Our children have heard a lot about the crime of Barbados. Fortunately, they did not live those days of pain when Cuba was shaken by this terrorist act. Seventy-three lives were cut short in one second in a bloody, hate crime that remains unpunished till these days.

On the plane were traveling several young Guyanese who were coming to study here, five North Korean officials and 57 Cubans. Among them, the crew directors of the Caribbean Shrimper Fleet, a young official of the Ministry of the Interior and 16 athletes, some of them  of young age, their coaches, technicians and managers.

They represented the best of Cuba in fencing in saber, sword, foil categories. They returned full of joy, after winning all the gold medals of the fourth Central American and Caribbean Fencing Championship, held in Caracas, Venezuela.
Cuba demands justice

Some years after the murder of Barbados, we visited the Museum of the March of the Fighting People and there was the trophy won by our fencers in Caracas, rescued from the sea, a beautiful piece they had won with honor.
They couldn’t share the joy of winning with their beloved ones because the bomb cut their lives short. Thirty five years later, our country continues to demand justice. This act of terrorism instigated by the CIA, would have been severely punished by the laws of any country.

But Luis Posada Carriles, the author of the sabotage to the Cuban plane sabotaged that fateful October 6, has not yet paid for it. Moreover, he has not even expressed remorse for his actions showing a total lack on sensitivity. He feels invulnerable and protected, and walks around Miami, while the people of Cuba demands justice.

Translated by: Daysi Olano

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