In recent days, two historical events have been commemorated in Our America, a concept defined by Simón Bolívar, adopted by José Martí and confirmed by José Carlos Mariátegui.
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Peru: The great homeland.
Our America today is the Great Fatherland what our elders dreamed of and which will come true through the unity and strength of peoples. We refer to the defeat of the mercenary invasion of Playa Girón recorded in Cuba in April 1961; and the victory of the Venezuelan people who, on April 13, 2002, ruined the attempted fascist coup by the Caracas oligarchy determined to overthrow the government of Commander Hugo Chávez.
Two episodes of undeniable importance that have marked the consciences of millions of Latin Americans. They also showed the fighting power of the peoples, who usually emerge victorious from the aggression of the reactionary forces determined to block the paths to liberation.
It is clear that under these two circumstances the peoples fought for a just cause, an essential basis for every victory; but they affirmed the idea that a just cause is not enough to succeed; that it is necessary, in addition to the indispensable force, to break down the enemy’s resistance and push through this cause.
Both episodes were the culmination of class confrontation in processes that have shaped the history of our continent. And this should be taken into account especially by those who believe that social changes can be made on the basis of “dialogue tables” and “agreements”.
In Cuba, Playa Giron she was instrumental in defining the socialist character of the revolution and exposing the perverse meaning of North American politics. John F. Kennedy – the “Great Democrat” – was hired by the Pentagon and his country’s Central Intelligence Agency and had no qualms about reporting an operation that brought death across America; and what was that answered and defeated by an armed people
Business cliques and traditional parties are being ousted from power in Venezuela by the will of the citizen; They sought to regain their privileges and restore a social order that was collapsing, buried by the will of millions of rural and urban workers. Caracas was the scene of a decisive battle.
In her, Citizen mobilization, defined the destiny of the social processl. These two experiences – Cuba and Venezuela, to which Nicaragua must be added – are the mirror of our times.
Cuba has undauntedly preserved its flag thanks to the courage and dignity of its peoplebut also because of the presence of a wise and consistent leadership at the top of power.
Con over 60 years under US blockade, for Cuba today manifests the belonging of millions of men and women in the world; but also the hatred of cliques that are beating the war drums again and are using National Socialism as an ideology and constant practice.
In our country, this hatred is fueled by the coup mafia, which targets the Cuban diplomatic mission. In fact, they have already registered against the Cuban embassy in Lima, reprehensible “seeds” fueled by a press campaign spearheaded by spokespeople from the most reactionary right, determined to attack the Caribbean homeland’s ambassador, whom they wish to discredit with impunity .
It should be noted that this attack “does not prevail” because it is based on lies and goes against the will of the people.
The situation is similar in Venezuela. In Andrés Bello’s homeland, a process of normalization is taking place in various areas of bourgeois life. The “media” can no longer speak of a “deep crisis” or show signs of backwardness or misery. By overcoming the blockade and sanctions imposed by the Yankee government, Venezuela is reborn.
Even the White House now has ties to the Miraflores Palace to extract oilthat he cannot ask Guaidó and that he must work it out with the national government and President Maduro.
It is good that we are learning these lessons in our country. We live in a phase in which the class struggle is intensifying considerably. A coup offensive aimed at destroying the popular government elected last June is gaining momentum in the media – and not only in them.
The effects of the crisis are being reaped, some of which have to do with the neoliberal “burden” imposed on the country by Fujimorism and meekly applied by subsequent governments; and others are a consequence of the “sanctions” promoted by the United States government against the Russian Federation in connection with the military conflict on Ukrainian soil, greatly affecting fuel, wheat and fertilizer prices; but they also exploit the shortcomings of the people’s movement and the weaknesses and mistakes of the government.
hey, the President’s resignation, or his dismissal in one way or another, is an immediate target for reaction. She doesn’t care about the country or the people. He has spent the last eight months seek the overthrow of the President or the censorship of his ministers, in the midst of a rampant campaign of attacks, assaults, or insults; and today she sings victory, emboldened by a constitutional indictment she has pending.
Objectively speaking, it has not given the President a truce, nor has it allowed him to implement his governance.
Now more than ever, people need to unite against the coup in any of its forms; and the government, the duty to correct mistakes and overcome restrictions of all kinds.
Here, too, the fate of the Great Home is at stake.