Miami/Former Polish president Lech Walesa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, suggested this Thursday that Cubans in Florida “take advantage” of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to achieve change on the island, but warned that the president “will not bring them freedom.”
“They need to take advantage of Trump because he is going in the right direction, but remember that he is going in the direction of American interests, not Cuban interests. So they need to be prepared for all this to converge,” Walesa responded to a question from EFE.
At the Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1983) compared Cuba’s current struggle with the one he led to end the communist regime in 1989, recalling that his movement “took advantage” of the fact that there was a Polish pope, John Paul II, so Cubans should “take advantage” of Trump.
At the Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1983) compared Cuba’s current struggle with the one he led to end the communist regime in 1989.
“They have a similar situation. There is Trump, but the question is how to take advantage of the fact that he is president because he will not bring them freedom. They have to take advantage of Trump so that they gain their freedom,” he said.
The Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (ARC) and other exile organizations recognized Walesa as the first “ambassador of freedom in Cuba”, considering that “the fall of the regime” is closer than ever due to the policies of Trump and the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, of Cuban origin.
Washington has increased pressure on Havana after the intervention in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro on January 3, cutting off the supply of Venezuelan crude oil to the island and declaring a “national emergency” to sanction countries that supply oil to Cuba.
Walesa, who in 1990 was the first democratically elected president in Poland since 1926 and has inspired Cubans by his fight against communism, told the exiles that “they have the opportunity for a quick victory, but that is when the problems will begin” because they risk a civil war.
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“So I wish you freedom and, really, I am asking you, let me participate in your victory parade in Cuba. Hurry,” said the 82-year-old former president.
The Pole also revealed that he had a conversation last week with the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. “He gave his Nobel Prize to Trump too quickly and too easily,” he said he told the opponent.
“Of course, we will continue in contact and I will participate in the fight for the freedom of his country (Venezuela), your country (Cuba) and other countries. What I have seen is that he has a fighting spirit,” he said.
