URos-Lehtinen: "Ezokhenketho eCuba zeziphi iindlela zotyalo-mali kunye nemveliso yepetroleum ecokisekileyo e-Iran"

I-Congresswoman u-Ileana Ros-Lehtinen uye wangxamela ukukhusela isithintelo sase-US sokuya eCuba ngelixa abanye beyiqhumisa kwindibano yeKomiti yezangaphandle ngoLwesine.

IRiphabhlikhi yaseMiami iphinde yachaza ingqiqo yokuvalwa kokuhamba njengendlela yokuhlutha ulawulo lweCastro yeedola zaseMelika zokhenketho ukuzama ukukhawulezisa ukuwa kwayo.

"Abaxhasi bohambo olungenazithintelo oluya eCuba bafuna ukuvuza urhulumente waseCuba ngokuhamba kwemali yezokhenketho, njengoko ubuzwilakhe buqinisa abantu baseCuba," utshilo.

Utshilo omnye woogxa bakhe waqhula, "Mabavumele abazalwana bakaCastro bajongane nekhefu lasentwasahlobo kube kanye okanye kabini, kwaye siza kubona ukuba basenolawulo olungakanani na."

"Ngaba nabani na unokuphikisa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba ukuhlala elunxwemeni lwaseVaradero okanye ukuya kwimijuxuzo yasebusuku kude kube ngokuhlwa kuya kuzisa inkululeko kunye nedemokhrasi kubantu baseCuba?" URos-Lehtinen uthe. “Ayikho into ehlekisayo.”

Nantsi isicatshulwa kwintetho yakhe yokuvula kwityala:

Ummeli wase-US u-Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), okwisikhundla seRiphabhlikhi kwiKomiti yeMicimbi yezaNgaphandle yeNdlu, wenze le ngxelo yokuvula ilandelayo kwindibano yakusasa malunga nomgaqo-nkqubo wase-US ngokubhekiselele eCuba:

“Ngomhla wama-21 kuJanuwari walo nyaka, ndeva ingxelo eyavela kwi-telegraph kwihlabathi ukuba i-US iya kubaphendulisa oorhulumente abakhohlakeleyo ngezenzo zabo; ukuba umgaqo-nkqubo wethu wamazwe angaphandle malunga noozwilakhe uya kusekelwa kwinjongo ebanzi yokuziphatha, yezopolitiko, kunye neqhinga lase-US lokukhuthaza inkululeko kunye nedemokhrasi.

“Ngalo mhla wembali, uMongameli Obama wathi 'Kwabo babambelele emandleni ngorhwaphilizo nobuqhetseba kunye nokuvala ukuchasana, yazini ukuba nikwicala elingalunganga lembali…'

"Wongeze ukuba i-US iya kolula isandla 'ukuba', wagxininisa, 'uzimisele ukukhulula inqindi yakho.'

“Kwaye ndiyamncoma uMongameli u-Obama ngokuphinda achaze isikhundla sakhe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka kwaye aphinde achaze inkxaso yakhe kuthintelo lwase-US kulawulo lobuzwilakhe lwaseCuba, ecela urhulumente ukuba akhulule onke amabanjwa ezopolitiko.

“UMongameli uthe 'Abantu baseCuba abakhululekanga…Kwaye yindawo yethu yokuhlala leyo…xa kufikwa kumgaqo-nkqubo wethu waseCuba.'

“Abaxhasi bohambo olungenazithintelo oluya eCuba bafuna ukuvuza urhulumente waseCuba ngokuhamba kwemali yokhenketho, njengoko ulawulo lobuzwilakhe luqinisa intambo kubantu baseCuba.

“Masenze ingxoxo enyanisekileyo malunga nomba wokuya eCuba—esekelwe kwizibakala. Akukho kuvalwa kokuhamba ukuya eCuba. Musa ukukhohlisa abantu baseMelika. Isithintelo sibonisa isithintelo kulo naluphi na uhambo oluya esiqithini. Kodwa kukho iindlela ezili-18 ezahlukeneyo abantu baseMelika abanokuthi bahambe ngokusemthethweni ukuya eCuba-amacandelo asi-8 phantsi kweelayisensi ngokubanzi kunye neendidi ezili-10 phantsi kweelayisensi ezithile.

"Ukongeza kusapho, iintatheli, kunye nohambo olusemthethweni lwase-US, umntu unokuhamba ngenxa yezinye izizathu, ukusukela kwimisebenzi eqinisekisiweyo yemfundo, yezenkolo, kunye neyobuntu, ukuya 'kuphando lobuchwephesha kunye neentlanganiso', ukhuphiswano lweembaleki, imidlalo yobugcisa, kunye nemisebenzi ephathelele kugunyaziswe ukuthumela ngaphandle kwe-US eCuba.

“Amalungu amaninzi eCongress aya eCuba minyaka le—amanye ngeendleko zabarhafi- ahlala kwezona hotele zigqwesileyo- ezinye zazo ezakhelwe kwipropathi ehluthiweyo e-US- kwaye abuye engenanto ngaphandle kophononongo oluqaqambileyo malunga noFidel Castro kunye 'nendoda yobuso' bakhe entsha. kunye nozwilakhe wangoku, umntakwabo uRaul.

"Ngo-Epreli, umzekelo, omnye wabalingane bethu baseNdlu waya eCuba kwaye wathetha oku ngoFidel Castro, 'Ibingathi ndimamele umhlobo wakudala.'

“Okulusizi nangakumbi kukuba, uninzi loogxa bethu baye bazama ukubonisa inkqubo yocalucalulo yokhathalelo lwempilo eCuba njengomzekelo emawuxeliswe yi-US.

“Ilungu lale komiti, ebudeni bentlanganiso yedolophu yomhla wama-28 ka-Agasti, layincoma inkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo yorhulumente waseCuba laza lathi uFidel Castro 'wayeyeyona nkokeli iqaqambileyo endakha ndadibana nayo.'

“Le yinkqubo efanayo yokhathalelo lwempilo lwaseCuba ebonelela ngalo lonke unyango olungcono kubantu basemzini nakwizikhulu zolawulo, ngelixa beyikhanyela kubavukeli kwaye bebeka amanye amabanjwa ezopolitiko kunyango lokothuka ngenxa yeenkolelo zabo.

“Ezinye zeendidi zokundwendwela e-US ukuya eCuba sele zikhona amashumi eminyaka. Enyanisweni, ngexesha lolawulo lweCarter, kwakungekho zithintelo ekuhambeni ukuya eCuba. Ngaphandle koku kunelayisensi, uhambo olujoliswe eMelika; ngaphandle kohlaselo lwabakhenkethi baseYurophu kunye neendwendwe ezisuka kumazwe akwiNtshona yeHemisphere, urhulumente waseCuba akakhange aligqibe inqindi.

Ngapha koko, kwiiveki nje ezimbini ezidlulileyo, iblogger ezimeleyo u-Yoani Sanchez kunye nogxa wabo u-Orlando Luis Pardo, babanjwa kwaye babethwa ziiarhente zaseCuba, ukubathintela ekubeni bathathe inxaxheba “kumngcelele ochasene nobundlobongela.”

“Kwiveki ephelileyo, uJosé Antonio Vázquez wagxothwa njengompheki kwindawo yokutyela, ngenxa yokuchasa kwakhe ubuzwilakhe baseCuba kunye nokunxiba i-'CAMBIO' - 'SHINTSHO'- isacholo njengale ndiyibambileyo.

“Into efunwa ngabachasi bemigaqo yohambo yangoku kukuhamba okungathintelwanga kwabakhenkethi ukuya eCuba.

“Omnye wabalingane bethu kule Komiti ude waqhula wathi 'Mabavumele abazalwana bakaCastro bajongane nekhefu lasentwasahlobo kanye okanye kabini, kwaye siza kubona ukuba basenolawulo olungakanani na.'

“Siyibonile imifanekiso ezindabeni malunga nokwenzeka ngexesha leNtwasahlobo. Ngaba nabani na unokuphikisa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba ukuhlala kwiilwandle zaseVaradero okanye ukuya kwimijuxuzo yasebusuku kude kube ngokuhlwa kuya kuzisa inkululeko kunye nedemokhrasi kubantu baseCuba? Ayihlekisi.

“Uninzi lwabantu baseYurophu nabakhenkethi abavela kwihlabathi liphela bebesiya eCuba ngenxa yerum, umculo, isini, iicuba kunye nelanga kangangeminyaka. Ngaba baye bazisa iinguqu notshintsho kwidemokhrasi?

“Ngokwahlukileyo koko, njengoko uMthunywa uCason, elinye lamangqina ethu namhlanje, ethe waphawula kwinqaku lomhleli ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, izithintelo zokhenketho okanye ukuvalwa kohambo oluchasene norhulumente wocalucalulo woMzantsi Afrika, zidlale indima enkulu ekunyanzeliseni inguqu ngokuqinisekisa urhulumente ukuba izenzo zakhe. zazingamkelekanga kwaye zingaxolelwa.

"Imithetho yokuhamba yaseCuba kunye nezohlwayo zase-US kulawulo lweCastro zaphuhliswa ukuze kulungiswe imidla yokhuseleko yase-US kunye nezinto eziphambili kumgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle kwaye zisekwe kumthetho oqinileyo.

“Okokuqala, icandelo lezokhenketho eCuba lakhiwe phezu kwepropathi yaseMelika.

“Uninzi lweehotele kunye neeresityu ezivaliweyo kumndilili waseCuba, ziyinxalenye yepropathi engahlawulwanga ebiweyo kubantu baseMelika.

Kutheni le nto sifuna ukusasaza ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo epropathi aseMelika ngokukhuthaza ukhenketho kwesi siqithi?

“Okwesibini, ubuthathaka boqoqosho lobuzwilakhe baseCuba bukwicandelo lezokhenketho, njengoko lelona mthombo mkhulu wengeniso kurhulumente.

“Ngendlela efanayo naleyo yoMthetho we-Iran Libya Sanctions Act wenziwe ngo-1996 ukujolisa kubuthathaka bezoqoqosho e-Iran, icandelo layo lamandla, kwaye ngendlela efanayo nale Komiti, kwiiveki nje ezintathu ezidlulileyo, yamkele uMthetho weSanctions we-Iran Refined Petroleum ukuba inyanzelise izohlwayo ekujoliswe kuzo. kwi-Iran entsha yesithende se-Achilles zoqoqosho, ngoko ke imimiselo yokuhamba yase-US ijoliswe kwicandelo lokhenketho.

“Ukhenketho luseCuba ukuba lunjani utyalo-mali lwamandla kunye neemveliso zepetroleum esulungekileyo eIran.

“Okwesithathu, kumdla wokhuseleko wesizwe sethu ukunciphisa uhambo oluya esiqithini.

“Njenge-Arhente yangaphambili yezobuntlola abachasayo baye bagxininisa ngexesha leengqungquthela zeCongress na njengabahlalutyi kwingxelo ye-Stratfor Global Intelligence: '...umkhosi waseCuba udityaniswe kakuhle kulo lonke ushishino lwezokhenketho… imisebenzi engekho mthethweni ngenxa yomthamo omkhulu wabakhenkethi bamazwe angaphandle abangena nabaphuma kwezi ndawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide, bebonelela iCuba ngemali enzima.'

“Phakathi kwamanye amaqumrhu olawulo abandakanyekayo kwicandelo lezokhenketho yiGrupo de Administracion Empresarial SA (IQela loLawulo lweShishini), okanye iGAESA, eyinkampani ebambe uMphathiswa wezoKhuselo waseCuba. Eli qela liphethe uluhlu olubanzi lweenkampani, eziquka iSasa, elawula uthungelwano lwesikhululo segesi sesiqithi kunye neGaviota, elawula kwaye isebenze ngaphezu kweehotele ze-30 kunye neendawo zokungcebeleka.

“Ingeniso yokhenketho yenze ukuba iGAESA ilawule iMilitary Counterintelligence Department VI kunye neenkampani ezixhasayo, ezifana ne-Antex esebenze njengejelo lokwazisa abasebenzi bezobuntlola baseCuba kumazwe angaphandle.

“Kwaye kwanikelwa ingxelo yokuba abezobukrelekrele baseCuba babona uhambo lwabakhenkethi besiya kwesi siqithi njengomthombo obalulekileyo wezinto ezinokubakho—oko kukuthi, njengendlela yokugaya abantu basemzini ukuba baye kuhlola urhulumente.

"Ngenxa yempumelelo yobukrelekrele baseCuba ekufuneni izifundiswa zase-US, igosa eliphezulu le-INS, igosa eliphezulu leSebe lezoKhuselo, igosa lezobuntlola kwiSebe likaRhulumente kunye negosa lophando uWalter Kendall Meyers, kunye noyena umhlalutyi ophezulu waseCuba kwi-Arhente yezobuNgqondo bezoKhuselo, uAna Belen Montes, ukungcatsha i-United States kunye nokuhlola urhulumente, kutheni sifuna ukwenza lula imisebenzi enokubakho yobuntlola ngokuvumela uhambo olungathintelwanga ukuya eCuba?

“Okwesine, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yase-US ithe ukuya eCuba kunokuthintelwa ukuxhasa umgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US.

“INkundla ibambe ukuba '...kukho isiseko esaneleyo phantsi kweNkqubo eSisekileyo yeGatya lesiHlomelo sesiHlanu ukugcina isigqibo sikaMongameli sokucutha ukuhamba kwemali esebenza nzima eCuba …ngokuthintela uhambo…'

“Okwesihlanu, imigaqo yokuhamba ikwanceda ukuba negalelo kukhuseleko lwabantu baseMelika kwaye isenze sikwazi ukunciphisa umngcipheko kubahambi baseMelika abaya eCuba.

“Abanye bafuna ukuthethelela ukususwa kwayo yonke imiqobo yokuhamba ngokuthelekisa iCuba neIran. Ndiyakwamkela ukufana okunjalo. Imeko yase-Iran ibonisa imfuneko yemimiselo yokuhamba ngokukhanyisa ukukhanya kwimiba yokhuseleko kunye neyokhuseleko ehambelana nohambo olungalawulwayo oluya kumazwe aphantsi kolawulo lolawulo olukhohlakeleyo.

“Abakhweli abathathu baseMelika, abalahlekileyo ngelixa benyuka intaba ecaleni komda ongaphawulwanga weIran-Iraq, babanjwa ngamagosa okhuseleko e-Iran ngoJulayi kwaye ngoku babekwa ityala lobuntlola.

“Kukwakho netyala lentatheli yaseIran naseMelika uRoxana Saberi, owathi, ngo-Epreli walo nyaka, wagwetywa iminyaka esi-8 entolongweni emva kokuba i-Iran imtyhola ngokuba yintlola yase-United States. Emva kokuchitha iinyanga ezine entolongweni, wakhululwa ngoMeyi.

“UMlawuli weNkqubo yoMbindi Mpuma kwiZiko laMazwe ngaMazwe laseWoodrow Wilson wavalelwa eIran ngo-2007 waza wavalelwa yedwa kwintolongo yase-Evin ngaphezu kweentsuku ezili-110.

"I-Iran kunye neCuba ayizolawulo oluthembekileyo.

“Kwangoku, iSebe likarhulumente liyalumkisa 'Kwiimeko ezininzi, iCuba(n) (ulawulo) iye yahlutha iipaspoti zabemi bamazwe amabini e-US ... kwaye ibalela aba bantu imvume yokubuyela e-United States… ICandelo loMdla wase-US lokubanjwa kwabemi ababini baseCuba-American kwaye ukwala amagosa e-consular yase-US ukuba afikelele kubo. Abayifuni nenkcazelo ephathelele impilo-ntle nonyango lwabo.'

“Kutheni kukhuthazwa ukhenketho lokuya eCuba? Kutheni ungakhethi ukuya eBahamas, eJamaica, okanye kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican, unikwe ukuphunyezwa kwesivumelwano sokurhweba se-CAFTA-DR?

“IHaiti idinga uncedo. Kutheni ungathobeki eHaiti kwaye uncedise ekwakheni kwakhona esi sizwe?

"Kutheni ukhetha ukuphuma kwikhefu lokunyanzelwa, ukusebenza kwamakhoboka abantu baseCuba abacinezelweyo abavinjwa ukufikelela kwiihotele zabakhenkethi kwilizwe labo?

“Ukukhuthaza uhambo lwabakhenkethi ukuya eCuba akuqhubeli phambili umdla wase-US okanye wabavoti bethu.

Ukuba unqwenela ukuya kwimozulu eshushu yetropiki, yiza eMiami okanye kwiSithili saseKey West kwiSithili sam okanye naluphi na ulwandle olukwiGulf yaseFlorida okanye kuNxweme lweAtlantiki. Yiya kunxweme lwaseJersey. Ndwendwela eCalifornia okanye eArizona kwiholide.

“Masinyuse uqoqosho lwamazwe ethu. Sukuzalisa ingxowa yolawulo lwaseCuba.”