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Terrorism and Civil Society as Instruments of U.S. Policy in Cuba (1)
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| Contributor | The Oncoming Storm |
| Last Edited | The Oncoming Storm Feb 29, 2004 12:53am |
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| Category | Perspective |
| Media | Government Newspaper - Granma Internacional - English Edition |
| News Date | Thursday, July 31, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | THE condemnation of Cuba was immediate, strong and practically global for the April imprisonment of 75 political dissidents and for the summary execution of three ferry hijackers. Prominent among the critics were past friends of Cuba of recognized international stature.
As I read the hundreds of denunciations that came through my mail, it was easy to see how enemies of the revolution seized on those issues to condemn Cuba for violations of human rights. They had a field day. Deliberate or careless confusion between the political dissidents and the hijackers, two entirely unrelated matters, was also easy because the events happened at the same time. A Vatican publication went so far as to describe the hijackers as dissidents when in fact they were terrorists. But others of usual good faith toward Cuba also jumped on the bandwagon of condemnation treating the two issues as one. The remarks that follow address the human rights issues in both cases.
With respect to the imprisonment of 75 civil society activists, the main victim has been history, for these people were central to current U.S. government efforts to overthrow the Cuban government and destroy the work of the revolution. Indeed regime change, as overthrowing governments has come to be known, has been the continuing U.S. goal in Cuba since the earliest days of the revolutionary government. Programs to achieve this goal have included propaganda to denigrate the revolution, diplomatic and commercial isolation, trade embargo, terrorism and military support to counter-revolutionaries, the Bay of Pigs invasion, assassination plots against Fidel Castro and other leaders, biological and chemical warfare, and, more recently, efforts to foment an internal political opposition masquerading as an independent civil society. |
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