Cuban President Raul Castro’s gesture in shaking US President Barack Obama’s hand at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Soweto, South Africa was a courageous one given Washington’s atrocious record on human rights at home and abroad, wars of aggression, imperialism, and the super exploitation of the planet.
The Cuban people, long a victim of US aggression – both economic and military – will hopefully understand their leader’s gesture as a brave and necessary one towards trying to build bridges between the Republic of Cuba – sovereign, proud, and dignified – and its neighbour to the North, despite it being a rogue state.
The post That handshake appeared on Socialist Unity.