I-Cuba ne-Estados Unidos bebeyimindeni isikhathi eside kangangokuthi ubudlelwane buye babuyiselwa, bakhohliwe, baphenduka ngaphakathi, futhi baphindaphindiwe.
Ngekhulu le-19, umphakathi waseCuba e-United States nabasekeli bawo lapho babeyisisekelo sombuso wentando yeningi kanye nokukhishwa kombuso wamakoloni waseSpain. I-Americanism ne-Protestantism kanye nobungxiwankulu babonwa njengezinselelo eziqhubekayo zentando yeningi ekulawulweni kwamakholoni - futhi ngisho okungaphezu nje kokuba ababukeli beFox.
Vele lokho kwehluke kakhulu manje. Izwe laseMelika manje selizimisele ukuzishaya ebusweni liphindelela ngethemba lokuthi kwesinye isikhathi lizohlasela iCuba. Lapha ezweni labazala bethu baseCaribbean kuvame ukuxoxwa ngokuthi i-United States ilimaza impilo yayo, hhayi nje ngokudla ukudla okungenamsoco nokwenqabela abantu ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, kepha nangokuphika abantu baseMelika intuthuko yezokwelapha yaseCuba. Kunemithi yokugoma eyi-13, kusho isisho, sezinto ezinjenge-meningitis, ukuthi iCuba ine-US futhi ayikho. Okunye ukuthuthukiswa kwezokwelapha nakho kuyingxenye yale mpikiswano, kubandakanya ngokuphawulekayo ukwelashwa kwesifo sikashukela esindisa abantu kusuka ekuthangeni. Kukhona nentuthuko yezokwelapha yase-US - ikakhulukazi imishini ebizayo - iCuba engeke ibe nayo inqobo nje uma ukuvinjelwa kuqhubeka.
Ngikhumbula uRobin Williams etshela iCanada ukuthi kwakuyifulethi elihle elinobungani phezu kwelebhu yemeth. Ngeshwa iCuba ihlala egumbini elingaphansi. Ubuhlanya bezihlobo zayo zasenhla buvezwa yindlela ubusosha obusezimpandeni zokuvinjelwa okuthinta ngqo impilo yase-US. Ngiqonde ngaphezu kwakho konke ukubulawa nokulimala nokungcola kanye nokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo, kukhona okunye okusabeka kakhulu. Ngicabanga amaNazi ahlanya enqunu emabhuzwini - nasendleleni yeziphepho - kuqhubeke I-Plum Island cishe owasinika isifo seLyme futhi wasabalalisa igciwane leNtshonalanga yeNayile kanye nenhlupho yedada laseDutch nabanye - konke kusasakazeka - njengengxenye yohlelo olufanayo olwahlasela i-Anthrax futhi mhlawumbe lwasakazeka Ebola.
Uhlelo oluqhubekayo lwe-bio-warfare program lungase ludale umonakalo omkhulu ngokusebenzisa ukuhlolwa nezingozi kunezinhloso, kodwa ngenhloso ngenhloso yokuletha indlala nokufa Cuba njengoba yayenzelwe ukwenziwa, ukwethula umkhuhlane wezingulube kulesi siqhingi kanye nesikhunta sikagwayi, nokudala “ubhadane lomkhuhlane woqhuqho ophehla igazi ngo-1981, lapho abantu abangaba ngu-340,000 bangenwa khona kwathi abangu-116,000 158 balaliswa, lokhu ezweni elalingakaze uhlangabezane necala elilodwa lalesi sifo. Ekugcineni, kwafa abantu abangu-101, kuhlanganise nezingane ezingu-XNUMX. ”
Imindeni izolwa. Izwe laseMelika liziphathe kangcono ngezinye izikhathi. Ngo-1904, i-US yasayina, kwathi ngo-1925 yaqinisekisa ukubuyiselwa kwe-Isle of Pine (manje eyi-Isle of Youth) eCuba. Isibazi esijulile esashiywa yi-United States of America kanye nengozi eyabeka bonke abaseMelika kuyizinto ezinhle kakhulu, futhi kungaba njalo uma i-United States ibingabuyisela iGuantanamo eCuba. Bambalwa kakhulu e-US abebengaze bazi ngeGuantanamo ukube ibingasetshenziswa njengenkambiso yabantu, yokuhlushwa, neyokufa kweziboshwa ezingekho emthethweni. Kokubili iGuantanamo ne-Isle of Youth kwebiwa ngesikhathi iCuba ibiza iMpi yaseCuba neMelika kanti i-US ibiza iMpi yaseSpain-American. Uma omunye engabuyiselwa, kungani kungenzeki omunye?
ICuba neMelika bebelokhu benikana amasiko nemibono nobunikazi isikhathi eside kangangokuba umuntu ngeke akwazi ukuzigcina ziqondile. Kuyangijabulisa ukuthi ngithole i-Facebook ne-Twitter zisebenza eCuba futhi ngikwazi ukungena kwi-inthanethi futhi ngibone ukuthi iYunivesithi yaseVirginia isishaye kanjani nje i-NC State kubasketball, kodwa ukwenza kanjalo ngeqembu laseCuba elibukhoma eligijimisana ngamamitha amahlanu intuthuko enkulu. Umculo obukhoma nokudansa ngo-10 ekuseni, neziphuzo ze-rum, esengikuqalile ukujwayela ngokusobala kungukuthuthuka kwekhwalithi yempilo okungekho ubuningi bezinto zasendlini noma imiphakathi ebiyelwe. Ngingathanda ukuthi umakhalekhukhwini wami usebenze kepha angikwazi ukuyeka amahora ukulinda kulayini ehhovisi lezingcingo laseCuba. Kepha lokho makuze kamuva, kube ngcono noma kubi, kanye nabatshalizimali baseMelika kanye namanzi akhuphukayo agadla odongeni ngasogwini I-Maracón.
Ngibonile ubumpofu eCuba, kepha hhayi umcebo ovelele obonakalayo. Sengike ngakubona ngicela imali kodwa hhayi ubutha. Ngibonile ubungane beqiniso nalokho okutholwa njengokusondelana okuseduze. Ngizwile izikhalazo zokuzondwa kwabantu bobulili obufanayo nobulili obufanayo nokuhlukunyezwa ngamaphoyisa nokushoda kwamalungelo abantu abashadile. Ngizwile izikhalazo zobandlululo. Kepha lawa amaphuzu afana ngawo wonke umndeni wethu.
Ngihlangane nowesifazane othi wayenobuntwana obuhle obukhulela esikhungweni sase-US eGuantanamo, akholelwa ukuthi akufanele sibe khona. Ngifuyile izinja ezixegayo emigwaqweni yaseHavana, ezingafani neze nohlobo lwaseMelika olwaziwa ngeHavanese.
I-Filmmaker UGloria Rolando usitshele endlini yakhe kusihlwa ukuthi impi ye-1898 kanye nokulawula kwe-Cuba eCuba kwanda ubuhlanga obukhona. Ku-1908, njengenye yefilimu yakhe elandisa, i-Independent Party of Color yasungulwa. Ku-1912 ukubulawa kwabantu kwabulawa abantu abamnyama be-3,000. Kuyafana izigameko okwakwenzeka eNyakatho ngesikhathi esisodwa, izigameko ezenziwa yi-US ukukhumbula.
Amafilimu kaRolando alandisa ngomndeni waseCaribbean, wabantu abasuka esiqhingini besiya kwesinye. Ngawo-1920 kanye no-1930 abantu abampofu endaweni eyayingaphambi kokubhanga iCayman Islands beza ukuzosebenza e-Isle of Pine. Umlando oyinkimbinkimbi wabokufika othuthela e-United States nasemuva, nakwezinye iziqhingi nasemuva, ungumlando wokuxaka ngokobuhlanga futhi. ICuba namuhla inezinkinga zobuhlanga, kusho uRolando, kepha manje kungenzeka ukuphikisana ngesihloko, ngokungafani neminyaka eyi-15 eyedlule. Abanye abantu abamnyama basathanda isikhumba esikhanyayo, uthi, futhi bambalwa kakhulu abamnyama abanemindeni eMiami ebathumela imali. Uthi: “Uke wawabona onodoli ababi abamnyama abanogwayi abathengisela izivakashi,” nami ngibonile. Ngiphinde ngabona imibhangqwana namaqembu amaningi oxubekile lapha kunanini ngaphambili enyakatho.
U-Assata Shakur uyisihloko sefilimu kaRolando, Amehlo AWobowbow. Kuwo, ukhuluma ngobungani obungapheli baseCuba, into akhule eyijwayela ngemuva kokuthuthela lapha.
Ngaphambilini namhlanje sahamba eHavana siya eLas Terrazas, umphakathi ohlala esimweni esisezingeni eliphezulu ezintabeni ezazijwayele ukuba yiFrench coffee plantation. Leli fayela elihle labavakashi nezivakashi liphendukela ezokuvakasha kungekuqaleni. Abantu be-1,000 abahlala lapho, kanye nendawo yokudla yemifino enokudla lapho sidle khona (El Romero nompheki uTito Nuñez Gudas), futhi ubuhle obuhle bendawo abumele bonke baseCuba; kodwa yizibonakaliso zalokho okusemandleni.
Ngathatha ibhodlela lobusi olwenziwe eLas Terrazas futhi ngifakwe ebhodleleni elisetshenziswe kabusha. Ngangifuna ukuletha ekhaya kuze kube yilapho ngibona okuthile. Uju luwuketshezi. Ngezindiza kungaba usongo lobuphekula noma isizathu sokusebenzisa i-$ 50 ekuhloleni i-suitcase.
Sibheke amangqamuzana amatshe abantu abalala ngaphansi kwawo lapho begadiwe lapho besebenza emasimini ekhofi ngaphansi kohlelo lobugqila. Zazicishe zilingane namakamelo ezigqila endlini kaThomas Jefferson, zikhudlwana kancane kunamakheji aseGuantanamo.
I-Cuba ne-United States zinezinto eziningi ezifanayo, kodwa akusho lutho ngoba umongameli wabo uhlala njalo u-Castro nowethu ushintshwe yonke iminyaka engu-4 noma i-8 kusuka kummeli oyedwa wokulwela impi, ukusetshenziswa nokunethezeka kwengcebo, cishe ummeli ofanayo wokulwa nobugebengu obudambisayo, ukusetshenziswa kwempahla, nokucutshungulwa kwengcebo. I-Cuba izobamba nini?
