And what will Cubans say?

Authors:
José Alberto López Rafaschieri and Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net

After spending much of 2010 talking about the risks of atomic weapons and the alarming possibility of a nuclear disaster -that never came- by the tensions between Iran, Israel and the United States, Fidel Castro devoted the first column of 2011 , "What would Einstein say?" to the same subject, deliberately emphasizing an issue that is far removed from what really matters to his people: Cuba's problems.

From the man who threatened to launch nuclear missiles to the United States and who has ruled Cuba for over fifty years, the last thing we want to read is a list of nuclear accusations against the world powers, has he nothing to say about his own country? Rather than asking his readers about the possible reaction of Albert Einstein regarding the attacks allegedly directed by the Hebrew intelligence agencies and NATO against Iranian scientists, as Castro did in his "Reflections" of January 6, why not to ask Cubans about his country's poor level of development despite having tried communism for more than fifty years? What will Cubans say on the technological delay of the island, so far behind Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia and Chile, specially in the field of information and communication systems? What will Cubans say about the huge number of political prisoners of the regime? What will Cubans say about the way Fidel handed the presidency to his brother as being part of the family heritage? What will Cubans say about the fact that their country is going to be one of the last of Latin America to adopt a democratic system?

It is to these anxieties of the Cuban people that Castro should devote his meditations, because the debate on Cuban policy is also "almost inexhaustible", Fidel, quoting the same phrase you used in your column referring the nuclear issue. And you can be sure that depending on you and your brother the transformation of Cuba in a democratic nation, the problem is more interesting for the world and your people than any other you want to philosophize. You already said enough about global warming, the growth of deserts and an imaginary nuclear war, now tell us more about Cuba.

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