Safika eHaana namhlanje ebusuku, ngoFebhuwari 8, 2015, okanye ngonyaka we-56 we-revolution, i-150 yethu yokuzalisa inqwelo-moya, iqela labasebenzi baseMelika bezoxolo kunye nezobulungisa ezihlelwe nguCODEPINK. Indawo iyatshisa kwaye ihle naphezu kwemvula.
Izakhiwo, iimoto, iindlela zendlela zikhangeleka ngathi ixesha limi kwi-1959. Umkhokeli wezokhenketho kwibhasi kwisikhumulo sezindiza ukuya kwihotele eyaziqhayisa ukuba umasipala ojikeleze isikhumulo sezindiza unesibhedlele sengqondo kunye nefaghetti. Bobabini amabhilidi kunye nekhokelo yezokhenketho bafanisa uFidel kwisihloko ngasinye.
Ndibuyele ekhaya en el Norte sihlala siqaphela ukuba abazakhi izinto njengangaphambili. Eyam indlu yandulela inguquko yaseCuba. Ukubeka phambili iimfuno zabantu ngaphezulu "kokukhula" kunye nokuhlanjululwa ngokuqinisekileyo yinto endinokuyikhetha ukuba ndinokukhetha.
Kodwa ngaba iCuba ikhethe ukumisa ixesha ngenjongo? Okanye ukumisa ngeendlela ezithile? Okanye ngaba yinto engafanelekanga ukuba iyathethwa okanye icingwe? Siza kudibana nabantu abaninzi baseCuba kule veki izayo, abo urhulumente mhlawumbi afuna ukuba sihlangane nabo mhlawumbi angafuniyo.
Ngubani onetyala kunye nekhredithi ngokubi kunye nokuhle eCuba? Andikayazi kwaye andiqinisekanga ukuba ndikhathalele kangakanani. Ngengxoxo enye isohlwayo saseMelika sibe yintlekele. Ngomnye azinampembelelo. Akukho ngxabano kubonakala ngathi kukho nasiphi na isizathu sokuqhubeka kwabo. Okanye abo bathi abenzanga nto imbi bahlala becebisa ukuba iCuba akufuneki ivuzwe ngokubaphakamisa. Kodwa ubuvuvu obungenakulinganiswa kunzima ukubuphendula.
I-United States yenze imfazwe yobude bamaphekula ngokubhekiselele eCuba kodwa igcina i-Cuba kwiluhlu lwayo lwentaba. Oko kuphelile kungakhathaliseki ukuba i-Cuba ifumene indlela eya kwixesha elizayo lentando yesininzi.
Umntu waseMelika owayekwelifti yehotele wathi kum: “Akufanelekanga na ukuba abantu ababethathwe umhlaba wabo bavukela?” Ndiyazi ukuba ubuncinci babo abafuni ukuba ibuyiselwe, kodwa ndaphendula ndathi, "Ngokuqinisekileyo, kufanelekile ukuba uyiqwalasele, njengoko neMelika ibuyisela iGuantanamo eCuba." Ngaphandle kokuphosa ukubetha, lo Mhle waseMelika wabuya weza kum ngomgca awayewusebenzisa ngokucacileyo ngaphambili: “Ungandinika imoto yakho?” Nje ukuba ndibone ukuba uthini, ndaye ndathi andiyibanga inqwelo mafutha yakhe ngesikhombisi njengoko i-United States ibile iGuantanamo. Wahamba.
Ndiyaqonda ukuba zithwele kakhulu kuya kufuneka ndicele i-United States ukuba ibuyisele i-United States iphela, kodwa andiyithwali. Kutheni le nto i-US ingenakubuyisa umhlaba waseCuba kwaye I-Cuba iguqula iinkqubo zayo zobupolitika ezimbi kakhulu? Wonke urhulumente ehlabathini kufuneka aguqulwe, kwaye unxuse utshintsho kwizinto ezingavumiyo zonke izenzo zenye i-199.
Izitratato zaseHaana zibomnyama ebusuku, zibheke ngokwaneleyo ukuba zibonwe kwaye zingekho, kodwa zingenangqondo yengozi, ingabi nolwaphulo lokucwasana, akukho nongcipheko lobundlobongela, abantu abangenamakhaya njengokuba bahlangene nxamnye nelizwe lokuphumelela. Amabhola adlala Guantanamera ngokuba yintoni ekumele ibe yithuba le-gazillion, kwaye uyidlale njengokuba ithetha oko.
Kuthathwe konke kuko konke, kwaye ukufika nje, ayisiyondawo imbi ukunqunyulwa ehlabathini. Andikabikho ukufumana iSIM khadi okanye ifowuni. Ihotele yam ayinayo i-intanethi, ubuncinci kude kube yimana. Ihotele iNacional-leyo ye Godfather Umboniso bhanyabhanya- undixelela ukuba bane-intanethi kuphela ngexesha losuku. Kodwa iHavana Libre, eyayisakuba yiHavana Hilton, inomculo odlalayo, iindawo zombane ezinemingxunya emithathu, kunye ne-intanethi ecothayo kodwa esebenzayo (ephezulu kune-Amtrak's) i-10 pesos ngeyure, ndingasathethi ke nge-mojitos.
Nanku eCuba!
