[News] Fidel: A Revolution in the Making - Honduras
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Fidel Castro: A Revolution in the Making
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viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009
Sep 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Revolution leader
Fidel Castro stated that the heroic struggle of
the Honduran people during almost 90 days of
ceaseless battle has placed the fascist
pro-Yankee government, which is crushing unarmed
men and women, in a critical situation.
"We have seen the emergence of a new
conscience among the Honduran people. Legions of
social fighters have gained experience in that
battle," Fidel Castro wrote in an article posted
on Thursday in the Cubadebate website entitled "A Revolution in the Making."
"Zelaya delivered on his promise to return. He is
entitled to his position in the government and to
preside over the elections," the Cuban leader said.
"New and admirable cadres are outstanding in the
combative social movements; they are capable of
leading that people through the hazardous journey
ahead of the peoples of Our America. A Revolution
is in the making there," Fidel Castro pointed out.
Prensa Latina is posting below the full text of Fidel Castro's reflection.
REFLECTIONS BY COMRADE FIDEL
A REVOLUTION IN THE MAKING
Last July 16, I literally said that the coup
d'etat in Honduras "was conceived and organized
by unscrupulous characters on the far-right who
were officials in the confidence of George W.
Bush and had been promoted by him."
I mentioned the names of Hugo LLorens, Robert
Blau, Stephen McFarland and Robert Callahan,
Yankee ambassadors to Honduras, El Salvador,
Guatemala and Nicaragua appointed by Bush in the
months of July and August 2008; the four pursued
the line of John Negroponte and Otto Reich, two
characters with an ominous history.
I then indicated that the Yankee base at Soto
Cano had provided the main backup to the coup and
that "the idea of a peace initiative from Costa
Rica was transmitted to the president of that
country from the State Department when Obama was
in Moscow and he was declaring at a Russian
university that the only president of Honduras
was Manuel Zelaya," and added: "With the Costa
Rica meeting, the authority of the UN, the OAS
and the other institutions that committed their
support to the people of Honduras is being
questioned." "The only correct thing to do at
this moment is to demand that the government of
the United States ceases its intervention, stops
giving military aid to the coup and pulls out its Task Force from Honduras."
The US response to the coup d'etat in that
Central American country has been to strike an
agreement with the government of Colombia in
order to set up seven military bases similar to
that of Soto Cano in that sister nation thus
menacing Venezuela, Brazil and every other people in South America.
At a critical moment, when the tragedy of the
climate change and the international economic
crisis are under discussion at a UN summit
conference of heads of States, the putschists in
Honduras are threatening the immunity of the
Brazilian Embassy where President Zelaya, his
family and a group of followers were forced to seek sanctuary.
The fact is that the government of Brazil had
absolutely nothing to do with the situation created there.
Consequently, it is inadmissible --actually
inconceivable-- that the Brazilian Embassy may be
assaulted by the fascist government, unless it
intends to commit suicide dragging the country to
a direct intervention of foreign forces, --as it
was the case in Haitiâ "which would mean the
intervention of Yankee troops under the UN flag.
Honduras is not a remote isolated country in the
Caribbean. An intervention in Honduras with
foreign forces would unleash a conflict in
Central America and bring political chaos to the entire Latin American region.
The heroic struggle of the Honduran people during
almost 90 days of ceaseless battle has placed the
fascist pro-Yankee government, which is crushing
unarmed men and women, in a critical situation.
We have seen the emergence of a new conscience
among the Honduran people. Legions of social
fighters have gained experience in that battle.
Zelaya delivered on his promise to return. He is
entitled to his position in the government and to
preside over the elections. New and admirable
cadres are outstanding in the combative social
movements; they are capable of leading that
people through the hazardous journey ahead of the
peoples of Our America. A Revolution is in the making there.
The current session of the United Nations General
Assembly can be a historic one depending on its rights and/or wrongs.
The world leaders have presented very interesting
and complex subjects, which reflect the enormity
of the tasks facing humanity and the little time available.
Fidel Castro Ruz
September 24, 2009
1:23 PM
hr/iff/leg/lac
Modificado el ( viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009 )
Allí se engendra una Revolución
(Tomado de Cubadebate)
El pasado 16 de julio dije textualmente que el
golpe de Estado en Honduras "fue concebido y
organizado por personajes inescrupulosos de la
extrema derecha, que eran funcionarios de
confianza de George W. Bush y habían sido promovidos por él."
Cité los nombres de Hugo Llorens, Robert Blau,
Stephen McFarland y Robert Callahan, embajadores
yankis en Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala y
Nicaragua, nombrados por Bush los meses de julio
y agosto de 2008 y que los cuatro seguían la
línea de John Negroponte y Otto Reich, de tenebrosa historia.
Señalé la base yanki de Soto Cano como punto de
apoyo principal del=2 0golpe de Estado y que "la
idea de una iniciativa de paz a partir de Costa
Rica fue transmitida al Presidente de ese país
desde el Departamento de Estado cuando Obama
estaba en Moscú y declaraba, en una universidad
rusa, que el único Presidente de Honduras era
Manuel Zelaya". Añadí que "con la reunión de
Costa Rica se cuestionaba la autoridad de la ONU,
la OEA y demás instituciones que comprometieron
su apoyo al pueblo de Honduras y lo único
correcto era demandar del Gobierno de Estados
Unidos el cese de su intervención en Honduras y
retirar de ese país la Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta."
La respuesta de Estados Unidos, tras el golpe de
Estado en ese país de Centroamérica, ha sido
pactar con el Gobierno de Colombia un acuerdo
para crear siete bases militares, como la de Soto
Cano, en ese hermano país, que amenazan a
Venezuela, Brasil y todos los demás pueblos de Suramérica.
En un momento crítico, cuando se discute en una
reunión cumbre de Jefes de Estado en Naciones
Unidas la tragedia del cambio climático y la
crisis económica internacional, los golpistas en
Honduras amenazan con violar la inmunidad de la
Embajada de Brasil, donde se encuentra el
presidente Manuel Zelaya, su familia y un grupo
de sus seguidores que fueron obligados a protegerse en ese recinto.
Está probado que el gobierno de Brasil no tuvo
absolutamente nada que ver con la situación que allí se ha creado.
Es por tanto i nadmisible, más aún inconcebible,
que la Embajada brasileña sea asaltada por el
gobierno fascista, a no ser que pretenda
instrumentar su propio suicidio, arrastrando el
país a una intervención directa de fuerzas
extranjeras como ocurrió en Haití, lo que
significaría la intervención de tropas yankis
bajo la bandera de Naciones Unidas. Honduras no
es un país lejano y aislado en el Caribe. Una
intervención de fuerzas extranjeras en Honduras
desataría un conflicto en Centroamérica y crearía
un caos político en toda América Latina.
La heroica lucha del pueblo hondureño, después de
casi 90 días de incesante batallar, ha puesto en
crisis al gobierno fascista y pro yanki que
reprime a hombres y mujeres desarmados.
Hemos visto surgir una nueva conciencia en el
pueblo hondureño. Toda una legión de luchadores
sociales se ha curtido en esa batalla. Zelaya
cumplió su promesa de regresar. Tiene derecho a
que se le restablezca en el Gobierno y presidir
las elecciones. De los combativos movimientos
sociales están destacándose nuevos y admirables
cuadros, capaces de conducir a ese pueblo por los
difíciles caminos que les espera a los pueblos de
Nuestra América. Allí se engendra una Revolución.
La Asamblea de Naciones Unidas puede ser
histórica en dependencia de sus aciertos o errores.
Los líderes mundiales han expuesto temas de gran
interés y complejidad. Ellos reflejaron la
magnitud de las tarea s que la humanidad tiene
por delante y cuán escaso es el tiempo disponible.
Fidel Castro Ruz
Septiembre 24 de 2009
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