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HAVANA, April 1 (RHC) – The Party of the European Left (PIE) and the US solidarity project Pastors for Peace this Friday added their accompaniment to the media marathon that will condemn Washington’s blockade against Cuba this weekend.
In its most recent update on the participants in the initiative, the channel Europa por Cuba highlighted the involvement of both organizations in the marathon, which will start tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. French time, to transmit material with denunciations and claims uninterrupted for 24 hours for the Ending the siege that the island had endured for more than 60 years.
The PIE celebrated the call and launched a solidarity and internationalist call to join it, in a message to the channel in January inviting the media, civil society associations, political forces, parliamentarians and citizens from the five continents to speak out against the US Economic, trade and financial blockade.
The European Left has labeled this policy against Cuba as criminal, violating human rights and international law, and called for its immediate repeal.
For its part, Pastors for Peace confirmed its participation through a video sent to the platform set up in October 2020 to support the island and call for an end to the blockade and aggression it is facing.
The American interfaith organization is well loved and respected in the largest island of the Antilles for its well-known caravans to bring aid to Cubans and oppose the hostile policies of their country’s government, a project that began in 1992.
In the last few hours, the Spanish Communist Party, Mexican intellectual Fernando Buen Abad and French journalist Maurice Lemoine have also turned their attention to the media marathon against the blockade.
According to Europe for Cuba, the extensive list of media companies that have guaranteed their contribution to the 24 Hours Initiative includes the Prensa Latina, SANA and Sputnik news agencies, the Telesur, HispanTV, Al Mayadeen and Cubavisión Internacional networks, and the National Assembly broadcaster ANTV Venezuela.
Radio stations Radio del Sur, Radio Patagonia, Radio Rebelde and Radio Habana Cuba, the publication Latin American Summary and many other traditional and alternative media have confirmed their attendance.
In terms of organizations, the list includes the World Federation of Trade Unions, the Latin American Network of Solidarity with Cuba, and the National and International Councils for People’s Communications, among others. (Source: PL)