Hands off cuba12/5/2023 ![]() ![]() We are not the only victims of this other perverse game that accuses the victim to justify the abuse of it. ![]() I have spoken to you about the issue of human rights because it has been one of the most manipulated issues in relation to Cuba, as part of the construction of pretexts to justify the policy of pressure against our country. Those who promote and reinforce it in a perverse way know that this is the main obstacle to the economic and social development of the country, and it is a tripping point to the implementation of the National Plan for Economic and Social Development until the year 2030 that we have conceived in Cuba. One cannot speak of human rights without knowing the genocidal nature of a policy intentionally conceived and rigorously applied so that the needs and material deficiencies of millions of people lead them to despair, to economic suffocation to the point of generating a social explosion that leads to a change of government. ![]() The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the Government of the United States on Cuba is neither moral nor ethical, nor humanly acceptable (Shouts of: "Down with the blockade!") Firstly, because it constitutes a flagrant, massive and systematic violation of the human rights of an entire people: the Cuban people. It will also be an opportunity to denounce the extraterritorial effects of the blockade on European citizens and companies, which have worsened with the entry into force of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act. We are sure that the most forceful denunciation of the genocidal and criminal nature of the blockade will come out of that Court (Shouts and applause), and the denunciation of the infamy of including Cuba in the spurious list of states supposedly sponsoring terrorism. Photo: Estudios RevoluciónIt is on behalf of the Cuban people that I deeply thank the Peoples' Summit for having dedicated a workshop today to the cruel and illegal policy of siege, harassment and persecution against Cuba and that, as a result of that workshop, it has been agreed to convene an International Tribunal against the Blockade of Cuba, next November, here in Brussels (Shouts and applause). No one should expect us Cubans to lower our arms, to kneel. And it is here where the participants endorse the largest, longest and most just claim of our people. It is this Summit of the Peoples where a more just and supportive world is demanded to face the deep systemic crisis of capitalism, inextricably associated with the unjust prevailing international economic order. A space where we say no to exclusion, where we say no to consumerism, which degrades and preys. It is in this space where an alternative model of sustainable development is promoted, based on cooperation and integration. Therefore, this is the best of the summits, because here the peoples speak (Exclamations and applause). This is a meeting place for representatives of Latin American, Caribbean and European civil society. Here we are by principle, by convictions, because this is a truly plural, open and participatory space. Now when we are here, when I see so many young people, so many people committed to the most just causes in the world, so many people in solidarity feeding that feeling of solidarity, which is what we have to globalize in the world, I am thinking of Fidel (Applause and exclamations of: "Fidel, Fidel, Fidel!", and of: "I am Fidel! I am Fidel!").Ĭertainly we are very honored to share with you this important Summit of the Peoples. They told me that someone was asking if we were going to confirm our presence at this event, and we asked you: Do you think we would have missed this event? (Exclamations of: “No!”) How could we be in Brussels and not share with you! Sisters and brothers from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe Ĭomrades who fight for social justice (Applause): ![]() Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic of Cuba, at the People's Summit Solidarity Festival, in Brussels, Belgium, on July 17, 2023, “Year 65 of the Revolution”.Īuthor: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúde z | 20, 2023 08:07:29 ![]()
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