New York, headquarters of the United Nations Organization, and also of Wall Street, has five districts. In the most famous of them, Manhattan, precisely in the context in which the resolution against the blockade that the United States imposed on Cuba more than 60 years ago was being debated, a light appeared in one of its tall buildings in which I could read, in English and Spanish: Cuba yes, blockade no!
The showcase city of the capitalist society model was also a mural to expose the claim that summarizes what a large part of the US population and the vast majority of the world want and demand: that the Government of that country put an end to the restrictive measures and suffocating against the neighboring island.
This Thursday, while the representatives of 185 countries pressed the green button in support of the Cuban Resolution, only the United States and Israel –once again– did the opposite, in adherence to their philosophy of wanting to impose the model they profess.
The luminaries, who defended the right of the Cuban people to live and develop, without extraterritorial sanctions, added an element of contrast to the city, in which it can be seen, from the most sophisticated in constructions and boutiques for millionaires, to the homeless and without food, who spend the night under bridges or in improvised cardboard houses, and eat what they find in the garbage cans.
It is in New York where the highest opulence and poverty are concentrated in the same place, and its most important district, Manhattan, is the heart of the Big Apple, one of the most important cultural, financial and commercial centers in the world.
Perverse contradiction that is evident throughout that country, the greatest power on the planet, which exhibits this antagonism, along with the most sophisticated weapons, whose production and export is a primary component of its economy.
While an apartment in Manhattan can cost as much as $100 million, some 60,410 people are reported homeless these days, the highest number since 1983, according to the Coalition for the Homeless, an organization based in New York.
Statistics show that, from 2001 to the present, robbery and extortion have increased by 48%, while violations exceed 63%.
It would be necessary to see how often the US presidents visit New York or attend the innumerable meetings that are held in the halls of the United Nations; however, it would be worth suggesting to the current president, Joe Biden, that he "look up", see and read the large illuminated sign with the sole request of eliminating the blockade against Cuba.
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