AS A Latin born in the United States of America with Cuba, Spain, and France in my blood, I will respond that there are no wild celebrations in Miami, Florida. The reason is because there was no change; this was just simply an abdication of one absolute king to another absolute king. Nothing has changed except that Cuba and North Korea have become the only countries in the world that have implemented an absolute monarchy disguised as a dictatorship of the proletariat. Again, the concept of a Monarchy dressed as a Republic has been followed in places such as Azerbaijan, Syria and the United States of America.

 

Fidel Castro was a demagogue who turned Cuba over to the Cold War interests called United States and Russia [at the time USSR]. Within nearly five decades, he killed the soul of Cuba to the point that there is no happiness in Cuba or anyone with Cuban blood [with some notable exceptions]. Who can forget the fact that there was an apartheid system in place in which Cubans could not go to hotels in their own country so that tourists can enjoy Cuba? Who can forget the people who died crossing the Florida Straits? Who can forget the prohibition of Christmas? Who can forget the Concentration Camps called UMAP for Catholics, Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews and homosexuals? Examples of two artistes who suffered under Castro were Los Pacificos and Meme Solis.

 

In 1967, four teenagers between 15 and 17 years of age formed a group called Los Pacificos (The Peacemakers) and did a rock concert in a Havana neighbourhood. They recorded nine songs in two hours. Their purpose was to bring peace, love and harmony. For this, the group was sent to prison and the youngest member of the group, Carlos Davila, was sent to die in Angola during the 1970’s. Luckily, the tape was rescued and was released as a CD here in Miami. Unfortunately, the group did not receive a rescue or a mention, secondary to the pact of silence between the United States of America and Castro’s Cuba.

 

Another artist called Meme Solis (who started his career in the 1950’s) was sentenced to 20 years in anonymity (1969) for his desire to leave Cuba and for writing ‘degenerate music.’ He was set free in 1989 after a little help from Felipe Gonzalez (Socialist Prime Minister of Spain, 1982-1996).

 

Believe me or not, there was always a pact of silence between the United States of America and Cuba. I took liberty of calling the office of Congressman Diaz-Balart (nephew of Fidel Castro and Republican Congressman) to enquire about the possibility that the Diaz-Balart family has used its influence on the employment of Alina Fer-nandez-Revuelta (Castro’s daughter) as a volunteer in a Veterans Hospital in Miami, Florida. The secretary (at Diaz-Balart’s office) tersely stated: "I am sorry I cannot reply to that question, goodbye" and hung the phone. This is one of the examples of the pact of silence obtaining between the governing elites of Cuba and the USA. Juanita Castro (Raul and Fidel Castro’s sister) called for clemency. In response, the ideal thing would be reconciliation but both sides would have to admit wrongs and the fact that there is a possible pact of silence between the Republicans, Democrats and Communists in the American continent.

 

I have always felt for Cuba and Spain without feeling for the despot or the dictators of the father of the Castro Revolution, which were Russia and the USA.

 

I have also felt for the downtrodden of the world like the Indigenous populations and even the Kurdish people because we all suffered the same inhumanity. These sentiments were because of the events that transpired in Cuba and the USA during my almost 46 years in this life. I do have my sentiments because Castro and the USA with their politics have destroyed families, destroyed happiness, and created a mess in Cuba. I myself at the age of 11 years old as an exchange student from the USA in Germany had to cross the border with Switzerland to see my grandfather.

 

I also would like to thank the BBC for being me in these times since I was an eight year old in 1970 and for giving me happiness when I was single. If it were not for the BBC and my Cuban Spanish roots, I would probably have ended as a Muslim since the educational system in the USA even stated that the USA helped install Castro in order to find cheap professional labour.

 

Thank you and the BBC for your time and for keeping me informed and entertained. Out of Castro, I started to trust god, family [including my wife and daughter], the BBC and the Libertarian Party. In other words with the exceptions I have mentioned, I do not trust or respect the authorities in Cuba or the USA.

 

I would like to thank my family at Helium, Merinews and Now Public for being able to hear what had to be said. For those who participated in the Castro Revolution or did not have the guts to do something except for screaming your support just the same way you screamed your support for the Republicans and Democrats, I hope that you also go to trial like your political leaders for crimes against humanity.

 

My reason is that those who complain, comment, and just sit, as spectators are as guilty as those who committed the crimes. For those who deny that Castro killed or at least attempt to justify his crimes are also guilty as those who deny the existence of the Holocaust, the genocide in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge years and the massacre in Rwanda.

 

It is with this article that I say ‘good riddance’ to Castro and the corrupt politicians in the American continent [including the United States of America]. It is also with this article that I reinforce that I am a Libertarian because Castro, the Communists, the Republicans and Democrats destroyed the island of Cuba and the world. While I have forgiven the people for their errors, I hope that the day the Castro Regime falls that he takes with him all of the corrupt governments in the American continent including the USA via a peaceful revolution. That would be something to celebrate!