Havana. – (Prensa Latina) Cuba remembered this Sunday the 59th anniversary of the first great defeat of imperialism in America, which occurred in the sands of Playa Girón, when the people of the island defeated the mercenary forces in the service of the United States.
On April 19, 1961, less than 72 hours after the start of a carefully prepared invasion by the United States Government, the Cubans, without updated weapons and decimated their war aircraft by the bombings of the 15th, won.
The aggression was part of Operation Pluto, of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which, with the use of ex-Batista militants and other sympathizers of the overthrown dictatorship in January 1959, intended to create conditions for an intervention.
The northern nation aspired, by force, to return Cuba to the state of affairs before the triumph of the Revolution, which had taken radical measures such as handing over the land to the peasants, through the Agrarian Reform.
It was the US Army that transferred the 2506 mercenary brigade, which was very well armed and accompanied by thirty planes, including 16 B-26 bombers, to the shores of the largest of the Antilles.
A powerful North American naval group provided cover to the landing, since it was expected that, once the beachhead had been conquered, a supposed Cuban government would request the support of the United States to consolidate the land won.
The CIA itself recruited and prepared the men, and had also set up a favorable scenario for intervention, in the surroundings of the Naval Base in Guantanamo.
The overwhelming victory at Playa Giron frustrated those aspirations and showed the support of the Cubans to the process of transformation that began on January 1, 1959, which they were willing to defend at the cost of their lives.
Almost 60 years after Giron’s victory, Cuba’s solidarity with other countries in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic has eclipsed the United States in the world, according to the website http://www.strategic-culture.org.
The publication claims that Washington’s coercion is not compatible with Cuba’s solidarity and argues that the coronavirus pandemic pushed the island into the international arena and as a formidable opponent of capitalism.
While western countries are struggling to cope with increasingly deficient health care systems that are responsible for a high death rate among patients with coronavirus, Cuba is facing the situation and at the same time maintaining its internationalist reach, he points out.
Cuba is not isolated, the article adds. Its doctors are in great demand by the same governments that consent to the foreign policy of the United States, he says.
At the moment, however, Washington is waging a losing battle. Since 2018, the Trump administration has embarked on a smear campaign against the Cuban government, alleging the exploitation of revolutionary doctors who offer their services worldwide and in remote areas, he says.
Unable to curb the growing need for Cuban doctors in western countries, the United States retaliates by preventing foreign medical supplies from reaching the island, as happened with a donation from the Chinese businessman and founder of the Alibaba website.
The publication highlights that the White House is pressuring countries to reject the medical aid Cuba offers to combat the pandemic, a call that is finding more and more rejection as more countries seek the experience of Cuban doctors in times of pandemics or natural diseases. disasters
The United States, which influences world opinion through state terrorism and foreign intervention, is no longer a benchmark, he notes.
However, he continues, Cuba simply remained firm in its values and committed to the principles outlined by revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.
Leading by example instead of coercion, Cuba eclipsed the United States on the world stage, highlights the article published by strategic-culture.org.
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