Former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro meets Pope Benedict, in
Havana in March. Castro, even now years after his retirement
and although not in attendance at the Summit of the Americas,
was an overwhelming presence, nonetheless.
May Obama Be Able to Sleep with His Eyes Closed (Ahora,
Cuba)
Did the Sixth Summit of the Americas, just held in Cartagena, Colombia, mark
a turning point in the dying ember of ‘U.S. Empire?’ According to former Cuban dictator
Fidel Castro, writing for Cuba’s state-run media, ‘the images of the summit
should be well preserved as an example of a disaster ... Their decadent and
unsustainable empire has already earned the right to rest in peace.’
By Fidel Castro
Translated By Miguel Gutierrez
April 17, 2012
Cuba
- Ahora - Original Article (Spanish)
I carefully observed Obama at the famous “summit meeting.” At
times he was overcome by weariness and had to involuntarily shut his eyes, but
at other times, he slept with his eyes open.
The Cartagena Summit was not a meeting of badly-informed trade
union presidents, but a meeting of official representatives from the 33
countries of the hemisphere. The overwhelming majority are demanding solutions
to the most pressing economic and social problems affecting a region with the
most unequal distribution of wealth in the world.
I do not wish to put my views ahead of the opinions of
millions of people, all of whom are capable of making an objective and in-depth
analysis of the problems of Latin America, the Caribbean and the rest of our
globalized world, in which a few have it all and the rest have nothing. But the
system imposed on this hemisphere by imperialism, whatever name it goes by, is
worn out and unsustainable.
In the immediate future, humanity will have to cope with,
among other things, the problems associated with climate change, security and
the production of food for an ever-expanding global population.
Excessive rainfall is affecting both Colombia and Venezuela.
A recent analysis revealed that in March of this year, temperatures in the United
States were four degrees hotter than the all-time average. The consequences of
these changes, which are well known in the capitals of the leading European
countries, are giving give rise to catastrophic problems for humanity.
The people expect their political leaders to provide clear solutions
to these problems.
The Colombians, who hosted this disreputable summit, are a
hardworking and self-sacrificing people who like anyone else, require the
cooperation of their Latin American brothers and sisters, including
Venezuelans, Brazilians, Ecuadorians, Peruvians and others, to accomplish what
the Yankees, with their sophisticated weapons, their expansionism and their
insatiable craving for material goods, will never be able to do. The visionary
formula stated by José Martí is now more necessary
than ever in history: “The trees must form into ranks to prevent the giant with
boots seven-leagues deep from passing! It is the time to mobilize, to march
together, and to move forward in tight ranks, like silver in the veins of the
Andes.”
Far from the lucid, brilliant ideas of Simon Bolivar and Jose Marti, were the worn-out, saccharin
and monotonously repeated words of the illustrious Nobel laureate [Obama], which
he expressed during a ridiculous tour of the Colombian countryside and which I
heard yesterday afternoon. They only served to remind us of speeches made
during the Alliance
for Progress 51 years ago, before the monstrous crimes that lashed this
hemisphere had been committed, and when our country struggled not only for its
right to independence, but for its right to exist as a nation.
Posted by Worldmeets.US
Obama spoke about the distribution of land, but he never specified
how much land would be distributed – nor did he mention when and how.
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The Yankee multinationals will never give up their control
over the land, water, mines and natural resources of our countries. Their
soldiers should vacate their military bases and withdraw from each and every
one of our territories. And they should renounce unequal trade and the
plundering of our nations.
Perhaps CELAC [The Community of Latin American and
Caribbean States] will become what it should be: a hemispheric political
organization without the presence of the United States or Canada. Their
decadent and unsustainable empire has already earned the right to rest in
peace.
I think the images of the summit should be well preserved as
an example of a disaster.
I will set aside the scandal attributed to the misconduct of
members of the Secret Service, who are responsible for guaranteeing Obama’s
personal security. I have always had the impression that the staff entrusted
with the task is characterized by their professionalism. This is what I saw
during my visits to the United Nations when they protected heads of state. Undoubtedly,
they have protected Obama from those who, out of racial prejudice,would not hesitate to perpetrate an action against
him.
May Obama manage to sleep with eyes closed, if only for a
few hours, without having to be saddled him with the job of delivering a speech
about the immortality of the crab at an unreal summit.
Fidel Castro Ruz
April 16, 2012
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