nguMedeya kaBhenjamin, CODEPINK, Ngamana 17, 2022
Nge-16 kaMeyi, ulawulo lweBiden umemezele amanyathelo amatsha "okunyusa inkxaso yabantu baseCuba." Babandakanya ukunciphisa izithintelo zokuhamba kunye nokunceda abantu baseCuba-baseMelika baxhase kwaye banxibelelane neentsapho zabo. Baphawula inyathelo eliya phambili kodwa inyathelo lomntwana, ngenxa yokuba uninzi lwezohlwayo zase-US eCuba zisahleli. Kukwakho nomgaqo-nkqubo wolawulo we-Biden ohlekisayo wokuzama ukwahlula iCuba, kunye neNicaragua neVenezuela, kulo lonke ihemisphere ngokubakhuphela ngaphandle kwiNgqungquthela ezayo yaseMelika eza kuqhubeka ngoJuni eLos Angeles.
Esi sisihlandlo sokuqala ukususela kwindibano yalo yokuqala ngowe-1994 ukuba lo msitho, obanjwa rhoqo emva kweminyaka emithathu, wenzeke emhlabeni waseMelika. Kodwa endaweni yokuhlanganisa i-Western Hemisphere, ulawulo lwe-Biden lubonakala luzimisele ukuyihlulahlula ngokugrogrisa ukukhuphela ngaphandle izizwe ezithathu ngokuqinisekileyo eziyinxalenye yaseMelika.
Kangangeenyanga, ulawulo lweBiden lubonisa ukuba aba rhulumente bazakukhutshelwa ngaphandle. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, abakamenywa kuzo naziphi na iintlanganiso zamalungiselelo kwaye iNgqungquthela ngokwayo ngoku ingaphantsi kwenyanga ukuba ihambe. Ngelixa owayesakuba ngunobhala we-White House uJen Psaki kunye nesithethi seSebe leLizwe uNed Price baphinda bathi "akukho zigqibo" zenziwe, uSekela Nobhala weLizwe uBrian Nichols uthe udliwanondlebe kumabonwakude waseColombia esithi amazwe “angayihloneliyo idemokhrasi akayi kuzifumana izimemo.”
Isicwangciso sika-Biden sokukhetha nokukhetha ukuba ngawaphi amazwe anokuzimasa iNgqungquthela siqalise iziqhushumbisi zengingqi. Ngokungafaniyo nexesha elidlulileyo, xa i-US yayinexesha elilula lokubeka ukuthanda kwayo kwiLatin America, namhlanje kukho imvakalelo enzima yokuzimela, ngakumbi ngokuphinda kuphinde kubekho oorhulumente abaqhubela phambili. Omnye unobangela yiTshayina. Ngelixa i-US isenobukho obukhulu kwezoqoqosho, iChina inakho udlule I-US njengelona qabane liphambili kwezorhwebo, inika amazwe aseLatin America inkululeko ethe chatha yokuchasa i-United States okanye ubuncinane athathe indawo ephakathi phakathi kwala magunya mabini.
Ukusabela kwe-hemispheric ekukhutshweni kwamazwe amathathu ommandla kukubonakalisa loo nkululeko, naphakathi kwezizwe ezincinci zeCaribbean. Enyanisweni, amazwi okuqala okuchasa avela kumalungu I-15-isizwe Uluntu lwaseCaribbean, okanye iCaricom, eyayisongela boycott iNgqungquthela. Emva koko kwafika ubunzima bommandla, uMongameli waseMexico uManuel López Obrador, owothusa kwaye wonwaba abantu kwilizwekazi lonke xa waye umemezele ukuba, ukuba onke amazwe ebengamenywanga, akayi kuzimasa. Abongameli be Bholiviya kwaye Ubunzulungokukhawuleza yalandelwa ngeengxelo ezifanayo.
Ulawulo lwe-Biden luzibeke eluvalelweni. Nokuba ibuya umva kwaye ikhuphe izimemo, iphosa inyama ebomvu koosopolitiki base-US abakwiphiko lasekunene njengoSenator uMarco Rubio ngokuba "thambileyo kubukomanisi," okanye imile iqinile kwaye ibeka umngcipheko wokutshona kwiNgqungquthela kunye nefuthe lase-US kulo mmandla.
Ukungaphumeleli kukaBiden kwidiplomacy yengingqi yinto engaqondakaliyo ngakumbi xa kunikwa isifundo ebekufanele ukuba usifundile njengosekela mongameli xa uBarack Obama wayejongene nengxaki efanayo.
Yayingowama-2015, xa, emva kwamashumi amabini eminyaka yokukhuphela ngaphandle iCuba kwezi Ngqungquthela, amazwe alo mmandla abeka phantsi iinyawo zawo ezihlangeneyo efuna ukuba iCuba imenywe. U-Obama kwafuneka athathe isigqibo sokuba ayitsibe na intlanganiso kwaye aphulukane nempembelelo eLatin America, okanye ahambe ayokukhuphisana nokuwa kwasekhaya. Wagqiba kwelokuba ahambe.
Ndikhumbula laa Ngqungquthela ngokucacileyo kuba ndandiphakathi kweqela leentatheli ezazixhwithana zifuna isihlalo esingaphambili xa uMongameli uBarack Obama wayezakunyanzelwa ukuba abulise uMongameli waseCuba uRaúl Castro, owangena kulawulo emva kokuba umntakwabo uFidel Castro ehlile esikhundleni. Ukuxhawulana ngesandla okubalulekileyo, unxibelelwano lokuqala phakathi kweenkokeli zala mazwe mabini kumashumi eminyaka, yayiyeyona nto iphambili kule ngqungquthela.
U-Obama wayenganyanzelekanga ukuba axhawule isandla sikaCastro kuphela, wayekwafuneka emamele isifundo sembali ende. Intetho kaRaúl Castro yayiyingxelo engabanjwanga ngohlaselo lwangaphambili lwase-US eCuba-kubandakanya i-1901 Platt Amendment eyenza iCuba ibe yindawo ekhuselayo yase-US, inkxaso yase-US kuzwilakhe waseCuba uFulgencio Batista kwiminyaka yoo-1950, intlekele ye-1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and intolongo yase-US eyihlazo eGuantanamo. Kodwa uCastro naye wayenobabalo kuMongameli Obama, esithi akanakubekwa tyala ngeli lifa kwaye embiza ngokuba “yindoda enyanisekileyo” enemvelaphi ethobekileyo.
Intlanganiso yaphawula ixesha elitsha phakathi kwe-US neCuba, njengoko ezi zizwe zimbini zaqala ukulungisa ubudlelwane. Yayiyimpumelelo, kunye norhwebo olongezelelekileyo, utshintshiselwano oluninzi lwenkcubeko, izixhobo ezininzi zabantu baseCuba, kunye namaCuba ambalwa afudukela eUnited States. Ukuxhawulana ngesandla kukhokelele kutyelelo luka-Obama eHavana, uhambo olungalibalekiyo kangangokuba lusazisa uncumo olukhulu ebusweni babantu baseCuba kwesi siqithi.
Emva koko kwafika uDonald Trump, oye watsiba iNgqungquthela elandelayo yaseMelika kwaye wabeka izohlwayo ezitsha ezishiye uqoqosho lwaseCuba lukwi-tatters, ngakumbi nje ukuba i-COVID ibethe kwaye yomisa ishishini labakhenkethi.
Ukuza kuthi ga mva nje, uBiden ebelandela imigaqo-nkqubo kaTrump yokusika nokutshisa ekhokelele kunqongophalo olukhulu kunye nengxaki entsha yokufuduka, endaweni yokubuyela kumgaqo-nkqubo ka-Obama wokuphumelela wokuzibandakanya. Imilinganiselo ye-16 kaMeyi yokwandisa iinqwelomoya eziya eCuba kunye nokuphinda kuhlangane usapho luncedo, kodwa akwanelanga ukuphawula utshintsho lokwenyani kumgaqo-nkqubo-ingakumbi ukuba iBiden inyanzelisa ukwenza iNgqungquthela "isimemo esilinganiselweyo kuphela."
I-Biden kufuneka ihambe ngokukhawuleza. Kufuneka ameme zonke izizwe zaseMelika kwiNgqungquthela. Kuya kufuneka axhawule izandla zayo yonke intloko yelizwe kwaye, okona kubaluleke kakhulu, abambe iingxoxo ezinzulu malunga nemiba evuthayo ye-hemispheric efana nokudodobala koqoqosho okukhohlakeleyo okubangelwa ngubhubhani, utshintsho lwemozulu oluchaphazela ukutya, kunye nobundlobongela oboyikisayo bemipu-zonke eziphembelela ingxaki yokufuduka. Ngaphandle koko, i-Biden's #RoadtotheSummit, eyiNgqungquthela ye-twitter yeNgqungquthela, iya kukhokelela kuphela kwisiphelo.
UMedea Benjamin ungumseki weqela loxolo iCODEPINK. Ungumbhali weencwadi ezilishumi, kubandakanya neencwadi ezintathu ezingeCuba-Akukho Sidlo sasemini saMahla: Ukutya kunye neNguquko eCuba, iGreening of the Revolution, kunye nokuThetha malunga neNguqu. Ulilungu leKomiti eLawulayo ye-ACERE (i-Alliance ye-Cuba Engagement kunye nentlonipho).
