On April 17-19, Cuba celebrates the anniversary of the events at Playa Chiron that happened back in 1961.
The Cuban mafia latifundisty, deprived of their wealth as a result of the revolution, turned into "refugees" living on the south coast of the United States. Cubans gave them the apt nickname - "gusanos", which means "worms". From their young shoots formed groups of mercenaries for the future counter-revolutionary war against the new Cuba. The organizers of the counter-revolutionary gangs were the Americans, dissatisfied with the loss of the “island brothel” 80 kilometers from the United States.
What plans did the counter-revolutionary emigrants set for themselves? The number of counterrevolutionaries, armed with Americans, numbered about 1.5 thousand people. It was assumed that, having landed on the shores of Cochinos Bay (Bay of Pigs), the “worms” would announce the creation of a new Cuban government and call for help the US armed forces. The Americans provided their puppet amphibious ships and escort in the form of two destroyers.
The landing of mercenaries in the Playa Chiron area began at 1:30 am on April 17. The landing of counterrevolutionaries was liquidated by the revolutionary Cuban army in 72 hours. The first battle was given by the local police detachments, then the army units arrived. The Cuban artillery earned, the T-34 tanks went into battle. The transport ships of the invaders "Houston" and "Rio Escondido" were sunk. 10 aircraft B-26 - shot down. During the battle, the counterrevolutionaries lost 92 people killed (4 of them turned out to be US citizens) and 1,197 surrendered. Cuba lost 156 patriots dead.
The defeat was inflicted on counterrevolutionary underground workers in the cities of Cuba. On the night of the assault, the Cuban "Cheka" arrested counterkeepers who were ready to support the intervention by insurgents on the island.
The hopes of an external counter-revolution in insurgency in Cuba have failed. The imperialists were shocked by the level of unanimous support that ordinary Cubans provided to the revolutionary government. It became clear to the capitalists of the whole world that you can break your teeth about a new revolutionary republic, and it’s better not to go there. So Cuba defended socialism back in 1961.
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Today, Playa Chiron may be repeated in Venezuela, whose people have challenged US hegemony on the South American continent. The invasion of Venezuela with the support of the interventionists can occur both from the coast and from the territory of hostile Colombia.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is in a more vulnerable position today than the Republic of Cuba in 1961.
In Cuba, revolutionaries came to power during the civil war, defeating the armed forces of internal counter-revolution. A popular dictatorship was established on the island. In Venezuela, the counter-revolution lives and thrives, feeding on money not only from the United States, but also from the hands of the local oligarchy.
In Cuba, as a result of the revolution, since 1959, fundamental socialist transformations began: power, wealth and weapons passed from the hands of the latifundists and the bourgeoisie to the hands of the working people. The authorities of modern Venezuela "play democracy" and did not dare to ensure the strength of change with a radical break of the old order. This maintains the strength of the reaction and may disappoint the working people, as has happened more than once in other Latin American countries after the anti-imperialist governments came to power.
The threat of intervention by the interventionists in these conditions is becoming increasingly real.
"The United States intends to create a humanitarian pretext for the start of military aggression against Venezuela," the revolutionary government of Cuba commented on the situation in Venezuela in a statement on February 13, 2019.
“In the logic of the hawks that control the Trump administration’s policy towards Latin America, the action is seen as the ultimate onslaught against left and progressive forces around the world. Today is Venezuela, tomorrow there will be Nicaragua, Bolivia or Cuba. The defense of the Bolivarian Revolution thus becomes the first trench in the struggle for America’s sovereignty, for the ideal of social justice, for peace with dignity and for unity throughout the world, ”the statement of the Communist Party of Cuba said.
“No threat will force us to abandon our solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Aggressive actions against this fraternal nation must cease. As we have long warned, repeated declarations on Venezuela as a threat to the national security of the United States, open calls for a military coup against its constitutional government, exercises in military exercises held near the Venezuelan borders, as well as tensions and incidents in this zone can only lead to of severe instability and unpredictable consequences, ”said the leader of the Cuban Communist Party, Raul Castro, at a rally in honor of the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Cuban Revolution on January 1, 2019.
Under these conditions, the Chavist government of Venezuela has only one sure way: to increase support among the working people by means of a decisive offensive against the counter-revolutionary bourgeoisie and the expropriation of power and wealth from it. And then, in the event of an intervention, the Playa Chiron will repeat in Venezuela: foreign imperialists and their Venezuelan attendants will be defeated and crawled away. Is the government of Nicolas Maduro ready for such decisive steps or not? ..
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