October 29, 2007
Camilo Killed?
Yesterday marked 48 years since Camilo Cienfugos disappeared on a plane en route to Habana from Camagüey where he had been sent to arrest and relieve Huber Matos of his command. Ever since then, his death has been a source of rumor and controversy with many claiming that Cinfuegos was killed.
And, Cuba’s Chief Blogger, pretty much came out and admitted that Camilo had in fact been killed. In Saturday’s reflection, he quotes Che Guevara in what sounds like a revolutionary version of O.J. Simpson’s “If I did it”:
“Who killed him?“We might better wonder: who eliminated his physical being? Because men like him live on in the people...The enemy killed him; they killed him because they wanted him dead; they killed him because there are no safe planes, because pilots cannot have all the experience they need, because, overburdened with work, he wanted to reach Havana in a few short hours…
The enemy of the Cuban people. Those responsible for lack of equipment and training-the leaders of the “revolution”. The castro brothers and che.
The latest reflection also takes a shot at President Bush who ended Wednesday’s speech on Cuba with a “hope, a dream, and a mission: Viva Cuba Libre”. castro took offense to the leader of the free world invoking the Mambi freedom battle cry. He seems to react to the word freedom as a demon would react to holy water.
That probably explains why he chooses to punctuate his speeches with “Patria o Muerte”, (Fatherland or Death). Either share his vision of Cuba or die.( like Camilo and Che)
The reflection ends by with:
¡Viva Lincoln! (honest Abe, not Diaz-Balart)¡Viva Che!
¡Viva Camilo!
But no ¡Viva Cuba Libre! Not from fidel. Thank Heavens that the Mambi battle cry was not soiled by the tyrant. Let him stick to that repulsive “Patria o Muerte” ultimatum of his. Let him take it to his grave so that it is never uttered again.
¡Viva Cuba Libre!
Posted by Gusano at October 29, 2007 12:46 PM
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Camilo Cienfuegos, I believe, was on par with Huber Matos...he was a step away from turning on Castro, but was disappeared before he could. He was already becoming a headache to the Castros. He chastised Raul once for the murders that he was filling Cuba with blood. Raul went on to strangling his victims.
Cienfuegos had more charisma than Fidel. Had a more positive appeal. And was loved by women and children everywhere on the island. Fidel even interrupted his speeches to ask Camilo if he was correct.
If anybody should've been revered from the revolution it should have been Camilo not that phoney guerillero coward, Ernesto CHErna Huevera
Posted by: Felix Ricardo ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at October 29, 2007 09:42 PM
FWIW, I suspect the reason Cienfuegos died (was killed) was indeed because he would have likely rebelled against the Castros in the very near future, and due to his high profile and popularity, he could have completely usurped the revolution from them (he was, IIRC, an anarchist, not a Marxist). For that same reason, unlike with Matos, who was known but did not have the same high profile as Cienfuegos, public arrest and trial would not have been an option. Hence the downing of his plane under "mysterious circumstances", allowing them to make him a symbol of the revolution forevermore, simply because he could have been the very one to have put it "back on track" to what the people understood it was supposed to be about, and the Castros and Che obviously did not want that.
Posted by: Peshkatari at October 30, 2007 12:35 AM
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