By Veterans For Peace, December 30, 2022
Iyo yenhoroondo yeGolden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat iri munzira kuenda kuCuba. Chikepe chemapuranga chakasimba, icho chakafambiswa nechikepe chakananga kuMarshall Islands muna 1958 kuti chikanganise kuyedzwa kwenyukireya kweUS, chakasimuka kubva kuKey West, Florida neChishanu mangwanani, uye chichasvika paHemingway Marina muHavana neMugovera mangwanani, New Years Eve. Iyo 34-foot ketch ndeyeVeterans For Peace, uye inoita basa rayo "kupedza nhangemutange yezvombo uye kuderedza uye pakupedzisira kubvisa zvombo zvenyukireya."
Nhengo shanu dzevashandi vachabatanidzwa neVeterans For Peace nhengo dziri kubhururuka kuenda kuHavana kunotora chikamu muchirongwa chedzidzo yeArt & Tsika chinorongwa ne Proximity Cuba tour agency. Varwi vachange vachishanyirawo nharaunda dzakakuvadzwa zvikuru kubva kuHurricane Ian, iyo yakaparadza zviuru nezviuru zvedzimba mudunhu rePinar del Rio kumadokero kweCuba. Vakatakura rubatsiro rwekubatsira vanhu vakarasikirwa nedzimba dzavo.
"Tiri pabasa rekudzidzisa uye rekubatsira vanhu," anodaro maneja weGolden Rule Project Helen Jaccard. “Tava nemwedzi mitatu nehafu munzendo dzemwedzi 15, makiromita 11,000 90 tichitenderera 'Great Loop' yepakati pemadokero, kumaodzanyemba, uye kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweUnited States. Patakaona kuti taizove muKey West, Florida pakupera kwaDecember, takati, 'Onai, Cuba iri makiromita makumi mapfumbamwe chete kubva! Uye nyika yakapotsa yaita hondo yenyukireya muCuba.’”
Makore makumi matanhatu apfuura, muna Gumiguru 60, nyika yakasvika zvine njodzi kuhondo yenyukireya inopedza budiriro panguva yekurwisana kwemasimba makuru pakati peUS neSoviet Union, iyo yakanga yaisa zvombo zvenyukireya padyo nemiganhu, muTurkey neCuba, zvichiteerana. CIA yakanga yarongawo kupinda nechisimba muCuba mukuyedza kupidigura hurumende yaFidel Castro.
"Makore makumi matanhatu gare gare, US ichiri kuchengetedza kuvharika kwehupfumi hweCuba, zvichikanganisa kusimukira kwehupfumi hweCuba uye kukonzera kutambura kumhuri dzeCuba," akadaro Gerry Condon, aimbova mutungamiri weVeterans For Peace, uye mumwe wevashandi vari kuenda kuCuba. "Nyika yese inopikisa kuvharika kweUS kuCuba uye yave nguva yekuti ipere." Gore rino chete US neIsrael dzakavhota Kwete pachisungo cheUN ichidaidza hurumende yeUS kuti ipedze kuvharika kwayo kuCuba.
"Iye zvino kusawirirana kweUS / Russia pamusoro peUkraine kwasimudzazve fungidziro yehondo yenyukireya," akadaro Gerry Condon. "Kwakanga kuri kutaurirana kwechimbichimbi pakati peMutungamiriri weUnited States John Kennedy nemutungamiri weRussia Nikita Khruschev kwakagadzirisa Dambudziko reCuban Missile Crisis uye kudzivirira pasi rose hondo yenyukireya," akaenderera mberi Condon. "Ndirwo rudzi rwe diplomacy yatiri kuda nhasi."
Veterans For Peace vari kudaidzira kuti kumisa kuvharirwa kweUS kuCuba, kumisa Hondo uye Nhaurirano Kupedza Hondo muUkraine, uye Kubviswa Kwese kweNuclear Weapons.
