A CubaNews translation. Edited by Walter Lippmann.
“Cubans attending the Summit of the Americas in Panama will find a scenario burdened by the prejudices and stereotypes that seek to ignore the existence of a civil society in Cuba,” said Cuban intellectual Abel Prieto, former Minister of Culture and Adviser to the President, at the closing of the forum of Cuban Civil Society, held on Tuesday at Che Guevara Hall.
Some have the ridiculous idea that we live in a monolithic, militarized society where we talk loudly with the worst Cold War rhetoric. “Your mission is to destroy that damaging image with arguments,” he said, and added that, after this day, the debate on the issue should remain online through digital platform Pensando Americas [Thinking Americas].
About the call phrase for the Summit: Prosperity with Equity: The Challenges of Cooperation in the Americas, Abel said the region has many positive examples to contribute:
“Cuba, first and foremost, and with Cuba other countries, have rejected the neo-liberal dogma. We have created a kind of partnership based on true equality,” he said referring to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).
He recalled what happened at the Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata: “I was privileged to be there, along with other representatives of our civil society, when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proclaimed the final death of ALCA [Free Trade Area of the Americas, FTAA in English]. We already knew that ALBA was brewing, beginning to take shape.”
He said that Fidel Castro had followed the great event step-by-step; and that it had been his idea to invite Maradona: Some wondered about his political credentials, but what was sought with the presence of the dear friend was to turn the event into the world news it was. Silvio Rodríguez, Amaury Perez, Victor Heredia, and Baglietto performed during the meeting. FTAA was defeated there. It had been a project that had nothing to do with cooperation and fairness, but its spirit was not totally defeated; that is why Chávez continued to battle.
Now, as recently acknowledged by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, the days when Latin America was the United States’ backyard are over.
In Panama, Cuba can speak of multiple examples of solidarity cooperation such as the missions promoted by Fidel and Chavez. In these, the two nations unite not to take advantage of one another, but to grow together. “What the world needs in this age of consumerism gone mad is the extension of this model,” he urged.
In the economic relations prevailing in today’s world, one always wins and the other always loses. There is nothing more gross than commercial advertising directed at children: it poisons them with junk food or makes them addicted to violent video games. Why does Christmas become, contrary to what it should be, a feverish consumer call? We are witnessing how the habit of reading is disappearing; and that is dangerous because it has to do with the development of intelligence. The health and pharmaceutical industries are also big business, he said.
We, who are in this forum, represent revolutionary civil society, and we cannot confuse what is non-state with what is counterrevolutionary. There is talk of socialism as a failed project; but what failed was a socialist experiment that only lasted for about 70 years, and did not drag down the Cuban experience. There were bitter examples, but we did not give in.
“There is the aberrant thesis that capitalism is the natural state of society, but we have arguments to refute it,” said Abel. “Has capitalism triumphed after five centuries of existence with the balance of war, disease and destruction it has left? Can a system that puts the human species in danger of extinction be called triumphant? Does the balance in that society deserve bells and triumphant songs? Not at all, capitalism has created a bleak world, culturally and economically.”
At the forum where the issue of democracy and citizen participation is discussed, we must remember that this Revolution arose through popular participation; and an example of this was the Literacy Campaign.
Cuban civil society was not born in a laboratory of technocrats; it was born in the crucible of a revolution of true participation. As examples of proven democracy we could show our electoral law, the discussion of the Guidelines for Economic Policy across the country, and the accountability meetings of the organs of government before society.
In what country in the world a Minister of Culture devote his time to discussing the nation’s cultural policy and its implementation with young creators? I was doing that during the 15 years I held office and my successors have continued doing it. This system of consultation goes together with the popular consultations of the Poder Popular [People’s Power- local government administrations]. Both are forms of democracy as true and solid as the rock of Gibraltar.
Abel Prieto said that among the NGOs registered in the OAS there are examples of the kind of civil society they [capitalism’s promoters] seek to build. He mentioned the example of the Rotary Club which had members such as Augusto Pinochet and Margaret Thatcher, among others.
“Those who appoint themselves judges against Cuba have designed the most ruthless, totalitarian, and overwhelming apparatus in history: a handful of corporations decide which historical fact should be forgotten and which should be highlighted. That’s why, if we talk about civil society, such media harassment must be denounced because, what democracy are they are talking about? What press freedom, if media ownership is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few owners?”
“A Revolution is a human work where mistakes are made; but the democratizing fact in culture and in society is there to be seen and shown. In Panama, there will be struggle, there will be people who will try to discredit us; but the truth is on our side,” he concluded.
En Panamá daremos la batalla, dice Abel Prieto
Publicado el 17 marzo, 2015 • 20:41 por Yimel Díaz
Los cubanos que asistan a la Cumbre de la Américas de Panamá encontraran un escenario lastrado por los prejuicios y estereotipos con que pretenden anular la existencia de una sociedad civil en Cuba, aseguró el intelectual cubano Abel Prieto Jiménez, ex ministro de Cultura y asesor de la Presidencia en la clausura del foro de la Sociedad Civil Cubana que tuvo lugar este martes en la Sala Che Guevara.
Algunos tienen la idea ridícula de que vivimos en una sociedad monolítica, militarizada, donde nos hablamos a gritos con la peor retórica de la guerra fría. Ustedes llevan la misión de destruir con argumentos esa imagen que tanto daño hace, dijo y celebró que más allá de esta jornada, el debate acerca del tema se mantenga online a través de la plataforma digital Pensando Américas.
Acerca del lema que convoca a la Cumbre: Prosperidad con equidad, los desafíos de la cooperación de las Américas, Abel comentó que en la región hay muchos ejemplos positivos que aportar:
Cuba en primerísimo lugar, y con ella otros países, han rechazado el dogma neoliberal. Hemos creado un tipo de asociación con base en la equidad verdadera, dijo haciendo referencia a la Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas (Alba).
Recordó lo sucedido en la Cumbre de las Américas de Mar del Plata: “Tuve el privilegio de estar allí, junto a otros representantes de nuestra sociedad civil, donde el presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez proclamó la muerte definitiva del Alca. Ya sabíamos que el Alba se estaba gestando, comenzaba a tomar forma”.
Narró que Fidel Castro siguió paso a paso aquel gran acto y que había sido suya la idea de invitar a Maradona: Algunos preguntaban por sus credenciales políticas, pero lo que se buscaba con la presencia del amigo entrañable es que el suceso se convirtiera en la notica mundial que fue. En ese acto actuaron Silvio Rodríguez, Amaury Pérez, Víctor Heredia, Baglietto. De allí salió derrotado el Alca, un proyecto que nada tenía que ver con la cooperación y la equidad, pero su espíritu no fue vencido, por eso Chávez siguió dando batalla.
Ahora, tal como reconoció recientemente el canciller Bruno Rodríguez, se acabaron los tiempos en que América Latina era el traspatio de Estados Unidos.
Cuba puede hablar en Panamá de múltiples ejemplos de ejemplos de cooperación solidaria como son las misiones promovidas por Fidel y Chávez, en ellas las dos naciones se unen, no para sacar ventaja, sino para crecer juntos. ¡Qué falta haría que ese modelo se extendiera por el mundo en esta época de consumismo enloquecido!, exhortó.
En el mundo priman las relaciones económicas donde uno siempre gana y el otro siempre pierde. No hay nada más grosero que la publicidad comercial dirigida a los niños para envenenarlos con comida chatarra o para convertirlos en adictos a los video-juegos violentos. ¿Por qué la Navidad se convierte, contrario de lo que debería ser, en una convocatoria febril al consumo? Estamos viendo cómo se liquida el hábito de lectura, y eso es peligroso pues tiene que ver con el desarrollo de la inteligencia. La salud y la industria farmacéutica son también un tremendo negocio, reflexionó.
Nosotros, los que estamos en este Foro, representamos a la sociedad civil revolucionaria y no podemos confundir lo no estatal con lo contrarrevolucionario. Se habla del socialismo como un proyecto fracasado, pero lo que fracasó fue una experiencia socialista que apenas duró unos 70 años y no arrastró a la experiencia cubana. Fueron ejemplos amargos, pero no cedimos.
Existe la tesis aberrante de que el capitalismo es el estado natural de la sociedad y tenemos argumentos para refutarla —argumentó Abel— ¿Triunfó el capitalismo luego de cinco siglos de existencia con el saldo de guerras, enfermedades y destrucción que ha dejado? ¿Un sistema que pone a la especie humana en peligro de extinción se puede llamar triunfante? ¿El saldo que muestra esa sociedad merece campanas y cantos triunfales? En lo absoluto, el capitalismo ha creado un mundo desolador, en lo cultural y en lo económico.
Ante el foro donde se aborde el tema de la democracia y la participación ciudadana habrá que recordar que esta Revolución se levantó gracias a la participación popular, y un ejemplo de ello fue la Campaña de Alfabetización.
La sociedad civil cubana no nació de un laboratorio de tecnócratas, nació del crisol de una revolución de verdadera participación. Como ejemplo de probada democracia habría que mostrar nuestra ley electoral, la discusión de los Lineamientos de la Política Económica por todo el país y las rendiciones de cuentas de los órganos de gobierno ante la sociedad. ¿
En qué país del mundo un ministro de Cultura dedica su tiempo a discutir con los jóvenes creadores la política cultural y su aplicación? Eso estuve haciendo durante los 15 años que ocupé cargo y lo han seguido haciendo los que me sucedieron. Este sistema de consultas es paralelo al del Poder Popular, ambos son formas de la democracia tan verdaderas como el peñón de Gibraltar.
Abel Prieto comentó que entre las ONG inscritas en la OEA halló ejemplos ilustrativos del tipo de sociedad civil que pretenden construir y citó el ejemplo del Club Rotario, donde figuran nombres como Augusto Pinochet y Margaret Thatcher, entre otros.
Quienes se erigen en jueces frente a Cuba han diseñado el aparato más implacable, totalitario y avasallador de la historia: un puñado de corporaciones decide qué hecho histórico debe ser olvidado y cual resaltado. Es por eso que, si hablamos de sociedad civil, ese acoso mediático tiene que ser denunciado pues de qué democracia están hablando, de qué libertad de prensa, cuando los medios están cada vez más concentrados en unos poco propietarios.
Una Revolución es una obra humana donde se comenten errores, pero el hecho democratizador en lo cultural y en toda la sociedad, está ahí para ser mostrado. En Panamá habrá batalla, gente que tratará de desacreditarnos, pero la verdad está de nuestro lado, concluyó.
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