Costa Rican Analyst Condemns "Slanderous and Interfering" Anti-Cuba Motion

Costa Rican political analyst Oscar Barrantes denounced a recent anti-Cuba resolution passed by the country's Legislative Assembly as a "slanderous and interfering affront" to Cuban sovereignty and self-determination.

In an article submitted to the Costa Rican solidarity campaign "Abrazo a Cuba" (Embrace Cuba), organized by award-winning journalist and former Prensa Latina correspondent Rafael Ugalde, Barrantes criticized the July 11 motion as a "deliberate insult and aggression."

The historian condemned what he described as a vote "pushed through by a majority of opportunistic legislators from various electoral factions controlling the country's parliament."

By contrast, Barrantes praised Ugalde's pro-Cuba campaign as "a beautiful initiative, a tangible opportunity - a crystalline doorway to freshly and fervently express our love for revolutionary Cuba, faithful to Martí's ideals and the eternal ruby of the Sierra Maestra: Fidel Castro Ruz."

Titled "Notes from Costa Rica's Campesino Conscience in Solidarity with Cuba's Heroic and Cultured People," the article highlighted the historical significance of Cuba's socialist project.

Barrantes argued that Cuba's revolution "carried such geopolitical weight that from its inception, imperialist oligarchies (both 'Democrat' and 'Republican') immediately launched overt and covert warfare - including invasions, interventions, and irregular warfare tactics."

He detailed what he called "unprecedented economic siege through a genocidal total blockade" against Cuba's social and political achievements, citing the island's "direct-representative-participatory democracy, effective popular power, cultural/artistic/sports development, agricultural transformation, zero illiteracy, universal education, and comprehensive healthcare rights."

The analyst recalled how "from day one, the CIA and a specially designated White House 'Cuba Problem Commission' directed this multimodal U.S. war through fratricidal, arbitrary, illegitimate, unilateral and extraterritorial policies against Cuban sovereignty."

"Today," Barrantes warned, "the Trump administration intensifies these efforts to overthrow Cuba's government and reverse its authentic human development transformation, led by Cuba's politically conscious masses inspired by José Martí's ideals and Fidel Castro's lucid thought."

He concluded by noting the growth of "the International Solidarity Movement with Free, Socialist, Revolutionary Cuba" worldwide, emphasizing increasing global condemnation of "counterrevolutionary warfare and the murderous blockade."