines, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻAlama, ua kipa mākou iā mākou, me nā huila kāmela mai ka pākeke Kelemānia a me ka Associated Press e pili ana. Ua hōʻikeʻia ka māla ma kahi palapala kiʻi US i kapaʻia Ka Mana o ke Kaiāulu, a ua hāʻawi maiʻo Salcines i Pāʻani TED. I ka moʻomeheu a Cuba o ka monocropping kō, ua hoʻohui ka USSR i nā kemika a me nā mīkini, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Ua hanaʻino nā kemika. A e neʻe ana ka lehulehu i nā kūlanakauhale. Ua hiolo ka mahiʻai nui, a hoʻololi ʻia ka mahiʻai: ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kūlanakauhale, a me nā meaola ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana o kekahi i kēlā inoa. ʻO ka poʻe i huhū i ka moʻolelo o ke kauā a makemake ʻole i ka hana o ka monocropping, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, i kēia manawa ke loaʻa nei kahi ala maikaʻi o ke ola e hana nei i nā coops mahiʻai mahiʻai. Loaʻa iā 150 mau limahana ma Alamar, a he hapa nui o lākou a mākou e nānā a kamaʻilio pū ai. Hoʻohui nā limahana mahiʻai i kēia manawa nā wahine a me nā poʻe Cubans ʻelemakule.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā poʻe Cubans ʻelemakule e hana nei i nā mahiʻai meaola no ka mea ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ke ola ʻana o nā Cubans (ke ola o nā makahiki he 79.9) a ke ola nei lākou e lōʻihi ana, e like me nā Salcines, ma ka liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻāpana no ka meaʻai meaola. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pipi i ke olakino o Cubans, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. ʻO nā meaolaola a me nā mea kolo maikaʻi a me ka mālama kūpono no ka lepo e hoʻololi i nā mea momona a me nā pesticides, i mea e pono ai kēlā me kēia. Pono e hoʻololi hou ʻia he mau kaukani mau minela i loko o ka lepo mahiʻai, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i kekahi o lākou i nā hopena i nā maʻi, diabetes, pilikia puʻuwai, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, e like me ka nele o ka libido e hoʻēmi ʻia i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea kanu i ka meaʻai kūpono. ʻOiai ʻo nā pi a Cuba e ola nei a maikaʻi nō hoʻi.
'Ōlelo nā Salcines ua'ōleloʻo Cuba i ka 1,020,000 tons o nā mea kanu i kēlā me kēia makahiki, 400 tons o lākou ma Alamar i nāʻano likeʻole a me ka hua o nā meaʻaiʻelima i ka makahiki. Hoʻokumu pūʻiaʻo Alamar i nā 40 tons o ka compost worm i kēlā me kēia makahiki, me ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā 80 tons o nā meaʻenehana e hana pēlā.
Kuhikuhi ʻo Salcines i ka papaʻai olakino o Cuba ma ke ʻano he mea maikaʻi i kū mai i ka embargo US. Ma luna o kēlā ʻōlelo hōʻino ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia i kona kūlike ʻole me Karl Marx. ʻO ka ulu ʻana o ka heluna he exponential a me ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Ua manaʻo ʻo Marx e hoʻoponopono ka ʻepekema i kēia pilikia, a ua hewa ʻo ia, i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Salcines. Ke mana ka wahine, i ʻōlelo ʻo Salcines, ʻaʻole ulu ka lehulehu. No laila, kau i ka wahine i ka mana, hoʻopau ʻo ia. ʻO ke ala wale nō e hānai ai i ka honua, i ʻōlelo ʻo Salcines, me ke kala aku iā Monsanto, e hōʻole i ka mahiʻai o ka luku ʻana no ka mahiʻai o ke ola.
