Whilst the world kept on celebrating the passage of Fidel Castro to the world beyond. It comes with such sadness the response of US president elect Donald .J. Trump who according to CNN reports said “Fidel Castro’s legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights”
In as much as, I would love to stay clear of American politics; the above statement is a reflection of Trump American fall out with reality. A country where hundreds of protesters over North Dakota pipeline crisis are met with police brutality, nearly 1000 blacks American are killed by police racial profiling between 2008-2016 and thousands being killed by US backed, Al nustra terror elements in Syria.
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Mandela was right when he mentioned, “One of the mistakes the western world makes is to think that their enemies should be our enemies. We have our own struggle”.
It’s high time we begin to deconstruct some of the errors of western narratives to have a clearer view about the past and what lies ahead in an uncharted future.
Cuba a country with the highest doctor per patient ratio in the world; coupled with nearly 98 percent literacy level is a shinning symbol of what responsive and committed leadership can achieve( albeit with her own flaws).
To Mr Trump it’s time you begin to think critically how best to solve the beehive of crisis bedeviling the US in recent time. Rather, than offending the sensibilities of people with unguarded rhetorics.
