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MARIO J. TORRES
Results of the "Revolution"
The communist leader in his long
speeches, fills his mouth with accusations against the US regarding its
embargo towards Cuba; this being the motive for the island's misfortunes but
what is true is that the removal of the embargo would mean a serious harm
for the system; contrary to what many might think, because this will give
the dictator no more reasons to blame the US for all his failures when the
fact that he is unable to lead the country to progress and welfare be openly
shown to the world.
Many wonder what will happen when he dies. Hopefully, this happy event for
millions of Cubans would mean the end of the system but his death could be
hidden for some time, or the world would have to be on the watch for the
fact that his followers may have even already doubles prepared to replace
him to make believe he is still alive and who knows how long they may get
away with it.
Something that will surely not work is the appointment of his brother Raul
Castro as Prime Minister since one of the few mistakes this leader has made
in so many years is to climb up at such a height as an enlightened,
unreachable, mystical, and untouchable evil god-like son of the sun that
absolutely nobody else could ever replace, and let alone his brother who has
never been very popular either. None of the Roman Emperors can be compared
with the magnetic power this man has achieved in people; Emperors were
replaced but Castro will not, and Cubans must thank God for this and indeed
there will be a much better Cuba without Castro in the near future and
democracy, liberty and welfare will again knock at the door of all Cubans
even though recovery will indeed be painful and will take some time and
maybe revenge can be bloody and may cap all this unfortunate history.
This may happen in 2, 5 or maybe more years of torture for Cubans but it
will surely come some day sooner or later, but sadly, the price of Castro's
"playing" to be the leader for more than 40 years is very high and expensive
for the Cuban people and it may be summarized in:
* Thousands of broken families and marriages; some being in exile and the
others remaining in the island. Parents who have not seen their children any
more or children who have not seen their parents. Wives who have lost their
husbands or have not seen them for years and vice versa with families that
have unsuccessfully striven to reunite in the US. Sons and daughters in the
US who have learned of their parents' death in the island without being able
to be next to them in their final hours.
* Thousands of families who have lost their members because:
- They have died in the sea trying to reach the US
- They have died in Angola or in other "internationalist" missions.
- They have been killed, imprisoned or eliminated by the communist system
throughout its different stages.
* Thousands of families split due to different political views and some of
them forced to retailiate on their very next of kins
* A frustrated generation of immigrants longing for years to regain their
homeland; many of them dying in the wait.
* A new generation of Cubans assimilating a foreign culture; thus mostly
losing the values of their own.
* Deceit, frustration and false illusion on many who believed in him.
* Revenge after his collapse
* Loss of property by real owners and their claim.
* Millions of suffering people who have endured misery, hunger, scarcity and
repression just for nothing
* A devastated and destroyed country that was once prosperous with the hope
of slow and painful recovery
* Uncertain redistribution of power and property and fear for new bad
governments
* The degradation of the Cuban nationality worldwide.
Castro can be considered as a traitor to his homeland and no punishment will
be enough to the massive crime he has committed.
His future defenders might spread the following doubt: Did he originally
think the right way and wanted to aim at a real perfect society and later
got rotten on the way or did he plan it all from the beginning? but if
something else needs to be said about what Cubans have endured is the fact
that the island needs a compensation as huge as the affront in the name of
justice.
MARIO J TORRES
FEBRUARY 2004
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