Respect for Life, the First Human Right

Published in Ahora
(Cuba) on 12 December 2012
by Rodobaldo Martínez Pérez (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Tristan Franz. Edited by Gillian Palmer.
In this day and age of human rights, Cuba can show off some its achievements, despite the determination of some enemies to demonize us.

"Those who violate human rights shouldn't be called upon to judge the situation concerning those rights in other countries," said a high-ranking U.S. government official some time ago.

Under that premise, it is impossible to dismiss the shows put on by the United States trying to condemn Cuba, using its little group of mercenaries here. This, with the reality of the prisoners in Guantanamo (which the Nobel Peace Prize winner hasn't been able to close) or the denial of Olga and Adriana's visas to visit Rene and Gerardo, two of the five Cubans unjustly imprisoned in the empire and protagonists in a story of the north's dirty judicial process.

The empire's double standard of demanding of others what it doesn't do itself melts more and more its credibility among the public.

The imperial wars of the world and the killings in Israel and Palestine illustrate the United States' contempt of the first human right: a disregard for human life.


En el Día mundial de los Derechos Humanos, Cuba puede exhibir sus logros en esa materia, pese al empeño de los enemigos de satanizarnos.
“Quienes violan los derechos humanos no deberían ser llamados a juzgar la situación de esos derechos en otros países”, fueron palabras de un alto funcionario estadounidense un tiempo atrás.
Con tal premisa, resulta innegable divorciar los show protagonizados por Estados Unidos para condenar a Cuba en tal asunto, utilizando al grupito de sus mercenarios aquí dentro; con la realidad de los presos en Guantánamo (cárcel que el Novel de la Paz no ha podido cerrar) o la negativa de visas a Olga y Adriana para visitar a René y Gerardo, dos de los cinco cubanos presos injustamente en el Imperio y protagonistas del más sucio proceso judicial en el Norte.
Es tanta la doble moral del Imperio al exigir lo incumplido que, cada vez más, mella su credibilidad ante la opinión pública.
Las guerras imperiales por el mundo y el apoyo a las matanzas de Israel en Palestina ilustran su desacato al primer Derecho Humano: irrespetar la vida.
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