International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba. Photo: Thalía Fuentes

For 60 years, Cuba has defended the one philosophy: to share what we have. It was precisely this message that prevailed during the International Solidarity Meeting, which reaffirmed that the light of the Cuban Revolution will never be extinguished for the peoples of the Americas and the world.

The Flags and voices of 57 countries and 103 trade union organizations from all continents marched on the occasion of International Workers’ Day in the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana; and this Thursday, they gathered in the Palacio de las Convenciones to reiterate their support for the Island and to support all the peoples who fight for the vindication of workers’ rights and for peace.

On behalf of the Mayor of the Antilles, Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, Secretary General of the Central Workers Union of Cuba, took the floor to highlight the need to consolidate ideas that counteract the hegemonic actions of the United States government against the peoples of the world.

“Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba are subjected to a media campaign based on fallacies and lies to discredit the social achievements of these countries. An example of this is the application of the Helms Burton Law, which expands and tightens the brutal economic and financial blockade against Cuba. Our people will respond with tranquility and firmness,” said the union leader.

He also expressed his unwavering solidarity with the Venezuelan government and its constitutional president Nicolás Maduro and assured that Cuba will continue to be part of the countries that demand the immediate release of Luis Ignacio Lula Da Silva, former president of Brazil.

Guilarte concluded his speech by assuring that only those who fight and resist are those who have the right to be victorious.

For his part, Fernando González, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, called for the Hemispheric Anti-Imperialist Conference of Solidarity, for Democracy and against Neoliberalism, to be held in Havana from November 1 to 3 of this year.

According to the Cuban hero, this meeting will support the just causes defended by the Movement of Solidarity with the Caribbean nation and will reinforce the unity of struggle and resistance against the aggressive fascist escalation of the imperialist policy headed by the government of the United States.

He also urged that the meeting become a time for the testimony of our determination to struggle, solidarity and victory; to strengthen the most diverse expression possible with the greatest number and diversity of organizations, movements and social expressions.

“We want to meet in Havana to advance a common hemispheric strategic agenda and plan of action in defense of democracy and social justice for our peoples, where solidarity with all just causes is an indispensable weapon,” Gonzalez emphasized.

Adán Chávez, Venezuela’s ambassador to Cuba, spoke of the benefits of partnership and the solidarity that has always prevailed between these two countries. “The attacks against Venezuela are an attempt to halt the achievements of the Chavista Revolution, which began from the very first moments”.

The diplomat stressed that the empire’s attacks will never cease, but the people must formulate concrete ideas and unite against these hegemonic plans.

Members of the Cuban solidarity movement in Brazil denounced the fraudulent elections in their country in 2018, a government headed by Jair Bolsonaro that currently holds Lula as a political prisoner. They also condemned the fascist government of Brazil, serving as a lackey for the United States, and their persecution of leaders of leftist social movements in the territory.

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Declaration of International Solidarity and World Peace

At the closing of the International Solidarity Meeting for World Peace and Against War, held this Thursday morning in the Cuban capital, a Declaration of International Solidarity and for World Peace was approved in which the Helms Burton Law is condemned, the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. government on Cuba for 60 years is demanded and the return of the territory illegally occupied by the Guantanamo Naval Base.

Likewise, the document calls for international solidarity to denounce the violation of the United Nations Charter and international law, the new sanctions against Cuba and ratifies the support to the peoples who fight for their sovereignty and self-determination.

“Let us rise up against anti-imperialist barbarism, for peace and for a world without exploitation,” the document concludes.

Translation by Internationalist 360°