Cuba's Unprecedented
Triumph Over Adversity (Vermelho, Brazil)
"Over
these five decades, this small Caribbean island showed an unwavering firmness of
principle, tenacity, perseverance and resilience in the face of tremendous adversity
imposed by an economic, technological and cultural blockade unprecedented in modern
times. … The history of Cuba, victim of attacks on its territorial integrity
and the sabotage of its agriculture, industry, trade, and so on, including on
its leader Fidel Castro who escaped thousands of conspiracies to assassinate
him unharmed, is worthy of a long treatise on the art of how not to drown in
the face of incomparable storms."
The decision by the United States to resume diplomatic
relations with Cuba after 53 years is one of the major political and diplomatic
events in recent decades and a start in the process of repairing one of the
greatest injustices committed against a nation in all of time.
Over these five decades, this small Caribbean island showed
an unwavering firmness of principle, tenacity, perseverance and resilience in
the face of tremendous adversity imposed by an economic, technological and
cultural blockade unprecedented in modern times.
Cuba managed to overcome difficulties, survive the great
changes in recent history like the debacle of the Soviet Union, the socialist
camp in the West, and through geopolitical storms and social torment, persist faithful
to its commitment to transform a Caribbean island little by little, just a few
hundred kilometers from the great Northern empire, into a utopia for a better
world.
Even if as a result of external and domestic factors and
implacable boycotts, that dream of a more just society has at times become
something of a nightmare for its people, who have suffered from various forms
of food rationing and lack of technological devices that have become virtually
commonplace around the world.
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But what's really incredible is that Cuba, as much as it
suffered from absurd difficulties, promoted great scientific advances in
several areas, such as medicine, the eradication of illiteracy and increased life
expectancy for its population to levels higher than a majority of countries on
the planet and comparable to the select community in the first world.
The history of Cuba, victim of attacks on its territorial
integrity and the sabotage of its agriculture, industry, trade, and so on,
including on its leader Fidel Castro who escaped thousands of conspiracies to
assassinate him unharmed, is worthy of a long treatise on the art of how not to
drown in the face of incomparable storms.
It's no accident that Gabriel
Garcia Márquez, along with many other
intellectuals and artists, saw Cuba as a source of inspiration, and its people
and leaders, seasoned his material with singular material as well as almost
inexplicable stories full of magic realism and sensuality.
This is Cuba. It isn't enough to see it; you must dive into
its unfathomable mysteries. That is why she survived. And that is how she will
be victorious.
