Africa Ramps Up Its Assault on US "Apartheid" vs. Cuba!!

 

     According to the United Nations, there are 195  nations in the world and 193 are UN members and there are two observer members -- the Holy See and Palestine. In near unanimity, the UN vote each year loudly condemns the U. S. Embargo/Blockade of Cuba. But the Continent of Africa, which includes a whopping 54 nations, is always the most vociferously vocal in denouncing the United States and its drastic Cuban policies, which Africa considers to be "self-serving, genocidal, and unending simply because the United States has the military and financial power to maintain a Cuban policy that the rest of the world condemns."

    Today is January 14th of 2024 and the USA's drastic economic Embargo/Blockade of Cuba is now into its 62nd Year because it began in 1962. Tomorrow -- on January 15th of 2024 -- South Africa, as shown by the poster above, will host the 7th Africa-Cuba Solidarity Conference. One of this year's themes is: "We are not strong enough or rich enough to stop U. S. apartheid and genocide against Cuban families, but we continue to be brave enough to condemn it." As shown above...the poster promoting the conference features a photo of South Africa's civil rights icon Nelson Mandela with his dearest friend Fidel Castro, Cuba's revolutionary icon that Mandela credited with providing South Africa {and now 53 other Africa nations} with sovereignty as opposed to the foregin-powered apartheid rule that had gripped the continent for many decades, including the 27 years Mandela spent in a South Africa prison where his cell had a bucket for a toilet. Mandela said he emerged from that cell and became the democratic President of South Africa because of his dearest friend Fidel Castro.

     Famously, Nelson Mandela and his best friend Fidel Castro co-authored a book to explain how foreign-ruled Apartheid in South Africa changed to a voting-ruled Democracy, all thanks to...Fidel Castro. The Africa-Cuba Confernece that starts tomorrow -- January 15th of 2024 -- in Johannesburg tries to remind the world of the Mandela-Castro alliance that changed the world and the African continent.

The YouTube video above recounts the Mandela-Castro alliance.

   As a Civil Rights icon and Nobel Prize winner, Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa in 1994 and served proudly till 1999. He died at age 95 in 2013. In 1990 Mandela made an 8-city tour in the United States where he was euphorically hailed, everywhere except in Miami. By then Miami had a Ciuban-born Mayor and, in fact, today -- in mid-January of 2024 -- it is no coincidence that the current Mayor of Miami is the son of Miami's Mayor in 1990. Above is the interesting Front Page of the Miami Herald on June 29th of 1990 that reported on Nelson Mandela's visit to Miami: "Grass-roots welcome counters official snub." Yes, most of the people in Miami loved Nelson Mandela but the Cuban leaders of Miami, of course, rudely "snubbed" the African icon.

     The eternal friendship of Nelson Mandela, who died in Johannesburg at age 95 in 2013, and Fidel Castro, who died at age 90 in Havana in 2016, remains a pertinent fact in history...and even the Miami Herald should report such facts in January of 2024.

     Thus this week -- from January 15th till January 17th of 2024 -- the poster above heralds the fact that South Africa will try to remind the world that the vast African Continent's support of Cuba includes its unanimous and fierce denouncement of the United States policy against Cuban families.

     The U. S. Blockade of Cuba has existed since 1962 and the U. S. OCCUPATION of Guantanamo has existed since 1903. Like the rest of the world, the 54 African nations want both of those factors to end.

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BBC In 2024 Tells World HOW MUCH Embargoed Cubans Suffer

    As shown above, the top News sources and agencies around the world -- such as El Pais, The Guardian, Reuters, the BBC, etc. continually inform the world how much the U. S. Embargo/Blockade, which started in 1962, is direly harming everyday Cuban families in Cuba in January of 2024 while, of course, massively pleasing and supposedly enriching already rich and politically powerful Cubans in Miami and Washington. The BBC update above from Cuba is just one dire example.

    Of course, the Miami Herald on a daily basis -- as shown above in these first weeks of 2024 -- seems to only use its mighty and unchallenged anti-Cuba staff to denounce Cuba while always implying that the Batista/Mafia dictatorship that spawned it was a wonderful government and that the Cubans that fled the revolution to Miami are wonderful souls who make sure that the Embargo/Blockade of the island lasts another six decades if it takes that long to finally overthrow the revolution, and meanwhile Cubans in Cuba starve while Cubans in Miami flourish thanks to their unchallenged influence regarding Washington's political rules.

In 2024 the Cuban Revolution is 65 Years old.

     While Miami rakes in billions of dollars daily on its unrestricted tourism and commerce, Miami makes sure that Washington into a 7th decade makes sure that blocking tourism and trade to Cuba starves the nearby island. Meanwhile, the Miami Herald and the Miami Cubans rejoice in blocking tourism and commerce to Cuba although, arguably, Cuba has much better beaches and some other lures that would entice multitudes of tourists -- such as was the case back in the 1950s when Miami and the United States sent millions of tourists to Batista's Cuba.

    It appears that the Whole World wildly disagrees with Miami when it comes to things such as the Embargo/Blockade of Cuba. Yet it has existed for over six decades and, if necessary, it seems Miami wants it to exist for another six decades. And, meanwhile, as indicated by the image below, Washington merely claims it is doing its best to, uh...help the people of Cuba...not, uh, just the people in Miami. "Let's shake on it, little man!!"

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January 11th of 1980: The Day Celia Sanchez Died

    Today is January 11th of 2024. Back on January 11th of 1959 at age 59 Celia Sanchez died because of lung cancer. She is the  greatest heroine of the Cuban Revolution and, beyond that, many consider her the greatest and most important overall person in the Cuban Revolution. The photo directly above, for example, historically shows the day Fidel Castro joined Celia Sanchez's already viable Cuban Revolution in the foothills of the Sierra Maestra Mountains in southeast Cuba...and this was the day she gave him his revolutionary rifle. Yes, revolutionary insiders -- including Fidel Castro -- have believed that Celia Sanchez was the most important rebel during the Revolution and during Revolutionary Cuba starting on January 1st of 1959 until she died on January 11th of 1980. A doctor's daughter and a passionate fighter for Cuban children, Celia Sanchez started and ended the fight that overthrew the U.S./Mafia-backed Batista dictatorship...and she did it as a guerrilla fighter, a decision-maker, and as the top recruiter of rebels and supplies that were vital to the outcome of the Cuban Revolution.

    After the triumph of the Cuban Revolution on January 1 of 1959, the tireless Celia Sanchez was the leader who laid down the parameters for the post-Batista rule in Cuba...and she was always supported 100% by Fidel Castro. Thus her decisions were unchallenged. The historic photo above reveals that, day or night in Revolutionary Cuba, it was Celia Sanchez that devised and documented the revolutionary decisions, and thus Fidel Castro could relax in his rocking chair while she worked tirelessly on crafting the rules that he would later support totally. Therefore, it is historic quotations by Celia Sanchez that best define the Cuban Revolution, such as: "We rebels...get far too much credit for winning the revolution. Our enemies deserve most of the credit, for being cowards and idiots." 

The definitive Celia Sanchez quotation.

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The Day Fidel Took Control of Cuba!!

 January 8th of 1959!!!!

     Today is January 8th of 2024 and today marks the 65th anniversary of the day when Fidel Castro arrived in Havana and gave his first speech as the New Leader of Cuba on January 8th of 1959. All TV News Newscasts in Cuba today heralded that fact lavishly...including with photos and videos.     On January 8th of 1959 on Fidel Castro's drive into Havana, and then during his initial speech, it is notable that the rebel at his side was Camilo Cienfuegos, a key Commander during the war and at Santa Clara, the Battle that convinced Dictator Batista in Havana to bolt to his getaway airplane and fly to the Dominican Republic, which was led by another U.S.-backed dictator and anti-Castro foe named Rafael Trujillo.

  During the Revolutionary War, and during January 8th of 1959 when Fidel and Camilo arrived side-by-side in Havana as the new leaders of Cuba, they were the two most popular rebels in the minds of most everyday Cubans that hated the ousted Batista. Camilo was born in Havana on February 6th of 1932 but at the tender age of 27 in Revolutionary Cuba Camilo died on October 28 of 1959 in the crash of a small airplane during a coastal storm.

    With Camilo right beside Fidel during his speech in Havana on January 8th of 1959, historic photos and videos reveal that a White Dove flew onto Fidel's left shoulder and stayed there a long time during his animated speech, and even the surprised Fidel kept glancing around to look at the unique flyer.

    Also today -- on January 8th of 2024 -- TV newscasts across Cuba showed the portion of Fidel Castro's speech in which he spoke poignantly about one vital reason that the Cuban Revolution was so vital...pointing out that Cuban families not involved in the Batistianos-US-Mafia robbing and raping Cuba were left with not even crumbs and with no education and no healthcare. To buttress that portion of the January 8th of 1959 speech, Cuban television broadcasts today used images like the one above to illustrate the difference in Batista's Cuba as opposed to Castro's Cuba, with Castro on January 8th of 1959 for the first time in Havana promising that "everyone will, from now on, be guaranteed free educations through college and free heathcare for life."

    And so...today -- January 8th of 2024 -- the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution lavishly remembered the day on January 8th of 1959 when Camilo Cienfuegos and Fidel Castro arrived in Havana on the back of a truck to proclaim themselves the new rebel leaders of Cuba. Fate dictated that Camilo would soon die a few months later at age 27 in a plane crash on October 28th, 1959. But Fidel would live a long life as Cuba's revolutionary leader.

     Although Fidel Castro died at age 90 in 2016, most Cubans in Cuba today on the 65th Anniversary of his takeover of Havana still believe on January 8th of 2024 that it is still his Cuban Revolution and his Cuba. Of course, since 1959 the Cubans in Miami and in Washington believe otherwise!! 

On January 8th, 1959: Fidel Castro's speech.

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US Media Starts 65th Year of Trying to End Cuba's Revolution

 

   Now January of 2024 has arrived and since January of 1959 and everyday for the past 65 years the U. S. media has been obsessed with overthrowing the Cuban Revolution on the pugnacious nearby island. Of course, the Miami Herald's Andres Oppenheimer is just one example of the high-profile U. S. journalists whose focus is damning Revolutionary Cuba while implying how fantastic and great the prior Batista dictatorship in Cuba was!! But beyond Oppenheimer and the Miami Herald, it seems that all of the prime U. S. media outlets in the U. S. are awash with journalists whose mission is to shift foreign domination back to Cuba from the USA, and not just at the luscious U. S. Military Base that has dominated plush Guantanamo Bay in Cuba since 1903, or since the U. S. victory in the 1898 Spanish-American War fought in Cuba shifted foreign domination of Cuba from Spain to the United States. Of course, Mr. Oppenheimer and his ilk are not about to place any blame on Miami, Congressional Cubans, Batista, the Mafia, the U. S., etc., or anyone other than Revolutionary Cuba. For example, today is January 3rd of 2024 and here are the Top Cuban Headlines in the U. S. and they come from Oppenheimer's Miami Herald, and Fox News:

     Today on January 3rd of 2024, as shown above, Fox News is worried that some members of Congress are begging the U. S. to remove Cuba from its List of Nations That Sponsor Terrorism, which drastically exacerbates the starvation purposes of the six-decade-old Embargo/Blockade of Cuba. And, of course, Andres Oppenheimer's article/editorial today in the Miami Herald screams this blaring headline: "Cuba's dictatorship turns 65, and Cubans are fleeing like never before/Opinion." Of course, the rich and powerful Mr. Oppenheimer doesn't mention that calling Cuba a terrorist nation means that the tragic and endless U. S. Embargo/Blockade is starving many Cubans in Cuba and, alas, THEREFORE MANY OF THEM ARE INDEED TRYING TO GET RICH IN MIAMI. Mr. Oppenheimer, of course, is not about to mention that A Few Cubans in Cuba plan to survive Miami's beloved Embargo/Blockade and stay in Cuba!!

      On January 1st of 2024, as shown above, the Cuban media loudly celebrated the 65th ANNIVERSARY of the Cuban Revolution's Rule of Cuba...with the focus shifting to the historic city of Santiago de Cuba, which is 538 miles southeast of Havana. The Cuban media, as it often does, used the significant anniversity to compare its "journalism in Cuba to the journalism about Cuba in U. S. We journalists in Cuba live with the people of Cuba and we would be stupid and criminal to lie to them. The main U. S. journalists, on the other hand, are rich and isolated from average people and therefore benefit from the continuing lies about the Cuban Revolution...and especially about why is was necessay." While Oppenheimer and the Miami Herald today heralds the fact that "Cubans are fleeing the Revolution like never before...", the Cuban media has no trouble finding Revolutionary Cubans who still steadfastly support the Revolution and its prime leaders, including the old and new ones.

     The 92-year-old Raul Castro, one of the prime leaders of the Revolution from its start on July 26th of 1953 till January 1st of 1959, is shown above speaking in Santiago de Cuba on January 1st of 2024 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Revolutionary Cuba.

    Also on January 1st of 2024 in Santiago de Cuba this was Cuba's new leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel, celebrating the 65th Anniversity of the Cuban Revolution's triumph. Diaz-Canel is not yet 65-years-old because he was born after January 1st of 1959, the day that the Revolutionary rule of Cuba began. While the U. S. media for the past 65 years has proclaimed that Cubans on the island supported Batista and not the rebels, and that Cubans in Cuba today all hate the Revolution, neither of those things are true...and if they were true the Revolution would not have won in 1959 and would not in 2024 still be in control on the island. While the U. S. media is not concerned with the opinions of everyday Cubans in Cuba, the Cuban media has no problem finding and publicizing revolutionary supporters today:

    Perhaps, one day, Mr. Oppenheimer and the other Miami Herald journalists might want to ask some of the Cubans {shown above  celebrating the 65h Anniversary of Revolutionary Cuba} how they feel about things such as...the endless Blockade, when they plan to "flee" to Miami, etc., etc. These Cubans have opinions too, although the U. S. media doesn't seem to think so. Of course, as far as the U. S. media is concerned, all the good Cubans are already in Miami or still trying to "flee to Miami."

   And, uh, Mr. Oppenheimer, why don't you ask this Cuban woman who lives in the town of Guantanamo how she feels about the U. S. Military Base that has been on Cuba's Guantanamo Bay since 1903!! Acutally, I don't think anyone in the U. S. media is interested about anything this Cuban woman thinks...although she probably has more interesting and more pertinent things to say about Cuba than Mr. Oppenheimer has...about things such as the eternal U. S. Military Base on the edge of her Cuban town of Guantanamo!! 

    For the record, Mr. Oppenheimer, the Cuban woman that lives in the town of Guantanamo thinks that there should not be a U. S. flag flying over the U. S. Military Base at Guantanamo Bay, not since 1903 and not forever. After all, she thinks the U. S. has enough military bases elsewhere in the Caribbean and especially in nearby Florida. So, Mr. Oppenheimer, is Cuba the "Pearl of the Antilles" or does it refer to the U. S. occupation of Guantanamo Bay?? If you write an Editorial about it, at least mention the opinion of the Cuban woman that lives in the town of Guantanamo!! Thank you.

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