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The Communists had previously tried to establish a base in the Americas. They found they could gain, but not keep, power. But the Communists used the pre-Castro era in Latin America as a laboratory. They developed six principles for staying in power before Castro took control of Cuba. The six principles included: revolutionizing the masses, dependence on the Soviet Union, reliance on the United Nations instead of on the Organization of American States, establishment of a one-party Communist state, neutralization of the Church, and the replacement of the former army with a Red Army. From their previous experience they learned that only by having these six ingredients could they take and keep power in the Caribbean. | The Communists had previously tried to establish a base in the Americas. They found they could gain, but not keep, power. But the Communists used the pre-Castro era in Latin America as a laboratory. They developed six principles for staying in power before Castro took control of Cuba. The six principles included: revolutionizing the masses, dependence on the Soviet Union, reliance on the United Nations instead of on the Organization of American States, establishment of a one-party Communist state, neutralization of the Church, and the replacement of the former army with a Red Army. From their previous experience they learned that only by having these six ingredients could they take and keep power in the Caribbean. | ||
Fidel Castro was the first to successfully apply these lessons. He also added a wrinkle of his own: he initially denied he was a Communist. In the late fifties, Castro persuaded the State Department, the American media and most of the Cuban democratic leaders that he would establish a democracy in Cuba. | Fidel Castro was the first to successfully apply these lessons. He also added a wrinkle of his own: he initially denied he was a Communist. In the late fifties, Castro persuaded the State Department, the American media and most of the Cuban democratic leaders that he would establish a [[democracy]] in Cuba. | ||
It was a ruse, however. In a 1986 interview with ''Le Figaro'' magazine, Castro made no effort to hide the fact that he intended to make Cuba a Communist state from the start, but concealed his goal for strategic purposes. Just weeks after taking power in January of 1959 Castro started building his dictatorship and exporting revolution to Panama, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Colombia. | It was a ruse, however. In a 1986 interview with ''Le Figaro'' magazine, Castro made no effort to hide the fact that he intended to make Cuba a Communist state from the start, but concealed his goal for strategic purposes. Just weeks after taking power in January of 1959 Castro started building his dictatorship and exporting revolution to Panama, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Colombia. | ||
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The consequences of Kennedy’s promise were numerous. Castro persecuted the Cuban people, was a key player in the drug trade<ref>For detailed information on Cuban involvement in the drug trade, see a lecture by Joseph D. Douglass, June 27, 1995, “The War on Drugs: What Caused the Problem and Why We Aren’t Winning”; and Joseph D. Douglass, ''Red Cocaine: The Drugging of America and the West'' (Atlanta: Clarion House, 1990).</ref> and exported Communist revolution and subversion in South America and the Caribbean. By 1965, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Mexico had been hit by Castro’s hit squads. | The consequences of Kennedy’s promise were numerous. Castro persecuted the Cuban people, was a key player in the drug trade<ref>For detailed information on Cuban involvement in the drug trade, see a lecture by Joseph D. Douglass, June 27, 1995, “The War on Drugs: What Caused the Problem and Why We Aren’t Winning”; and Joseph D. Douglass, ''Red Cocaine: The Drugging of America and the West'' (Atlanta: Clarion House, 1990).</ref> and exported Communist revolution and subversion in South America and the Caribbean. By 1965, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Mexico had been hit by Castro’s hit squads. | ||
At times, efforts for counterinsurgency were successful and the Communists were forced to reevaluate their strategy for revolutionary warfare. Based on the writings of such authors as Mao, Che Guevara, Carlos Marighella, and others, the Communists developed a strategy for starting, waging, and winning wars of national liberation, which they applied with singular success in Latin America. | At times, efforts for counterinsurgency were successful and the Communists were forced to reevaluate their strategy for revolutionary warfare. Based on the writings of such authors as [[Mao Tse-tung|Mao]], Che Guevara, Carlos Marighella, and others, the Communists developed a strategy for starting, waging, and winning wars of national liberation, which they applied with singular success in Latin America. | ||
The Soviet/Havana blueprint for take-over was highly detailed and intricate in its organization. In the final phase, Soviet and Cuban “advisors” took control of a new government’s operations and military. Internal security was tightened, and opposition disposed of. Then organized terror was coupled with a comprehensive program to direct every aspect of citizens’ lives toward the application of the six principles of retaining power. | The Soviet/Havana blueprint for take-over was highly detailed and intricate in its organization. In the final phase, Soviet and Cuban “advisors” took control of a new government’s operations and military. Internal security was tightened, and opposition disposed of. Then organized terror was coupled with a comprehensive program to direct every aspect of citizens’ lives toward the application of the six principles of retaining power. | ||
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In 1986 David Horowitz, at one time a supporter of Castro, described “the economic ruin that Fidel’s Marxism has wrought” in Cuba: | In 1986 David Horowitz, at one time a supporter of Castro, described “the economic ruin that Fidel’s Marxism has wrought” in Cuba: | ||
<blockquote>Among the proven failures of the Marxist promise, this is the most fateful of all. The failure of Marxist economies to satisfy basic needs, let alone compete with the productive capitalisms of the West, has produced the military-industrial police states which call themselves socialist today. | <blockquote> | ||
Among the proven failures of the Marxist promise, this is the most fateful of all. The failure of Marxist economies to satisfy basic needs, let alone compete with the productive capitalisms of the West, has produced the military-industrial police states which call themselves socialist today. | |||
Twenty-five years ago we on the Left applauded when Fidel denounced Cuba’s one-crop economy and claimed that U.S. imperialism was the cause of the nation’s economic plight. It seemed so self-evident. Cuba was a fertile island with a favorable climate, but U.S. sugar plantations had monopolized its arable land, and the sugar produced was a product for export, not a food for Cubans. The poor of Cuba had been sacrificed on the altar of imperialist profit. Whenever we were confronted by the political costs Castro’s revolution might entail, we were confident that this gain alone—Cuba’s freedom to grow food for Cubans—would make any sacrifice worthwhile. The same illusion—that the revolution will mean better lives for Nicaragua’s poor—underlies every defense of the Sandinistas today. | |||
It is nearly three decades since Cuba’s liberation, and Cuba is still a one-crop economy. But the primary market for its sugar is now the Soviet Union instead of the United States. Along with this have come other economic differences as well. Cuba’s external debt is now ''200 times'' what it was when Fidel took power. And it would be far greater if the Communist ''caudillo'' had not mortgaged his country to his Soviet patron. So bankrupt is the economy Castro has created that it requires a Soviet subsidy of over $4 billion a year, one-quarter of the entire national income, to keep it afloat. Before the revolution, Cubans enjoyed the highest per-capita income in Latin America. Now they are economic prisoners of permanent rationing and chronic shortages in even the most basic necessities. The allotted rations tell a story in themselves: two pounds of meat per citizen per month; 20 percent less clothing than the allotment a decade earlier; and in rice, a basic staple of Cuba’s poor, ''half'' the yearly consumption under the old Batista regime. | |||
The idea that Marxist revolution will mean economic benefit for the poor has proved to be the most deadly illusion of all. It is ''because'' Marxist economies ''cannot'' satisfy economic needs—not even at the levels of the miserably corrupt capitalisms of Batista and Somoza—that Marxist states require permanent repression to stifle unrest and permanent enemies to saddle with the blame.<ref>David Horowitz, “Nicaragua: A Speech to My Former Comrades on the Left,” ''Commentary'', June 1, 1986. [https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/nicaragua-a-speech-to-my-former-comrades-on-the-left/ https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/nicaragua-a-speech-to-my-former-comrades-on-the-left/]</ref> | |||
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== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
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In a dictation given on January 2, 1982, the Elohim Purity and Astrea stated: | In a dictation given on January 2, 1982, the Elohim Purity and Astrea stated: | ||
<blockquote>We come to illustrate a planetary need, and also to illustrate that those entrusted with the torch of freedom to a dying world, even your representatives in this government, do not have the solution to the South American question or to “the Castro connection.”<ref>Refers to the connection between leftist guerrilla activity in Central America and Castro’s regime in Cuba. 1980 “NBC White Paper: The Castro Connection” exposes that (1) Cuba, as a Soviet surrogate, sends advisers and extensive military aid to leftists in Central America, and (2) the brutality and insensitivity of right-wing generals contributes to dissatisfaction among the masses, fomenting revolution. U.S. government officials were unable to offer viable solutions.</ref> We would call it “the dilemma of the Watchers and their godless creation.” But the people in general, not aware of the cause behind the effect, seem to name the enemy by the uniform or the doctrinal position of that one. | <blockquote> | ||
We come to illustrate a planetary need, and also to illustrate that those entrusted with the torch of freedom to a dying world, even your representatives in this government, do not have the solution to the South American question or to “the Castro connection.”<ref>Refers to the connection between leftist guerrilla activity in Central America and Castro’s regime in Cuba. 1980 “NBC White Paper: The Castro Connection” exposes that (1) Cuba, as a Soviet surrogate, sends advisers and extensive military aid to leftists in Central America, and (2) the brutality and insensitivity of right-wing generals contributes to dissatisfaction among the masses, fomenting revolution. U.S. government officials were unable to offer viable solutions.</ref> We would call it “the dilemma of the Watchers and their godless creation.” But the people in general, not aware of the cause behind the effect, seem to name the enemy by the uniform or the doctrinal position of that one. | |||
Blessed hearts, by now you surely know that they are positioned at all points of the circle—that circle being the antithesis of the circle of Light. The positioning of the hierarchy of God, as mighty [[seraphim]], on all the degrees of the circle of Life, is the point of the beginning of our consideration of the problems of Latin America. | |||
In the first instance, all must be unprejudiced to realize that the Watchers, whose archetype is personified in Fidel Castro, have been among the oppressors of the people for centuries. Great are the crimes of the fallen ones in South America, for they have been the imitators of the path of [[Omega]]’s sons! They have placed themselves in positions of rightist royalty, decking themselves with honor, with gold and diamond and precious jewel, in imitation of the sons of God. They have anointed themselves kings and priests and allowed the little people to become impoverished. | |||
Now, some of these little people are the dear hearts of [[Mother Mary]] and the creation, in the beginning, of [[Elohim]]. Others of the ignorant masses are a strain of [[mechanization man]], formed by other [[Nephilim]] who also moved on this continent, as you have heard of their movement in the Middle East and on the African continent. Therefore, some are the godless, empty ones who are ready to follow a demagogue, ready to follow the Watcher, in whatever direction. Thus the Archdeceiver, in the person of the [[black magician]], comes along. | |||
You must realize that those that are on the position of the circle in the rightist camp are other Nephilim gods, self-styled gods; and they are in competition with one another. By the rivalries and the competition of the fallen ones, we find them at the point of the extreme Right and the extreme Left—merely as a point of their own rhetoric, as a point of assembling the masses on their own side for their own personal self-aggrandizement! And no matter what they say or pursue, they do not have the fate of the people at heart.<ref>Purity and Astrea, “Let the Divine Solution Appear!” {{POWref|25|12|March 21, 1982}}</ref> | |||
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The [[Great White Brotherhood]] has issued the fiat of Fidel Castro’s judgment. His judgment has already been decreed by the [[Karmic Board]]. This means that we must ratify it. We must ratify the judgment of the fallen ones no matter what camp they are in throughout Central America and the Caribbean. | The [[Great White Brotherhood]] has issued the fiat of Fidel Castro’s judgment. His judgment has already been decreed by the [[Karmic Board]]. This means that we must ratify it. We must ratify the judgment of the fallen ones no matter what camp they are in throughout Central America and the Caribbean. | ||