Brussels.- Social, political, trade union, feminist, environmental and popular organizations and movements from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, gathering today at the People’s Summit in Belgium, condemned the economic blockade in the final declaration of the event. He described the trade and financial policies imposed by the United States on Cuba as unfair and illegitimate.
The document, which summarizes the debates of the participants on July 17th and 18th in Brussels, Belgium, proposes the creation of an international court against the blockade of the nation of Antilles, as an act of mobilization, denunciation and demand of the peoples. will take place on November 16th and 17th, 2023.
It also calls for Cuba’s removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and condemns the use of unilateral coercive measures that constitute interference in the internal affairs of the countries to which they are applied.
It also calls for an end to the illegal US sanctions policy against Venezuela and Nicaragua, which the European Union (EU) is backing and, in some cases, replicating.
The statement highlights that the third meeting between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and the EU, held in parallel with the People’s Summit in the same city, is an opportunity to advance the path of establishing ties between the two regions , based based on mutual respect and reciprocity.
It highlights the possibility that these ties strengthen cooperation, putting the human being at the center of public policy, without outside interference, and categorically rejecting any political or military action aimed at interfering with the normal development of institutions and constitutional norms one of the states to intervene countries. States participating in the summit.
The document complements the on the XXVI. Declaration adopted at the Sao Paulo Forum meeting (Brasilia, 2023), reaffirming that the dignity of the Cuban people is a model for all nations and popular parties of the world, and complementing the proposal the largest of the Antilles on the “universal heritage of dignity” to explain.