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Fidel Nuñez
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Bureau Chief
Latinoamérica
Research Dept.
La Nueva Cuba
May 20, 2007
It must be avoided by all means that encouraged by the demagoguery of an
aspiring dictator, the masses might take that politician to high
positions that soon, almost immediately, end with the creation of an
arbitrary monster who thinks that he is a Messiah and that he is
interpreting the wishes of the people who, inflamed by his words, might
yell from public squares: "To the wall, to the wall." This is what
happened in Cuba in January 1959, a distant date that is still felt in a
Marxist-Leninist totalitarian tyranny, that of Fidel Castro.
From the very first moment it was known that Fidel Castro already was
having executions in the mountains of the Sierra Maestra before reaching
Havana. What was taking place at the Sierra perhaps could be doubted
because there were no categorical proofs that he was determined to kill
people publicly as a warning to allow him to consolidate his absolute
power. Not all the Cuban people were convinced that Fidel Castro's
methods were right for the country. On the contrary, many people in a
low voice criticized the brutality of the executions. There were even
some, like Manuel Antonio de Varona and the newspaper Diario de la
Marina directed by José Ignacio Rivero, that condemned out loud what was
happening from the very first day. Of course, the majority of the
opponents were very discreet and quiet out of a fear that consolidated
practically from the minute it appeared.
When a tyranny is born, its consolidation can take a short or a long
time. In the case of Cuba, the events proof that right away it was
noticeable that Fidel Castro owned Cuba. In the streets vendors were
selling small metal plaques reading "Fidel this is your home". Many
people either sincerely or out of fear would nail them on their doors,
until the dictator made the slogan a tragic reality. He kept all the
homes. Furthermore, he executed several thousands in a horrific and
spectacular way, in front of the television cameras.
The leaders of countries that are threatened by fledging dictators
should try to check their momentum before it is too late. History shows
us that in many cases, as the one mentioned above, the consolidation of
an absolute dictatorship, which is totalitarian, is done at the cost of
much pain and bloodshed for the people who suffer under it.
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