Gerardo Hernández, Hero of the Republic, affirmed at the Anti-Imperialist Tribuna that Cuba’s response to violations of its airspace was “an act of legitimate self-defense, an inalienable right of any nation.”
The National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) also referred to the more than 25 violations of Cuban airspace by the terrorist organization Brothers to the Rescue between 1994 and 1996, and denounced that Washington ignored Havana’s warnings.
“Their silence was complicity. Their inaction encouraged the terrorists,” he declared.
Gerardo Hernández — one of the Cuban Five who served many years in the prisons of the empire — described the accusation against the leader of the Revolution, Raúl Castro, as “a despicable and illegal political provocation” fueled by “the resentment, frustration, and impotence of those who cannot bear to see Cuba standing tall, free and sovereign.”
The Hero of the Republic questioned the hypocrisy of the U.S. government: it demands for itself what it denies to others. Its inaction in the face of Cuba’s warnings demonstrates its complicity with terrorism.
“When will they try Trump for ordering the murder of more than 200 people in international waters, without presenting any evidence?” he asked.
“For the United States, the law is a tailor-made suit: tight for the weak, loose for the powerful,” he declared.
The Cuban people reaffirmed in the Tribune their unwavering commitment to defending the revolution and their absolute support for Army General Raúl Castro, “with his courage and character rooted in patriotic tradition,” he concluded.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
