Once Again, Cuba Contributes Its Dead Abroad |
By Francisco Acevedo
HAVANA TIMES – It’s not the first time that Cuban blood is spilled in far-off places for no reason whatsoever, purely due to the whims and grandiose ambitions of the dictatorship.
Hundreds of thousands of young people were forced to risk their skins in Africa so that Fidel Castro could indulge his delirium of igniting the flame of rebellion everywhere. Likewise, hundreds of Cubans found themselves in the middle of a war in Grenada, and now, in Venezuela, 32 of them have fallen during the US operation to capture Nicolas Maduro.
The harsh reality—denied for years at all levels (even at the UN) by Cuban authorities—is that thousands of our compatriots were on Venezuelan soil not only to provide literacy training, medical or sports aid, but also military assistance, specifically in the protection of that country’s top leaders.
Especially after April 11, 2002, during the failed military coup against Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan high command saw the need to seek Cuban help in the innermost circles of power.
What can you expect from a president who doesn’t even trust his fellow countrymen? Maduro walked proudly over the bodies of those 32 Cubans, and then had the gall to try and come across as charming in front of US cameras.
What happened in Venezuela bears significant resemblance to what occurred in Grenada, where, through........