Bloody traces of Castroism

By: Pedro Corzo - 14/09/2026

Guest columnist.
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There are people who give the past as much importance as the present, and we consider, at least in the political sphere, that it is the best nourishment to face the challenges of each day, a criterion that, in part, motivated the celebration in Miami of a conference on the Castroist subversion in Central America and the Caribbean, in which the speakers, very well versed, presented knowledge that many people have forgotten, or even worse, have never wanted to know.

The conference, organized by several exile institutions and the cooperation of the Patriotic Union of Hispanic America, represented by its president, retired Guatemalan army captain Oscar Lucero, took place in the Hialeah Public Library, a venue that never closes its doors to a cultural event.

The event was moderated by Dr. Daniel Pedreira, an academic with extensive experience in such roles and a remarkable ability to lead activities where divergent opinions can negatively impact the quality of the meetings.

The first presenter was exiled Nicaraguan writer and journalist Georgina Lupiac, who emphasized the support that Castro's totalitarian regime gave to the insurgents who identified as Sandinistas and how the Castros turned Cuba into a sanctuary for terrorists. The writer detailed the decay of her country's society and economy since the Sandinistas seized power under the influence of the Castro brothers, a factor that has greatly fueled corruption in her country.

After his appearance, Pedreira called Alexis Ortiz, a Venezuelan journalist, writer, and politician, to the stand. Ortiz recalled how Castroism supported the Venezuelan insurgency with all kinds of weapons and training, later allying itself with Hugo Chávez and Nicolas Maduro, an association that led the richest country in the hemisphere to the most atrocious misery, eliminating the freedoms it had enjoyed during 40 years of democracy.

When I was called to the stand, I said that Fidel Castro was a subject with a profound imperialist vocation; that he always considered Cuba too small for his talent, which is why in the same year, 1959, he organized four armed expeditions, all unsuccessful, against Panama, Santo Domingo, Nicaragua, and Haiti, frustrations that stimulated him to subvert the order in the Americas, leaving trails of blood and pain in each and every country of the hemisphere.

The closing of the meeting was led by Oscar Lucero, who deeply thanked the organizers of the activity and the library for the invitation, immediately explaining the work carried out by the Patriotic Union of Hispanic America, its commitment to freedom and democracy, while expressing the concern of the entity he presides over for the difficult living conditions faced by numerous military personnel in the hemisphere who at one time firmly fought the insurgent groups that, associated with organized crime, seriously threatened our freedoms and rights.

Lucero, while showing books he had authored on the subject, described with precision and clarity how the Guatemalan conflict extended for decades thanks to the support of Castro's totalitarian regime, which, since 1960, had supported the insurgents' violence with weapons and explosives. He emphasized that Guatemala is the only country where a US ambassador has been assassinated: in 1968, John Gordon Meir, along with Colonel John D. Webber, head of the military mission in Guatemala, and Lieutenant Commander Ernest A. Munro, naval attaché. He added that these crimes had the approval of the Castro brothers.

The UPH president pointed out that during those years, while the United States was fighting communism throughout Southeast Asia, Latin American armed forces were facing, with almost no resources, the Castro regime allied with common criminals linked to all kinds of crime, including drug trafficking.

After the presentations concluded, Dr. Pedreira allowed time for questions and answers, which demonstrated the attendees' interest in the topics discussed and the need to continue addressing similar issues or at least expand upon them, since El Salvador's experience with the guerrillas, also sponsored by the Castro regime, should be discussed, considering that this conflict, like the rest of those that occurred in Central America and the Caribbean, was particularly bloody.

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