ndi Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK, Mwina 17, 2022
Pa Meyi 16, oyang'anira Biden analengeza zatsopano "zowonjezera thandizo kwa anthu aku Cuba." Adaphatikizanso kuchepetsa zoletsa kuyenda komanso kuthandiza anthu aku Cuba-America kuthandizira ndikulumikizana ndi mabanja awo. Akuwonetsa gawo lopita patsogolo koma gawo lamwana, chifukwa zilango zambiri zaku US ku Cuba zikadalipo. Komanso m'malo mwake ndi mfundo zopusa za oyang'anira a Biden kuyesa kudzipatula Cuba, komanso Nicaragua ndi Venezuela, kuchokera kumadera ena onse powapatula ku Msonkhano womwe ukubwera waku America womwe udzachitike mu June ku Los Angeles.
Aka kanali koyamba kuti mwambowu, womwe umachitika zaka zitatu zilizonse, uchitikira m'dziko la United States kuchokera pomwe unakhazikitsidwa mu 1994. Koma m'malo mobweretsa Western Hemisphere palimodzi, olamulira a Biden akuwoneka kuti akufuna kuwalekanitsa powopseza kuti apatula mayiko atatu omwe ali mbali yaku America.
Kwa miyezi ingapo, olamulira a Biden akhala akunena kuti maboma awa achotsedwa. Mpaka pano, sanaitanidwe ku misonkhano yokonzekera ndipo Msonkhano womwewo tsopano watsala pang'ono kutha mwezi umodzi. Pomwe mlembi wakale wa atolankhani ku White House a Jen Psaki ndi mneneri wa dipatimenti ya State Ned Price abwerezabwereza kuti "palibe zisankho" zomwe zapangidwa, Mlembi Wachiwiri wa Boma a Brian Nichols adatero m'mawu. kuyankhulana pa TV ya ku Colombia kuti maiko amene “salemekeza demokalase sadzalandira chiitano.”
Dongosolo la a Biden losankha ndikusankha mayiko omwe angapite nawo ku Summit wayambitsa zowombera m'madera. Mosiyana ndi m'mbuyomo, pamene US inali ndi nthawi yosavuta kuyika chifuniro chake ku Latin America, masiku ano pali malingaliro owopsa odziimira okha, makamaka ndi kuyambiranso kwa maboma opita patsogolo. Chinthu china ndi China. Ngakhale kuti US ikadali ndi chuma chachikulu, China ili nayo yapitirira United States monga bwenzi loyamba lazamalonda, kupatsa maiko aku Latin America ufulu wokana kutsutsa United States kapena kukhala ndi gawo lapakati pakati pa maulamuliro awiriwa.
Mchitidwe wa hemispheric pakuchotsedwa kwa zigawo zitatu zachigawo ndi chithunzi cha ufulu umenewo, ngakhale pakati pa mayiko ang'onoang'ono a ku Caribbean. M'malo mwake, mawu oyamba onyoza adachokera kwa mamembala a 15-dziko Caribbean Community, kapena Caricom, yomwe idawopseza kunyanyala Summit. Kenako panabwera wolemera kwambiri, Purezidenti waku Mexico Manuel López Obrador, yemwe adadabwitsa komanso kusangalatsa anthu kuzungulira kontinenti pomwe analengeza kuti, ngati mayiko onse sanaitanidwe, sakadapezekapo. Atsogoleri a Bolivia ndi Kuzamaposakhalitsa anatsatira ndi mawu ofanana.
Boma la Biden ladziyika okha pachimake. Mwina ibwerera m'mbuyo ndikupereka zoyitanira, kuponya nyama yofiira kwa ndale zakumanja zaku US ngati Senator Marco Rubio chifukwa chokhala "wofewa pa chikominisi," kapena kuyima molimba ndikuyika pachiwopsezo chakumiza Msonkhano ndi chikoka cha US kuderali.
Kulephera kwa a Biden pamakambirano amchigawo ndizosamveka bwino chifukwa cha phunziro lomwe akanayenera kuphunzira ngati wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti pomwe Barack Obama adakumana ndi vuto lomweli.
Icho chinali 2015, pamene, patatha zaka makumi awiri akuchotsa Cuba ku Misonkhanoyi, mayiko a m'derali adayimitsa mapazi awo ndikupempha kuti Cuba ayitanidwe. Obama adayenera kusankha kulumpha msonkhanowo ndikutaya mphamvu ku Latin America, kapena kupita kukalimbana ndi kugwa kwawo. Anaganiza zopita.
Ndikukumbukira bwino lomwe Msonkhanowo chifukwa ndinali m'gulu la atolankhani akukangana kuti apeze mpando wakutsogolo pomwe Purezidenti Barack Obama adakakamizika kupereka moni kwa Purezidenti wa Cuba Raúl Castro, yemwe adayamba kulamulira mchimwene wake Fidel Castro atatsika. Kugwirana chanza kochititsa chidwi, kulumikizana koyamba pakati pa atsogoleri a mayiko awiriwa pazaka makumi angapo, kunali kofunika kwambiri pa msonkhanowo.
Obama sanangokakamizika kugwira chanza Castro, adayeneranso kumvetsera phunziro la mbiri yakale. Zolankhula za Raúl Castro zinali zosawerengeka zomwe zidachitika kale ku US ku Cuba-kuphatikiza 1901 Platt Amendment yomwe idapanga Cuba kukhala chitetezo cha US, thandizo la US kwa wolamulira wankhanza waku Cuba Fulgencio Batista m'ma 1950s, kuukira koopsa kwa 1961 Bay of Pigs ndi ndende yochititsa manyazi yaku US ku Guantanamo. Koma Castro adachitiranso chisomo Purezidenti Obama, ponena kuti alibe mlandu pa cholowachi ndikumutcha "munthu wowona mtima" wochokera kudziko lodzichepetsa.
Msonkhanowu udawonetsa nyengo yatsopano pakati pa US ndi Cuba, pomwe mayiko awiriwa adayamba kusintha ubale wawo. Zinali zopambana, ndi malonda ambiri, kusinthana kwa chikhalidwe, chuma chambiri cha anthu aku Cuba, ndi anthu aku Cuba ochepa omwe amasamukira ku United States. Kugwirana chanza kudapangitsa kuti a Obama apite ku Havana, ulendo wosaiwalika kotero kuti ukubweretsabe kumwetulira kwakukulu kumaso a anthu aku Cuba pachilumbachi.
Kenako adabwera a Donald Trump, omwe adalumpha Msonkhano wotsatira waku America ndikuyika zilango zatsopano zomwe zidasiya chuma cha Cuba chikuyenda bwino, makamaka COVID itagunda ndikuyimitsa ntchito yapaulendo.
Mpaka posachedwa, a Biden akhala akutsatira mfundo za Trump zochepetsera ndikuwotcha zomwe zadzetsa kusowa kwakukulu komanso vuto lakusamuka, m'malo mobwerera ku mfundo ya Obama yopambana. Njira za Meyi 16 zokulitsa maulendo apandege opita ku Cuba ndikuyambiranso kugwirizanitsa mabanja ndizothandiza, koma sizokwanira kuwonetsa kusintha kwenikweni kwa mfundo, makamaka ngati a Biden akuumirira kuti Msonkhanowo ukhale "oyitanira pang'ono."
Biden ayenera kuyenda mwachangu. Ayenera kuitanira maiko onse aku America ku Msonkhanowo. Ayenera kugwirana chanza ndi mtsogoleri aliyense wa boma ndipo, koposa zonse, azikambirana mozama pankhani zakuwotcha kwachuma monga kusokonekera kwachuma komwe kumayambitsa mliriwu, kusintha kwanyengo komwe kukukhudza chakudya, komanso ziwawa zowopsa zamfuti - zonsezi. zomwe zikuyambitsa vuto la kusamuka. Kupanda kutero, Biden's #RoadtotheSummit, yomwe ndi tsamba la Summit pa Twitter, ingobweretsa kutha.
Medea Benjamin ndiye woyambitsa nawo gulu lamtendere la CODEPINK. Ndiwolemba mabuku khumi, kuphatikiza mabuku atatu a Cuba-No Free Lunch: Food and Revolution in Cuba, Greening of the Revolution, ndi Talking About Revolution. Ndi membala wa Komiti Yoyang'anira ya ACERE (Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect).
