By Amanqwanqwa Oxolo, UDisemba 30, 2022
Umthetho wembali weGolden Rule ochasene ne-nuclear boat usendleleni eya eCuba. Isikhephe somthi esinemigangatho, esiye sasinga kwi-Marshall Islands ngo-1958 ukuphazamisa uvavanyo lwenyukliya yase-US, sahamba ngomkhumbi sisuka e-Key West, eFlorida ngoLwesihlanu ekuseni, kwaye siya kufika e-Hemingway Marina e-Havana ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, usuku loNyaka oMtsha. Iketshi eneenyawo ezingama-34 yeyeVeterans For Peace, kwaye iphumeza injongo yayo "yokuphelisa ugqatso lwezixhobo kunye nokunciphisa kwaye ekugqibeleni kupheliswe izixhobo zenyukliya."
Amalungu amahlanu eqela labasebenzi azakudityaniswa namaVeterans For Peace amalungu abhabhela eHavana ukuya kuthatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo yemfundo yobuGcisa neNkcubeko eququzelelwa yi Ukufutshane neCuba arhente yabakhenkethi. La magqala aza kutyelela uluntu olufumene umonakalo omkhulu kwiNkanyamba i-Ian yakutshanje, etshabalalise amawakawaka amakhaya kwiphondo lasePinar del Rio kwintshona yeCuba. Bathwele uncedo lokunceda abantu abaphulukene namakhaya abo.
“Sikumsebenzi wemfundo nobuntu,” utshilo uMphathi weProjekthi yeGolden Rule uHelen Jaccard. “Siziinyanga ezintathu ezinesiqingatha kuhambo lweenyanga ezili-15, iimayile ezili-11,000 lokujikeleza i-'Great Loop' yombindi-ntshona, umzantsi, nomntla-mpuma weUnited States. Sathi sakubona ukuba siya kuba seKey West, eFlorida ekupheleni kukaDisemba, sathi, 'Jonga, iCuba ikumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-90 kuphela! Yaye ihlabathi laphantse laba nemfazwe yenyukliya phezu kweCuba.’”
Kwiminyaka engama-60 eyadlulayo, ngo-Okthobha we-1962, umhlaba wasondela ngokuyingozi kwimfazwe yenyukliya ephela kwimpucuko ngexesha lokubonisana kwamandla amakhulu phakathi kwe-US kunye neSoviet Union, eyayibeke imijukujelwa yenyukliya kufuphi nemida, eTurkey naseCuba, ngokulandelanayo. I-CIA iphinde yaququzelela uhlaselo oluxhobileyo lwaseCuba kwilinge elibi lokubhukuqa urhulumente kaFidel Castro.
"Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathandathu emva koko, i-US isabambelele ngokukhohlakeleyo kwezoqoqosho eCuba, ikrwitsha uphuhliso lwezoqoqosho lwaseCuba kwaye ibangela ukubandezeleka kwiintsapho zaseCuba," utshilo uGerry Condon, owayengumongameli weVeterans For Peace, kunye nenxalenye yabasebenzi abasendleleni eya eCuba. "Umhlaba wonke uyawuchasa ukuvalwa kweCuba e-US kwaye lixesha lokuba iphele." Kulo nyaka kuphela i-US kunye no-Israyeli bavotele u-Hayi kwisigqibo se-UN esibiza urhulumente wase-US ukuba aphelise ukuvalwa kweCuba.
“Ngoku ukuma kwe-US/Russia malunga ne-Ukraine kuphinde kwaphakamisa imfazwe yenyukliya,” utshilo uGerry Condon. “Yayiyingxoxo engxamisekileyo phakathi kukaMongameli wase-US uJohn Kennedy kunye nenkokeli yaseRussia uNikita Khruschev eyasombulula iCuban Missile Crisis kwaye yasindisa ilizwe kwimfazwe yenyukliya,” uqhubeke watsho uCondon. "Olo luhlobo lwediplomacy esiludingayo namhlanje."
Amagqala oXolo acela ukuba kupheliswe ukuvalwa kwe-US eCuba, ukuba kuQeshwe uMlilo kunye noThethathethwano lokuphelisa iMfazwe e-Ukraine, kunye nokuPheliswa ngokupheleleyo kwezixhobo zeNyukliya.
