ICuba ngeke yenze isivumelwano sezepolitiki noma senqubomgomo ukuthuthukisa ubudlelwano ne-US - noma ngabe buncane kangakanani, kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle uBruno Rodriguez ngoLwesithathu, echitha iziphakamiso zikaWashington zokuthi ezinye izinguquko zingaholela ebuhlotsheni obungcono.
Utshele isithangami sabezindaba ukuthi i-United States kumele isuse isivimbelo sayo sokuhwebelana esesineminyaka engu-47 ubudala ngaphandle kokulinda ukubuyiselwa okuthile.
U-Rodriguez uthe unswinyo lwezohwebo lwase-US lahlehlise isiqhingi u-$96 billion ngokulimala komnotho kusukela zathatha isimo esikuso ngoFebhuwari 1962 njengengxenye yoMthetho Wokuhwebelana Ngezitha.
"Lo mgomo awuhlangene nohlangothi olulodwa futhi kufanele uphakanyiswe ngohlangothi olulodwa," kusho uRodriguez.
Ubize uMongameli u-Obama ngokuthi “unezinhloso ezinhle futhi uhlakaniphile” futhi wathi abaphathi bakhe sebamukele isimo “sesimanje, esinolaka” mayelana nesiqhingi.
Kodwa uRodriguez usishaye indiva isinqumo se-White House sika-April sokususa imingcele kubantu baseCuba-America abafuna ukuvakashela noma ukuthumela imali ezihlotsheni zakuleli, wathi lezo zinguquko zivele zehlise ukuqiniswa kwesivumelwano esabekwa nguMongameli George W. Bush.
“U-Obama wayengumengameli okhethwe ngesisekelo soguquko. Ziphi izinguquko ekuvinjweni kweCuba?" Kubuza uRodriguez. Izikhulu zaseCuba sekungamashumi eminyaka ziveza unswinyo lwezohwebo lwaseMelika njengesivimbelo.
U-Obama uphakamise ukuthi kungase kube yisikhathi esisha sobudlelwano neCuba, kodwa uphinde wathi ngeke akucabange ukukususa lokho okuvinjelwayo. NgoMsombuluko, usayine isinyathelo sokwelula ngokusemthethweni inqubomgomo unyaka owodwa.
Sekuphele izinyanga izikhulu zaseMelika zisho ukuthi zingathanda ukubona izwe elihlangene neqembu elilodwa, lamaKhomanisi lamukela izinguquko zezepolitiki, ezomnotho noma zezenhlalo ngaphambi kokuba zenze izinguquko kunqubomgomo yaseCuba, kodwa uRodriguez uthe akusikho ezweni lakhe ukushweleza eWashington.
Ungqongqoshe wezangaphandle wenqabile ukuphawula ngeziphakamiso zikaHulumeni waseNew Mexico uBill Richardson zokuthi iCuba ithathe izinyathelo ezincane zokuthuthukisa ubudlelwano ne-US.
Umbusi, owayeyinxusa laseMelika kuNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene, uphakamise ngesikhathi evakashele lapha ukuthi iCuba yehlise imingcele kanye nezimali ezikhokhwayo kubantu baseziqhingini abafuna ukuya phesheya kwezilwandle futhi bamukele isiphakamiso saseMelika sokuvumela izikhulu zamazwe womabili ukuthi zihambe ngokukhululeka endaweni yomunye nomunye.
URodriguez ungene esikhundleni ngemuva kokuzamazama kukaMashi okwaketula ubuholi obusha baseCuba, okuhlanganisa noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle kanye nalowo owayeyisekela likaFidel Castro uFelipe Perez Roque.
Izikhulu zase-US naseCuba zihlela ukuhlangana ngoLwesine eHavana ukuze kuxoxwe ngokuvuselela umsebenzi weposi phakathi kwamazwe azo, kodwa uRodriguez wenqabile ukuphawula. Imeyili phakathi kwe-US nesiqhingi kudingeke ukuthi idlule emazweni esithathu kusukela ngo-August 1963.
"Lezi zingxoxo ziyizinkulumo ezihlolayo zemvelo," kusho uGloria Berbena, okhulumela i-US Interests Section, iWashington eyigcina eCuba esikhundleni senxusa.
"Bayaseseka imizamo yethu yokuqhubekisela phambili ukuxhumana nabantu baseCuba futhi abaphathi babona lokhu njengendlela engaba khona yokuthuthukisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwabantu bamazwe ethu," etshela i-Associated Press.
U-Rodriguez uthe i-embargo ngokwayo ivimba ukuxhumana okunjalo, futhi kubiza i-Cuba u-$1.2 billion ngonyaka ekulahlekeni kwemali yezokuvakasha.
"Izwe kuphela emhlabeni lapho benqabela khona ukuhamba kwabantu baseMelika ukuya eCuba," esho. “Kungani? Ingabe besaba ukuthi bangafunda mathupha mayelana neqiniso laseCuba?"
