Finally, the masks fall off! In the heart of Miami, Mike Hammer, chief of the U.S. “diplomatic mission” in Havana, received a title that speaks more about his true loyalty than any speech: “Ambassador of the Cuban Exile.”
The supposed representative of the American people was crowned by Miami’s anti-Cuban mafia, that rancid elite that for decades has profited from the fantasy of overthrowing the Cuban Revolution. This “ceremony” at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora was not an act of recognition but a public confession: Hammer does not work for the welfare of Cubans as he so often claims, but for the most extremist sectors in Florida, led by figures like Marco Rubio, who have hijacked U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba.
The “honor” bestowed upon Hammer bears the signatures of the usual suspects: a gallery of mercenaries living off the lucrative business of counterrevolution. There is Rafael Montalvo, president of the Association of Veterans of Brigade 2506—the same ones who in 1961 thought they could invade Cuba at Playa Girón and, after being defeated, were traded by Fidel for baby food. Then there is Orlando Gutiérrez, of the Cuban Resistance Assembly, who seems more concerned about USAID checks than any ideal of “freedom.” And of course, Rosa María Payá of Cuba Decide, who has turned defamation against Cuba into an “international political career,” accumulating thousands of airline miles and tickets, always funded by U.S. taxpayer money. These are not spokespeople for Cuban emigrants but the foremen of an industry financed by millions of dollars from NED and USAID to fund subversive projects against Cuba.
This “award” has also been given to shadowy figures like Lech Wałęsa, the former Polish president, a puppet of Western services to destabilize Eastern Europe and later a standard-bearer in every “regime change” democratizing adventure; or Luis Almagro, former OAS Secretary General, a man who sold his dignity to become the enforcer of the imperialist agenda in Latin America. This filth backed the 2019 coup in Bolivia, recognized political clown Juan Guaidó in Venezuela, and advocated for military interventions under the guise of “democracy.” That Hammer is celebrated alongside these characters is no coincidence: it is a declaration of intent. His mission is not diplomatic; it is destabilizing.
In his Miami speech, he had the audacity to speak of a “peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba.” How nice it sounds, right? But behind those words hides the old neocolonial dream of imposing a puppet government in Havana—one that kneels before Washington and hands the island over to the appetites of the Miami mafia. If Hammer and his “allies” truly wanted democracy, they would not applaud an economic, commercial, and financial blockade that has suffocated the Cuban people for over 60 years. Johana Tablada, Deputy Director of the U.S. Division at MINREX, denounced it bluntly: “You must be cynical, ignorant, cowardly, or malicious not to recognize the direct link between the gravest problems we face today and U.S. coercive measures.”
That blockade, viciously tightened, has cut off access to food, medicine, fuel, and even oxygen during the COVID-19 pandemic—an act nothing short of criminal. It prohibits banking transactions, pursues ships trading with Cuba, criminalizes Cuban medical collaboration, and strangles the economy with measures like Cuba’s inclusion on the “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list. And Hammer dares to blame the Cuban government for hardships manufactured by his own country?
Miami’s “exile courtship” was a decadent show of politicking, resembling an occult ritual where political corpses and failed mercenaries seek to legitimize their intentions through cheap propaganda to pay tribute to the meddling gringo. But once again, they are mistaken if they think plaques and speeches will bring Cuba to its knees. This people has resisted over six decades of blockade, aggression, and propaganda and will not yield to the arrogance of a domineering Yankee. We are a sovereign people, masters of our destiny, and no “ceremony” in Miami will change that truth.
(Taken from Mi Cuba por Siempre)
