And Putin Responds!!
The excellent Associated Press journalist headquartered in Havana, Andrea Rodriguez, reported from Moscow today that Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel is soliciting Russia's help to keep the Trump administration's obvious effort to commit what Diaz-Canel openly calls "genocide" against everyday Cubans on the island. The AP article is entitled "Putin Hosts Cuban Leader For Talks on Expanding Ties."
This AP photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin responding favorably today to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel's plea for Russia to stall "U.S. genocide" on the Caribbean's largest island. Putin said: "Russia hails Cuba's resilience in face of the fierce U. S. pressure. It's not easy to solve economic and social issues in the conditions that Cuba finds itself in, but you have done it successfully so far and honorably. Your island will have our help on strengthening the Cuban state." President Diaz-Canel said, "Considering that the Trump administration is conducting genocide against Cubans on the island to appease a few Cubans in Miami and Congress, Cuba will develop ties with Russia as a top priority. We observe the growing rule of Russia that resists the U. S. attempts of domination of vulnerable small nations like Cuba, and particularly Cuba. The six decades of what the Cuban Revolution gave Cuba, which was freedom from the U. S. Mafia rule of Cuba in the 1950s, must extend to the last breaths that sovereign-loving Cubans in Cuba will give to defend the island from more U. S. Mafia domination."
This AP/Ismael Francisco photo shows the Power Plant in Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba that Russia is refurbishing to provide the island with energy to combat the frequent blackouts inflict the island because of extreme U. S. sanctions that prevent Cuban exports and imports that limit food and other staples other than energy. This is one of three Power Plants that Russia is repairing in Cuba. Russia and China have greatly also improved rail service on the island while Russia is also continue to ship new Lada cars and Kamay trucks to the island.
The AP article by Andrea Rodriguez today quoted Cuban-born Arturo Lopez-Levy, now a notable Professor in the United States on International Relations and a renowned expert on U.S.-Cuban relations. Lopez-Levy opined that Cuban President Diaz-Canel's successful visit to Moscow today was timely and necessary and will be "helpful" for Cuba. The AP's Andrea Rodriguez quoted Lopez-Levy as making this exact statement: "Russia is trying to preserve the zone of influence it had during the era of the Soviet Union, looking for partners in Latin America and letting Washington know that it's still a great power. Cuba is signing up for Russian prospects that can benefit it, and are already showing results on the island."
Today's photo in Moscow reveals that Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel believes that Russia's President Vladimir Putin is deemed instrumental in the island's all-out effort to survive the otherwise unchecked "genocidal tactics" by the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to starve and deprive Cuba's people. Before he left for Russia this week, Diaz-Canel reportedly told well-known Cuban television journalist Randy Alonso, "When the Trump criminals have the muscle to stop food and other exports and imports to our island, and even to restrict travel by Cubans on visits to relatives else where on the island, and other such things, the U. S. muscle will have to be met by muscle...along with the revolutionary zeal that defines what we are as Cubans who don't want to be conquered again or to be annihilated."
This photo shows Randy Alonso interviewing Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel on the primetime Roundtable television program. Diaz-Canel was Cuba's Education Minister and he was born after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. He uses radio and television as well Social Media to stay in touch with the Cuban people, who also personally frequently visits around the island even at small meetings. But he is passionate about "preserving the Cuban Revolution that in 1959 gave this island life and sovereignty. That freedom, opposed to foreign domination, must sustain us to our last breath." It was that philosophy that propelled Diaz-Canel to Moscow to meet with Russian President Putin this week. If Cuba survives the Trump administration, Diaz-Canel yearns for "decent relations" with the United States and Russia and all other trade partners, but right now he understands Cuba most needs Russia.
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