ICuba Isidinga Kakhulu Kunangaphambili

NgeSonto, ngoJulayi 11, abaningi bethu babona izithombe ezimangalisayo ze imibhikisho eCuba. NjengomMelika waseCuba, ngamangala lapho ngibona iziyaluyalu. Kule minyaka engamashumi ayisithupha edlule iCuba ibe yisibonelo sozinzo eLatin America lapho ibhekene nezijeziso zezomnotho zase-US, ukuphela kwempi ebandayo, kanye nesikhathi esikhethekile kusukela ngo-1990-1995 lapho nsuku zonke abantu baseCuba belamba njengoba uxhaso lwaseSoviet loma. Lesi sikhathi sizizwa sihlukile. I-COVID-19 yengeze ukuhlupheka okukhulu ezimpilweni zabantu baseCuba njengoba yenzile emhlabeni wonke. Yize iCuba ingazange ithuthukise nowodwa, kodwa imithi yokugoma emibili ephikisana nokusebenza ngempumelelo kwaleyo ethuthukiswe e-US, eYurophu naseChina, ubhubhane luhamba ngokushesha kunokuba imigomo ingaqhubeka. Njengoba sesibonile e-US, lesi sifo asithathi siboshwa. 

Ngiyakuzonda ukubona izwe labazali bami ngaphansi kwengcindezi enjalo. Ngazalelwa eColombia kubazali abashiya iCuba beseyizingane, angiyena umuntu wakho ojwayelekile waseCuba-American. Iningi labantu baseCuba-baseMelika abakhuliswe eMiami njengami abakaze baye eCuba, futhi bazi izindaba zabazali babo kuphela. Njengoba sengiye eCuba izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-90, ngiyakwazi ukubona indlela abantu bakulesi siqhingi abazizwa ngayo. Ngiyabuzwa ubuhlungu babo futhi ngilangazelela ukukhululeka ekuhluphekeni kwabo. 

Ngisebenze eCuba kusukela ngo-1999 - ngaphezu kwengxenye yempilo yami nawo wonke umsebenzi wami. Umsebenzi wami owongiwa kolwandle futhi njengomuthi waseCuba, umphakathi wesayensi yolwandle lwaseCuba uphusha ngaphezu kwesisindo sawo. Kube intokozo ukusebenza nososayensi abasebasha baseCuba abasebenza kanzima njengoba benza ukuze bahlole umhlaba wabo wolwandle ngesabelomali esifushane nangobuhlakani obukhulu. Bakha izixazululo ezinsongweni zolwandle sonke esibhekana nazo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi singamasocialists noma onxiwankulu. Indaba yami ingeyokubambisana ngokumelene nazo zonke izingqinamba kanye nendaba enginikeze ithemba. Uma singabambisana nomakhelwane wethu waseningizimu ukuze sivikele ulwandle lwethu esihlanganyela kulo, singakwazi ukufeza noma yini.  

Kunzima ukubona okwenzeka eCuba. Ngibona abaseCuba abasebasha abangakaze baphile ezikhathini ezinhle abantu baseCuba asebekhulile ababephila, lapho uhlelo lwesocialist lubanika ababekudinga ngesikhathi beludinga. Baziveza ngendlela engakaze ibonwe ngaphambili futhi bafuna ukulalelwa. Banomuzwa wokuthi uhlelo alusebenzi ngendlela obekufanele lusebenze ngayo. 

Ngiphinde ngibone ukukhungatheka kubantu baseMelika baseCuba njengami abangazi kahle ukuthi benzeni. Abanye bafuna kungenelele amasosha eCuba. Angisho manje futhi hhayi njalo. Akukhona nje ukuthi iCuba ayicelanga kodwa kumele sihloniphe ubukhosi banoma yiliphi izwe njengoba silindele okufanayo ngezwe lethu. Thina njengezwe sesihlale iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha singabaniki isandla abantu baseCuba, sibeke imingcele nemingcele. 

Okuhlukile kwaba ukuxoxisana okwesikhashana phakathi kukaMongameli u-Barack Obama kanye no-Raul Castro okwathi kubantu abaningi baseCuba kwakuyinkathi yethemba nokubambisana yesikhashana. Ngeshwa, yahoxiswa ngokushesha, yanqamula ithemba lekusasa ndawonye. Emsebenzini wami eCuba, ukuvulwa kafushane kubonise umvuthwandaba weminyaka yomsebenzi ngisebenzisa isayensi ukwakha amabhuloho. Angikaze ngaphambili ngijabule kangaka ngekusasa lobudlelwano baseCuba nase-US. Ngangiziqhenya ngemibono nezindinganiso zaseMelika. 

Ngikhungatheka nakakhulu lapho ngizwa osopolitiki base-US bethi kudingeka sihlanganise imingcele futhi sizame ukulambisa iCuba ukuze izithobe. Kungani ukuqhubekisela phambili ukuhlupheka kwabantu abayizigidi ezingu-11 kuyisixazululo? Uma amaCuba ephumelele kulesi sikhathi esikhethekile, azophinde adlule kulesi sikhathi esiyinselele.  

Ngabona umrepha waseCuba waseMelika uPitbull khuluma ngentshiseko ku-Instagram, kodwa unganikezi mibono ngalokho thina njengomphakathi esingakwenza. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi kuncane esingakwenza. Isivimbelo sesibophe ozankosi. Kusikhiphile ekubeni nezwi ngekusasa laseCuba. Futhi ngenxa yalokho kufanele thina ngokwethu sizisole. Lokhu akubeki icala ekuvinjweni kokuhlupheka eCuba. Engikushoyo ukuthi ukuvinjelwa kuphambene nemibono yaseMelika futhi ngenxa yalokho kukhawule izinketho zethu njenge-diaspora ezama ukusiza abafowethu nodadewethu ngaphesheya kweFlorida Straits.

Esikudingayo njengamanje ukusebenzelana okwengeziwe neCuba. Hhayi kancane. Intsha yaseCuba-yaseMelika kufanele ibe ihola leli cala. Ukuphephezelisa amafulegi aseCuba, ukuvimba imigwaqo emikhulu nokubamba izimpawu ze-SOS Cuba akwanele.  

Manje kumele sifune ukuthi kuhoxiswe ukuvinjelwa ukuze kumiswe ukuhlupheka kwabantu baseCuba. Kudingeka sigcwale isiqhingi ngozwelo lwethu.  

Ukuvalwa kwe-US ngokumelene neCuba kungukuhlukumeza kokugcina kwamalungelo abantu kanye nokuzimela kwabantu baseMelika. Lisitshela ukuthi asikwazi ukuhamba noma ukusebenzisa imali yethu lapho sithanda khona. Asikwazi ukutshala imali osizweni lokusiza abantu futhi ngeke sikwazi ukushintshanisa ulwazi, izindinganiso kanye nemikhiqizo. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi sibuyise izwi lethu futhi sibe nezwi endleleni esizibandakanya ngayo nezwe lakithi. 

Amakhilomitha angama-90 olwandle yikona konke okusihlukanisa neCuba. Kodwa ulwandle nalo luyasixhuma. Ngiyaziqhenya ngalokho engikufezile e-The Ocean Foundation nozakwethu baseCuba ukuze ngivikele izinsiza zasolwandle okwabelwana ngazo. Kungenxa yokubeka ukubambisana ngaphezu kwepolitiki lapho singakwazi khona ngempela ukusiza abantu baseCuba abayizigidi eziyi-11 abasidingayo. Thina njengamaMelika singenza kangcono.   

- UFernando Bretos | Isikhulu sohlelo, i-Ocean Foundation

Oxhumana nabo abezindaba:
Jason Donofrio | I-Ocean Foundation | [i-imeyili ivikelwe] | (202) 318-3178