nguMedea Benjamin, CODEPINK, Kwangathi 17, 2022
NgoMeyi 16, abaphathi beBiden kumemezela izindlela ezintsha “zokwandisa ukwesekwa kwabantu baseCuba.” Kubandakanya ukunciphisa imikhawulo yokuhamba kanye nokusiza abantu baseCuba-America basekele futhi baxhumane nemindeni yabo. Baphawula igxathu eliya phambili kodwa isinyathelo somntwana, uma nje kubhekwa ukuthi unswinyo oluningi lwase-US eCuba lusekhona. Okunye okukhona yinqubomgomo yokuphatha yakwaBiden engenangqondo yokuzama ukuhlukanisa iCuba, kanye neNicaragua neVenezuela, kuzo zonke ezinye izifunda zezwe ngokubakhipha eNgqungqutheleni ezayo yamazwe aseMelika ezoba ngoJuni eLos Angeles.
Kungokokuqala ngqa selokhu kwaqala umhlangano wawo ngo-1994 ukuthi lo mcimbi, oba njalo ngemva kweminyaka emithathu, wenzeke ezweni laseMelika. Kepha esikhundleni sokuhlanganisa iWestern Hemisphere, abaphathi beBiden babonakala behlose ukuyihlukanisa ngokusabisa ngokukhipha amazwe amathathu ayingxenye yamazwe aseMelika.
Sekuphele izinyanga abaphathi beBiden bethi labo hulumeni bazokhishwa ngaphandle. Kuze kube manje, abakamenywa kunoma yimiphi imihlangano yokuzilungiselela futhi iNgqungquthela ngokwayo manje isinesikhathi esingaphansi kwenyanga ukuthi ifike. Ngenkathi lowo owayengunobhala wezindaba eWhite House uJen Psaki kanye nomkhulumeli woMnyango Wezwe uNed Price bephindaphinda ukuthi "azikho izinqumo ezithathiwe," kusho uMsizi kaNobhala Wezwe uBrian Nichols esitatimendeni. interview ku-TV yaseColombia ukuthi amazwe “angayihloniphi intando yeningi ngeke azithole izimemo.”
Uhlelo luka-Biden lokukhetha nokukhetha ukuthi yimaphi amazwe angaba khona eNgqungqutheleni selucuphe iziqhumane zesifunda. Ngokungafani nesikhathi esidlule, lapho i-US yaba nesikhathi esilula sokubeka intando yayo eLatin America, namuhla kunomuzwa onamandla wokuzimela, ikakhulukazi ngokuqala kabusha kohulumeni abathuthukayo. Esinye isici iChina. Ngenkathi i-US isenomnotho omkhulu, iChina inakho idlulile i-US njengozakwethu ohamba phambili kwezohwebo, enikeza amazwe ase-Latin America inkululeko eyengeziwe yokudelela i-United States noma okungenani abeke isisekelo esimaphakathi phakathi kwemibuso emikhulu emibili.
Ukusabela kwe-hemispheric ekukhishweni kwezifunda ezintathu zesifunda kuwukubonakaliswa kwalokho kuzimela, ngisho naphakathi kwezizwe ezincane zaseCaribbean. Eqinisweni, amazwi okuqala okudelela avela kumalungu eqembu Izizwe eziyi-15 I-Caribbean Community, noma i-Caricom, esabisa ngokwenza ukweqa iNgqungquthela. Kwabe sekufika i-regional heavyweight, uMongameli waseMexico u-Manuel López Obrador, owamangaza futhi wajabulisa abantu ezwenikazi lonke lapho kumemezela ukuthi, uma wonke amazwe engamenywanga, angayi. Omongameli be Bolivia futhi Ukujulangokushesha kwalandelwa izitatimende ezifanayo.
Abaphathi beBiden bazibophezele. Kuphakathi kokuthi ihlehla futhi ikhiphe izimemo, ijikijela inyama ebomvu kosopolitiki base-US abaphiko lwesokudla njengoSenator uMarco Rubio ngokuba “thambile kubukhomanisi,” noma ime iqinile futhi ibeka engcupheni yokucwilisa iNgqungquthela kanye nomthelela wase-US esifundeni.
Ukwehluleka kukaBiden ekukhulumeni nesifunda akuchazeki kakhulu uma kubhekwa isifundo okufanele ngabe wasithola njengephini likamongameli ngesikhathi uBarack Obama ebhekene nenkinga efanayo.
Lokho kwakungu-2015, lapho, ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili yokukhipha iCuba kulezi Zingqungquthela, amazwe alesi sifunda abeka phansi izinyawo zawo futhi efuna ukuba iCuba imenywe. U-Obama kwadingeka anqume ukuthi uzoweqa yini umhlangano futhi alahlekelwe amandla eLatin America, noma ahambe ayoqhudelana nokungqubuzana kwasekhaya. Wanquma ukuhamba.
Ngiyikhumbula kahle leyo Ngqungquthela ngoba ngangiphakathi kwezintatheli ezaziqhudelana zifuna izihlalo eziphambili ngesikhathi uMengameli uBarack Obama ezophoqeleka ukuthi abingelele uMengameli waseCuba, uRaúl Castro, owangena embusweni ngemuva kokuba umfowabo uFidel Castro ehle esikhundleni. Ukuxhawulana okubalulekile, ukuxhumana kokuqala phakathi kwabaholi bala mazwe womabili emashumini eminyaka, kwakuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu kule ngqungquthela.
U-Obama ubengaphoqelekile ukuthi axhawule uCastro kuphela, bekumele alalele nesifundo somlando omude. Inkulumo kaRaúl Castro yayiwukulandisa okungenakuvinjelwa kokuhlasela kwe-US okwedlule eCuba-kuhlanganise ne-Platt Amendment ka-1901 eyenza iCuba yaba umvikeli wase-US, ukusekelwa kwe-US kumshiqela waseCuba uFulgencio Batista ngeminyaka yawo-1950, ukuhlasela okuyinhlekelele kwe-1961 Bay of Pigs kanye ijele lase-US eliyihlazo e-Guantanamo. Kodwa uCastro ube nomusa kuMengameli u-Obama, ethi akanacala ngalelifa futhi embiza “ngendoda eqotho” enemvelaphi ethobekile.
Lo mhlangano uphawule inkathi entsha phakathi kwe-US neCuba, njengoba la mazwe womabili eqala ukulungisa ubudlelwano. Kwaba impumelelo, nohwebo oluningi, ukushintshana kwamasiko okwengeziwe, izinsiza ezengeziwe zabantu baseCuba, kanye namaCuba ambalwa afudukela e-United States. Ukuxhawulana kwaholela ekuvakasheni kwangempela kuka-Obama eHavana, uhambo olungalibaleki kangangokuthi lusaletha ukumamatheka okukhulu ebusweni babantu baseCuba esiqhingini.
Kwabe sekufika uDonald Trump, oweqa iNgqungquthela Yamazwe aseMelika elandelayo futhi wabeka unswinyo olusha olushiya umnotho waseCuba usesimweni esibucayi, ikakhulukazi lapho i-COVID igalelekile futhi yomisa imboni yezokuvakasha.
Kuze kube muva nje, uBiden ubelokhu elandela izinqubomgomo zikaTrump zokusika nokushisa eziholele ekushodeni okukhulu kanye nenkinga entsha yokufuduka, esikhundleni sokubuyela kunqubomgomo ka-Obama yokuwina-win yokuzibandakanya. Izinyathelo zangoMeyi 16 zokwandisa izindiza eziya eCuba nokuqala kabusha ukuhlangana kwemindeni ziyasiza, kodwa azanele ukumaka ushintsho lwangempela kunqubomgomo—ikakhulukazi uma uBiden ephikelela ekwenzeni iNgqungquthela “isimemo esilinganiselwe kuphela.”
I-Biden idinga ukuhamba ngokushesha. Kufanele ameme zonke izizwe zaseMelika eNgqungqutheleni. Kufanele axhawule zonke izinhloko zezwe futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, azibandakanye ezingxoxweni ezibucayi mayelana nezindaba ezishisayo ze-hemispheric njengokuwohloka komnotho okunonya okubangelwa yilolu bhubhane, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu okuthinta ukutholakala kokudla, kanye nodlame olwesabekayo lwezibhamu-konke okuyizona ezibhebhethekisa inkinga yokufuduka kwabantu. Ngaphandle kwalokho, i-Biden's #RoadtotheSummit, okuyisibambo se-twitter seNgqungquthela, izoholela ekugcineni.
UMedea Benjamin ungumsunguli weqembu lokuthula i-CODEPINK. Ungumbhali wezincwadi eziyishumi, okuhlanganisa nezincwadi ezintathu ezikhuluma ngeCuba—Akukho Isidlo Sasemini Samahhala: Ukudla Nenguquko eCuba, The Greening of the Revolution, kanye ne Talking About Revolution. Uyilungu leKomidi Lokuqondisa le-ACERE (Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect).
