I-VARADERO, eCuba-Ngosuku lwabo lokuqala lweholide kwindawo engaselunxwemeni yaseCuba, isibini saseKhanada uJim kunye noTammy Bosch bonwabele i-cocktail yasekuseni kwi-Club Hemingway lobby bar yehotele yaseMarina Palace.

“Kwakuthabatha ama-30 (iidigri ngokukaCelsius) xa sasimka eKhanada,” utshilo uJim Bosch, oneminyaka engama-49, ongumsebenzi wokulungisa kumda waseMontana.

Abakhenkethi baseKhanada bathontelana ukuya eCuba ngamanani amakhulu, nto leyo eyenza ukhenketho lube yindawo eqaqambileyo kuqoqosho lwesiqithi olumfiliba. Ukubethelwa ziinkanyamba ezintathu, ukunyuka kwamaxabiso okuthengwa kokutya kwamanye amazwe kunye nokuwa okukhulu kwexabiso le-nickel, i-export yayo ephezulu, uqoqosho lwaseCuba lwaphela omnye weminyaka enzima ukususela ekuweni kweSoviet Union phantse kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini eyadlulayo.

“ICuba ikwimeko yezoqoqosho emaxongo kakhulu ngoku,” utshilo u-Antonio Zamora, igqwetha elaziwayo laseCuba laseMelika eMiami elityelela eCuba rhoqo. "Bafuna ukonyuswa, kwaye ukhenketho yindawo enye apho luza kuvela khona."

I-Cuba ibone ukhenketho olurekhodiweyo ngo-2008 kunye nabatyeleli abazizigidi ezi-2.35, bavelisa ngaphezu kwe-2.7 yezigidigidi zeedola kwingeniso, i-13.5 yepesenti yokunyuka kunyaka odlulileyo.

Ukunyuka kokhenketho kumangalisa ngakumbi xa kujongwa ifuthe lengxaki yoqoqosho lwehlabathi ekuhambeni ukuya kwezinye iindawo zeCaribbean. Oku kunokubalelwa kwisiqithi esinexabiso eliphantsi, iipakethi ezibandakanya konke - ephantsi njenge-550 yeedola ngeveki, intlawulo yomoya ibandakanyiwe.

I-Bosches, inxalenye yetheko lomtshato we-36-strong, bahlawule i-$ 1,078 nganye kwiholide yabo ebandakanya yonke into kwi-five-star Marina Palace. Ingxaki yezemali ayikhange ibethe kakhulu eCanada, engoyena mthengi ubalaseleyo waseCuba, ethumela iindwendwe ezingama-800,000 kulo nyaka uphelileyo.

ICuba isandula ukubhengeza amashishini amakhulu adityanisiweyo kunye neenkampani zangaphandle kwicandelo lokhenketho: iihotele ezintsha ezingama-30 kunye namagumbi amatsha angama-10,000 ewonke, ukunyuka kwama-20 epesenti.

Umnyhadala oneminyaka engama-46 ubudala waseMelika uvalela abantu baseMelika ukuba bangayi eholideyini eCuba, ngaphandle kwabaseCuba-baseMelika abandwendwela usapho. Iindwendwe zaseMelika zazingama-40,500 ngowama-2007.

Oku kunokuphinda kabini emva kokuba uMongameli u-Obama ezalisekise isithembiso sephulo lokususa izithintelo zokuhamba kwabantu baseCuba-baseMelika, abavunyelwa ukuba batyelelwe kanye emva kweminyaka emithathu. Ukuyekwa kwemithetho ethintela uhambo olunelayisensi ukuya eCuba kwizifundiswa kunye notshintshiselwano ngenkcubeko nako kulindelwe.

Amagosa aseCuba athi awayicwangcisi loo nto.

“Ifilosofi yethu ayisothuki xa isenzeka, kodwa singalindeli ukuba yenzeke ukuze siqhubeke nokwakha iihotele ezintsha,” utshilo uMiguel Figueras, umcebisi omkhulu wezoKhenketho.

Amagosa oKhenketho anethemba lokurhwebesha abantu baseMelika ukuba babuyele kuMnyhadala wonyaka weBillfishing weSiqithi, othiywe ngo-Ernest Hemingway. Umnyhadala oneminyaka engama-59 ubudala, owawubanjwe ngoJuni, wawuthandwa ngabantu abakhuphisana ne-US de abalawuli bakaBush bathintele ukuhamba.

Siyathemba ukuba kule minyaka izayo nomongameli omtsha izikhephe zaseMelika ziya kuqala ukubuya,” utshilo uFigueras, ephawula ukuba malunga nama-50 amaphenyane ase-US akhuphisana ngo-1999, kwi-80 iyonke.

ICuba idinga lonke uncedo lwezemali enokuthi ilufumane kwicandelo layo lezokhenketho njengoko ilungiselela unyaka onzima, iingcali zithi.

Kunyaka ophelileyo, iinkanyamba zenza umonakalo omalunga neebhiliyoni ezili-10 zeerandi, olingana nama-20 ekhulwini omvuzo welizwe.

"Iimfuno zokubuyisela isitshingitshane kunye namaxabiso aphezulu okutya kunye nepetroli anyuse ukuthengwa kwempahla ngaphandle kwe-43.8 yeepesenti," kusho uJohannes Werner, umhleli osekwe eSarasota weCuba Trade and Investment News.

“Ngenxa yoko, intsilelo yorhwebo inyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-70, okanye iibhiliyoni ezi-5 zeerandi, yaya kutsho kwi-11.7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2008 … inkulu ngokuphindwe kabini kunowama-2007, kwaye ngokomlinganiselo iphezulu kwiminyaka eli-13.”

Ubunzima bemali yaseCuba kungenzeka ukuba buqhubeke ngo-2009, uWerner wongeza, nangona urhulumente eceba ukunciphisa iindleko ngesiqingatha salo nyaka.

Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lukaRhulumente "alunangxaki," uMongameli uRaul Castro uthe kwintetho yokuvala kwiNdlu yoWiso-mthetho ngomhla we-27 kaDisemba. amadoda kunye 65 kwabasetyhini.

Iqonda imfuneko yoncedo, iCuba ikwiphulo lozakuzo lokuphucula ubudlelwane nabamelwane bayo, ifikelele incopho yayo ngoDisemba ngokwamkelwa kwayo kwiQela laseRio, iklabhu enkulu yezizwe zaseLatin America. UCastro ufumene izibonelelo ezinkulu zenkxaso yezoqoqosho evela eBrazil naseVenezuela.

UCastro unokuvula uqoqosho kumanyathelo okuthengisa asimahla, ezinye iingcali zikholelwa. Kutshanje iCuba ithe iza kukhupha iilayisenisi zeteksi ezintsha kubanini beemoto zabucala ukuze bakhuphisane neekhabhi zikarhulumente.

Urhulumente ukwaceba ukwaba umhlaba ongasebenziyo kumafama abucala, nangona inkqubo yokuwunikezela ibicotha.

Kwintetho yakhe, uCastro uphindaphinde umxholo awuthandayo: uhlenga-hlengiso lwemivuzo ngokwemveliso yabasebenzi, kunemithetho-siseko elinganayo yobusoshiyali yokuncama inguqu.

“Masingabi sazikhohlisa. Ukuba akukho xinzelelo, ukuba akukho mfuneko yokuba ndisebenze ukuze ndanelise iintswelo zam, kwaye ukuba bandinika izinto zasimahla apha naphaya, siya kuphulukana nelizwi lethu lokubiza abantu emsebenzini,” utshilo. "Nantso indlela yam yokucinga, yiyo loo nto yonke into endiyicebisayo isiya kolu sukelo."