Cuba’s revolutionary former leader, Fidel Castro has spoken of the oil spillage in the Gulf of Mexico in an article which was posted on Saturday in the Cuban media in which he described the government’s lack of control over “those who control the capital”.
A birds-eye-view of the oil spillage on the Gulf Of Mexico which is crippling the environment - Image by : REUTERS/DanieliBeltra/Handout
The article wrote “The ecological disaster which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico shows how little governments can do against those who control financial capital, who in both the United States and Europe are, due to the economy of our globalized planet, those who decide the destiny of the public. the hateful tyranny imposed on the world.”
The former Cuban leaders’ writing continued “These companies decide the fate of the people, and the economy in our globalized world.” Talking mainly of US and European based companies.
The oil leak which occurred almost three weeks ago after the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig exploded on the Gulf of Mexico, and then collapsed. Experts are already saying that the incident is one of the worst environmental disaster, in the history of the U.S. oil industry.
The natural disaster was described by Obama as a “national catastrophe.” After the oil platform owned by British Petroleum (BP) collapsed on 22, April releasing oil to the open waters. Experts say that over 800,000 liters of oil has polluted the waters.
Castro also said he believes the president of the United States, Barrack Obama, was not responsible for the “current threats to the survival of the human being imposed on the world by imperialism.”
He continued “Obama ignores reality and cannot or does not want to overcome it, he rather dreams unreal things in a dream world.”
This is the worst thing to have happened to this Earth caused by humans – ever!