By Orlando Ruiz Ruiz<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given the dramatic circumstances of the present, marked by the brutal attack against the Venezuelan homeland and the threats to the sovereignty of our nations in the Americas, we must walk hand in hand with Fidel more than ever and reflect on his teachings and constant warning about the aggressive nature and bestiality of the imperialist power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From very early on, at the beginning of the revolutionary struggle that led to the victory of January 1959\u2014when he was still the guerrilla leader confronting the army of the Batista tyranny\u2014he made it clear that the paramount objective of his actions would be the relentless confrontation of the imperialist doctrine, based on oppression and crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is revealed in a memorable letter sent to Celia S\u00e1nchez from the Sierra Maestra on June 5, 1958, when he wrote: \u201cSeeing the rockets they fired at Mario\u2019s house (a peasant living in the region where the rebel troops were operating), I swore to myself that the Americans will pay dearly for what they are doing. When this war ends, a much longer and greater war will begin for me: the war I will wage against them. I realize that this will be my true destiny.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it is in the exhaustive \u201cone hundred-hour\u201d dialogue with Ignacio Ramonet that the Commander-in-Chief, in singularly ingenious metaphors, lays bare the murderous core of imperialism and the only possible stance to avoid falling victim to its power and subjugation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBeasts must be confronted,\u201d he told Ramonet. \u201cFirst, the empire needs to know there will be a fight and that the price will be high. (\u2026) Lion tamers sometimes turn their backs on the lion, use the whip, the noisy lash, and occasionally wave, receive the applause, and move away again, because otherwise, the lion reacts, driven by its instinct to hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEven a lapdog, one of the gentlest, will start barking at you, and if you run away, it will chase after you and might even bite your calf. But if you turn around, the dog will back away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s happened to me at sea with barracudas, with sharks; when you confront them, their instinct for self-preservation kicks in and makes them retreat,\u201d Fidel emphasizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing worse than turning your back on the enemy, because it develops that instinct for pursuit. That\u2019s the instinct of wild beasts, and an empire is much more than a wild beast. Even the psychology of those who run an empire and wield its weapons is that of wild beasts,\u201d he asserts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And based on these examples, he warns his interviewer: \u201cDuring the October Crisis, Cuba faced with honor, without any concessions, the risk of being attacked with nuclear weapons in 1962. It defeated the \u2018dirty war\u2019 waged throughout the country, at a cost in lives greater than that paid for the war of liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cuba steadfastly endured thousands of acts of sabotage and terrorist attacks organized by the United States government and thwarted hundreds of assassination plots against the leaders of the Revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The teachings of this successful champion in the battle against imperialism, summarized in the simplicity of these testimonies, are of particular importance in the face of the blatant aggression of the United States government that we now confront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the imperialist beast threatens, we must be vigilant and ready to act. Fidel made that perfectly clear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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