Representatives of solidarity organizations with the island, labor movements and participants from the United States, Canada, Colombia and South Africa, among others, joined voices to urge and channel a universal effort to put an end to the illegal policy that Washington has followed against Cuba for more than 60 years.
Clever Banganayi, from the Friends of Cuba coalition in South Africa, after listing the island’s support for the African peoples, demanded the cessation of the hostility policy.
Another of the participants in the closing day, Carlos Lazo, founder of the Puentes de Amor organization, addressed the history of aggressions by the different United States administrations against the Cuban family and highlighted the unjust prohibitions that prevent greater closeness between relatives in Cuba and the United States.
Change is not easy, he said, but we will continue the fight to maintain and create bridges of love between both peoples.
He also criticized the actions of the Government of Donald Trump (2017-2021), which today continues that of Joe Biden during the Covid 19 pandemic, and specified that many in the United States join the request for the end of the blockade not as a political exercise but as a a right and demand the end of the siege against Cubans.
The activist assured that the shipment of milk to pediatric medical centers in Cuba deviates from political interests and is carried out out of a sense of humanity.
Messages from organizations from various countries, including small Grenada, in the Caribbean, also came to the meeting of solidarity agreement and projection of work with the illegal punitive measures of the White House, demanding the cessation of the policy of hostility with Cuba.
Tamara Hansen, member of the Canadian Network on Cuba and coordinator in the city of Vancouver, Canada, urged to defeat the blockade and amplify international solidarity to defeat the US blockade.
He also advocated working for normalization between the two countries and the use of new technologies to publicize the struggle in the United States and Canada of the solidarity movement. We need a strong international movement to meet the challenge of the blockade, she stressed.
The activist highlighted the work of Carlos Lazo and Puentes de Amor in revitalizing the global campaign against the blockade. Several speakers participated in the meeting, including Gail Walker, from Pastors for Peace, who valued the long history of struggle of various movements against the intensified blockade under the Trump government.
Cindy Domingo, from US Women and Cuba Collaboration, also intervened, who said that they are working on a resolution for the organization’s national convention demanding an end to the siege against Cuba.
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