ICuba Isifuna Ngakumbi kunangaphambili

NgeCawa, ngoJulayi 11, abaninzi bethu babona imifanekiso emangalisayo uqhanqalazo eCuba. Njengommi waseMerika waseCuba, ndamangaliswa kukubona loo ngxolo. Kule minyaka ingamashumi amathandathu idlulileyo iCuba ibingumzekelo wozinzo eLatin America kujongwe izohlwayo zezoqoqosho zase-US, ukuphela kwemfazwe ebandayo, kunye nexesha elikhethekileyo ukusuka ku-1990-1995 xa yonke imihla abantu baseCuba babelamba njengoko izibonelelo zeSoviet zoma. Eli xesha livakala ngokwahlukileyo. I-COVID-19 yongeze ukubandezeleka okukhulu kubomi babantu baseCuba njengoko benzile kwihlabathi liphela. Ngelixa iCuba ingaphuhlisanga nalinye, kodwa izitofu ezimbini ezikhuphisanayo nokusebenza kwazo ziphuhliswe e-US, eYurophu nase China, ubhubhane uhamba ngokukhawuleza kunokuba izitofu zokugonya zinokuqhubeka. Njengoko sibonile e-US, esi sifo asithathi mabanjwa. 

Ndiyakucaphukela ukubona ilizwe labazali bam liphantsi koxinzelelo olunje. Uzalelwe eColombia kubazali abayishiya iCuba bengabantwana, andingowakho wesiqhelo waseCuba. Uninzi lwabantu baseCuba-baseMelika abakhuliswe eMiami njengam abazange baye eCuba, kwaye bawazi amabali abazali babo kuphela. Ekubeni ndiye eCuba izihlandlo ezingaphezu kwama-90, ndibava kakuhle abantu beso siqithi. Ndiyayiva intlungu yabo yaye ndilangazelela ukukhululeka ekubandezelekeni kwabo. 

Ndisebenze eCuba ukusukela ngo-1999 - ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sobomi bam kunye nawo wonke umsebenzi wam. Umsebenzi wam kukugcina ulwandle kwaye njengamayeza aseCuba, uluntu lwesayensi yolwandle lwaseCuba lutyhala ngaphaya kobunzima balo. Kube luvuyo ukusebenza noososayensi abancinci baseCuba abasebenza nzima njengoko besenza ukuhlola umhlaba wabo wolwandle ngohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olukhawulezayo nangobuchule obuninzi. Benza izisombululo kwizoyikiso zolwandle esijongene nazo sonke, nokuba singamasoshiyali okanye ngoongxowankulu. Ibali lam lelinye lentsebenziswano ngokuchasene nazo zonke iingxaki kunye nebali elindinike ithemba. Ukuba sinokusebenzisana nommelwane wethu osemazantsi ukukhusela ulwandle lwethu olwabelana ngalo, singenza nantoni na.  

Kunzima ukubona okwenzekayo eCuba. Ndibona abaseCuba abancinci abangazange baphile kwixesha legolide njengoko abantu baseCuba abadala babephila, xa inkqubo yobusoshiyali yayibanika into ababeyidinga xa beyidinga. Baziveza ngendlela engazange ibonwe ngaphambili kwaye bafuna ukuviwa. Bavakalelwa kukuba inkqubo ayisebenzi ngendlela ebefanele ukuba yiyo. 

Ndikwabona nokukhungatheka kwabantu baseCuba baseMelika abafana nam abangaqinisekanga ukuba mabenze ntoni. Abanye bafuna ungenelelo lomkhosi eCuba. Anditsho ngoku kwaye hayi ngonaphakade. ICuba ayikhange icele oko kuphela kodwa kufuneka sihloniphe ulongamo lwalo naliphi na ilizwe njengoko silindele okufanayo kwilizwe lethu. Thina njengelizwe siye sahlala emva amashumi amathandathu eminyaka kwaye singabaniki sandla kubantu baseCuba, sibeke nje imiqobo kunye nezithintelo. 

Ekuphela kwento eyahluke ngokupheleleyo kubudlelwane bethutyana obuphakathi koMongameli uBarack Obama kunye noRaul Castro okwathi kubantu abaninzi baseCuba yayilixesha elifutshane lethemba nentsebenziswano. Ngelishwa, yarhoxiswa ngokukhawuleza, yacima ithemba ngekamva kunye. Ngowam umsebenzi eCuba, ukuvulwa ngokufutshane kubonise uvuthondaba lweminyaka yomsebenzi usebenzisa isayensi ukwakha iibhulorho. Andizange ngaphambili ndibe nemincili malunga nekamva lobudlelwane baseCuba-US. Ndandizidla ngeengcinga kunye nemilinganiselo yaseMelika. 

Ndicaphuka ngakumbi xa ndisiva abezopolitiko baseMelika besithi kufuneka sikhuphe izithintelo kwaye sizame ukulambisa iCuba ukuze ingenise. Kutheni ukuqhubela phambili ukubandezeleka kwabantu abazizigidi ezili-11 kusisisombululo? Ukuba abantu baseCuba baphumelele kwixesha elikhethekileyo, baya kuphinda baphumelele ngeli xesha linzima.  

Ndabona rapper yaseCuba yaseMelika uPitbull thetha ngokutshiseka kwi-Instagram, kodwa unganikeli zimvo ngento esinokuyenza njengoluntu. Kungenxa yokuba kuncinane esinokukwenza. I-embargo iye yasibopha ngesandla. Isisusile ekubeni sibe nelizwi kwikamva laseCuba. Kwaye ngenxa yoko simele sibeke ityala. Oku akubeki tyala kuthintelo lokubandezeleka eCuba. Into endiyithethayo kukuba i-embargo iyaphikisana nemibono yaseMelika kwaye ngenxa yoko ithintele ukhetho lwethu njenge-diaspora ezama ukunceda abazalwana noodade bethu ngaphesheya kweFlorida Straits.

Eyona nto siyidingayo ngoku kukusebenzisana ngakumbi neCuba. Hayi ngaphantsi. Abantu abancinci baseCuba-baseMelika kufuneka bakhokhelele intlawulo. Ukuwangawangisa iiflegi zaseCuba, ukuvala iindlela ezinkulu kunye nokubamba iimpawu zeSOS Cuba akwanelanga.  

Ngoku kufuneka sifune ukuba i-embargo irhoxiswe ukumisa ukubandezeleka kwabantu baseCuba. Kufuneka sikhukulise isiqithi ngemfesane yethu.  

I-embargo yase-US echasene neCuba yowona kuxhatshazwa kwamalungelo oluntu kunye nokuzimela kwabantu baseMelika. Isixelela ukuba asinakuhamba okanye sichithe imali yethu apho sithanda khona. Asinakutyala imali kuncedo loluntu kwaye asinako ukutshintshiselana ngolwazi, imilinganiselo kunye nemveliso. Lixesha lokuba sibuyise ilizwi lethu kwaye sibe nelizwi kwindlela esizibandakanya ngayo nelizwe lethu. 

Iikhilomitha ezingama-90 zolwandle yiyo yonke into esahlulayo eCuba. Kodwa ulwandle lukwasidibanisa. Ndiyazingca ngento endiyiphumezileyo kwi-Ocean Foundation kunye noogxa bam baseCuba ukukhusela izixhobo zaselwandle ekwabelwana ngazo. Kungokubeka intsebenziswano ngaphezu kwezopolitiko ukuze sikwazi ukunceda abantu baseCuba abazizigidi ezili-11 abasidingayo. Thina njengamaMelika singenza ngcono.   

- UFernando Bretos | IGosa leNkqubo, iSiseko soLwandle

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