TAMPA - Likelellong tsa ba bangata, maqhama pakeng tsa Tampa le Cuba e ne e le a mang a matla ka ho fetisisa Florida pele phetohelo e etelletsoeng pele ke Castro e ama lipolotiki tsa US, khoebo le maeto.
Khoebo ea Cuba ka Boema-kepe ba Tampa e bile teng ho tloha ho thomello ea likhomo lilemong tsa bo-1850 ho ea ho maeto a fetang leshome le metso e 'meli a khoeli le khoeli a thepa le likepe tsa baeti lilemo tse lekholo hamorao. National Airlines e ile ea fofa e sa emise pakeng tsa Tampa le Havana mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-1960 ka DC-7Bs, sefofane sa eona se seholo ka ho fetisisa.
Kajeno, leqhubu la thabo le aparela sebaka sa Bay mabapi le menyetla ea ntlafatso ea maeto le khoebo ea US-Cuba, haholo ka lebaka la pono e ncha ea tsamaiso ea Obama mabapi le likamano lipakeng tsa linaha tsena tse peli.
Mopresidente Barack Obama o atolositse menyetla ea maeto a lelapa la Cuba-Amerika ho ea Cuba ka Mantaha mme a kena Sebokeng sa beke ea beke ea Amerika ka lentsoe le tsoang ho Raul Castro hore lipuisano tsohle li ka khonahala.
Empa cheseho e koahetse ntoa eo Tampa e tobaneng le eona ho khutlisetsa khoebo ea eona ea nako e le 'ngoe ea tlholisano le melemo ea maeto le Cuba.
Ho tloha phetohelong ea Castro, batho ba likete ba Cuba ba lula Florida Boroa. Miami ke se seng sa boema-fofane ba Amerika tse tharo feela, hammoho le New York le Los Angeles, tse nang le tumello ea US ea ho sebetsana le lifofane tse hiriloeng ho ea le ho tsoa Cuba.
Port Everglades e tloletse ka pele ho likou tse ling tsa Florida ka tšebeletso ea thepa Crowley Maritime Corp. e sebeletsang Cuba tseleng e tsoang New York ho pholletsa le Nicaragua.
Empa tlholisano ha e tsoe metseng e meng ea Florida feela. Ke liperesente tse 6 feela tsa lithane tse limilione tse 5 tsa thepa e romelloang kantle ho naha ea US ho ea Cuba - haholo lijo-thollo, lihlahisoa tsa patsi le thepa ea bongaka - e ileng ea feta likoung tsa Florida lipakeng tsa 2006 le 2008, athe boema-kepe ba Louisiana le Texas bo nkile karolo e fetang 80 lekholong ea khoebo.
'Tlhōlisano e ngata'
Ho tsamaea ka sekepe ho tloha Boema-kepeng ba Tampa ho ea Cuba hangata ho kenyelletsa ho romelloa ha lijo tsa liphoofolo tse tsamaisoang ke AR Savage & Son Inc.
"Ha re le papaling," ho boletse Carl Lindell, setho sa boto ea Tampa Port Authority eo ka Hlakola a ileng a etsa tlhahiso ea ho romela moemeli oa boema-kepe Cuba ho theha maqhama a khoebo bakeng sa Tampa.
Sebakeng seo, boto e ile ea khetha ho hlahisa tlaleho e mabapi le menyetla ea 'maraka oa Cuba e tla tšohloa kopanong ea Labobeli ea khoeli le khoeli ea balaoli ba boema-kepe. Matšoenyeho a litho tsa boto a ne a fapana ho tloha tlhokong ea ho kenyelletsa khoebo ea Cuba leanong la leano ho isa litlamorao tse ka bang teng tsa lipolotiki.
"Ha rea lokela ho emela hore Mopresidente Obama a etse ho hong," Lindell o boletse puisanong ea Labohlano. "Ho tla ba le tlholisano e ngata."
Sal Pontillo, molula-setulo oa Florida Export Finance Corp. e thehiloeng Miami, ea qetileng lilemo tse 40 e le ramotse oa machaba le motšehetsi oa khoebo e ntlafetseng ea US-Cuba, o lumellana le seo.
"Miami, Miami, Miami mme mohlomong Houston le New Orleans e ka ba tlholisano e kholo ho Tampa."
Phosphate, likhomo tsa lebese, lijo le thepa e akaretsang e tla kenyelletsa theknoloji ea elektronike le thekenoloji ea thelefono e ka ba har'a thepa ea US ho ea Cuba, ha Cuba e ka romela litlhapi le lihlahisoa tsa temo.
Eketsa Mobile, Ala., New Orleans le Jacksonville lenaneng, ho boletse Albert Fox Jr., mothehi oa Tampa-based Alliance For Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation.
Fox o ile a soabisoa ke hore Obama ha aa ka a falla ho felisa lithibelo tsa khoebo le ho lumella ho etela Maamerika ohle.
Lipolotiki li thibetse liofisiri tsa Tampa ho latela lipuisano tsa khoebo le Cuba, o boletse joalo.
Empa Parke Wright IV, setho sa lelapa la Tampa's Lykes, bathehi ba k'hamphani ea likepe e hlahelletseng sebakeng seo, ba khutlile ketelong ea Havana bekeng e fetileng ka melaetsa e tsoang ho liofisiri tsa Cuba hore ba ntse ba labalabela ho etsa khoebo le Tampa.
"Mmaraka o moholo ka ho fetisisa oa temo ea Cuba ke Miami, 'me Tampa e ka ba No. 2," ho boletse Wright, ea ileng a bula Chaena litsela tsa likepe bakeng sa Lykes.
Wright o re o ntse a sebetsa mererong ea ts'ebeletso ea seketsoana e ka tsamaisang baeti lipakeng tsa Tampa le Cuba.
"Kou ea Tampa e ile ea lahleheloa ke karolo ea 54 lekholong ea chelete ea eona ha khoebo ea Cuba e emisoa ka bo-1960," ho boletse Wright. "Tampa e bohōle ba lik'hilomithara tse 307 feela ho tloha Havana, kahoo re na le monyetla oa ho emela United States ka khoebo ea machaba."
Ho tsamaea ka moea
O hlokometse boiteko ba Moemeli oa US Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, ea qalileng ho sutumetsa ka Hlakola hore Boema-fofane ba Machaba ba Tampa e be boema-fofane ba bone ba naha ho lumelloa ho etsa lifofane tse hiriloeng ho sebeletsa Cuba.
"Ke tšoenyehile hore batho ba bang ba Cuba ba Miami ba ka khona ho kenya letsoho ho mopresidente le ho laola leano le neng le ke ke la e-ba molemo bakeng sa Tampa, ke kahoo Rep. Castor a leng bohlokoa ho tšehetsa khoebo e sa lefelloeng le tšebeletso e ncha ea moea bakeng sa Tampa," Wright o boletse.
Tampa le eona e ka fumana setsoalle sa Washington le tsamaiso ea Obama haeba Senate e ka amohela khetho ea Obama bakeng sa mongoli oa tlase oa khoebo bakeng sa khoebo ea machabeng, letsoalloa la Tampa, Frank Sanchez.
Bonyane lik'hamphani tse peli - Florida-based Gulfstream Air Charter le California-based Island Travel & Tours Inc. - ba bontšitse thahasello ea ho fofa lifofane tsa Cuba ho tsoa Tampa haeba motse o fumana tumello.
Tourism
Ntle le ho oa ho tsoa ho khanyetso ea lipolotiki, bothata bo le bong feela ba sebaka sa Bay haeba maeto le khoebo ea Cuba li ka lokoloha ke indasteri ea bohahlauli ea Pinellas County. Ba boholong moo ba bonahala ba le seli, le hoja ba sa tšoenyehe.
"Ke nahana hore ho tla ba le ntlha e kholo ea bohelehele qalong ... qetellong, Cuba e tla tšoana le tlholisano efe kapa efe ea rona ea Caribbean, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, joalo-joalo," DT Minich, motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater. , e ngotse ka e-mail.
O itse batho ba bangata ba Canada, ba nang le phihlello ea mahala ea ho etela Cuba, ba re ke ka seoelo ba tlohang sebakeng sa phomolo ntle le ho nka maeto a letsatsi a felehelitsoeng ho ea Havana le hore lihotele tsa Cuba li na le bothata ba ho se tsitse lijong le litšebeletsong.
"Ke nahana hore re hloka ho lula re hopotsa bareki ba rona le bao e tla ba bareki ka sebopeho se ikhethileng sa sebaka seo re eang ho sona le mabopo a rona a hapileng likhau," a eketsa.
Ho thata ho lekanya boholo bo ka bang teng ba 'maraka oa khoebo oa ka mor'a thibelo,' maraka oa khoebo oa Cuba o nang le metsi le lebelo la kholo, tlaleho ea Port of Tampa e tla lokolloa ka Labobeli.
"Leha ho le joalo, Tampa e boemong bo botle ba ho khona ho rua molemo menyetla e joalo ha e hlaha," e boletse joalo.
Bill Hauf, rakhoebo oa California ea batlang ho fana ka litšebeletso tsa charter ho tloha Tampa, oa lumela - haeba bo-ralipolotiki ba ka fetela ka nģ'ane ho melemo le boiketlo ba lipolotiki tse tloaelehileng, 'me Florida e phahama e le tlhōlisano.
"Ke tsepamisitse maikutlo ho Tampa hobane e na le baahi ba boraro ba boholo ba Cuba-Amerika United States ka mor'a Florida Boroa le New York-Union City, NJ, sebaka," Hauf o itse.
"Ka bapalami ba Cuba-Amerika le thoto eohle eo ba ratang ho e isa ho ba malapa a bona - ba nka liponto tse ka bang 150 ka bonngoe - tebello ea khoebo e ntle haholo."
TAMPA, CUBA: E TLAMANG KE HISTORI
1858: Capt. James McKay o qala ho romela likhomo ho tloha Florida ho ea Cuba.
1886: Li-cigar tsa pele tsa Cuba li etsoa Tampa.
Henry B. Plant's steamer e qala tšebeletso ea Tampa-Key West-Havana.
1891 ho 1894: Jose Marti, ntate oa mokhatlo oa boipuso oa Cuba, o tla Tampa, a fana ka lipuo mehatong ea lifeme tsa cigar tsa Ybor City.
1898: Theodore Roosevelt le baithaopi ba 1st Cavalry, ba bitsoang Rough Riders, ba fihla Tampa, e leng sebaka sa masole a US a qalisang Ntoa ea Spain le Amerika Cuba.
