The Europa por Cuba channel will host today a media marathon to denounce and condemn the US blockade against the island, a 24-hour non-stop forum of broadcasts with voices from different continents confirming their participation.
At 20:00 French time begins the marathon convened in January by the platform activated in October 2020 to strengthen global solidarity with Cuba in the face of aggression from Washington.
In dialogue with Prensa Latina, José Antonio Toledo, Haydeline Díaz and Patricia Pérez, the channel’s coordinators, assured that all the technical conditions have been put in place for a new universal demand for the immediate end of the economic, commercial and financial siege on the Antilles nation has more than suffered for six decades.
This time it will be a rejection of the blockade, expressed by the media, civil society organizations, political forces, parliamentarians, personalities and citizens, who all have an equal opportunity to speak out against a criminal policy, they stressed.
According to media marathon organizers, expectations are high, helped by the wide variety of voices that agreed from dozens of countries to confirm that the world is on the side of justice and truth.
The 24-hour event will begin with a speech by Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, and will begin with statements by the Ambassadors to France and Belgium, Otto Vaillant and Yaira Jiménez respectively.
Well-known traditional media, other alternative or smaller ones, YouTubers, solidarity groups, political parties and international organizations will have their place in the marathon, interspersed with presentations from experts and personalities who will explain what the blockade is and its impact, brought Toledo , Diaz and Perez.
The confirmed list of participants includes the broadcasters Telesur, HispanTV, Al Mayadeen and Cubavisión Internacional; the news agencies Prensa Latina, SANA and Sputnik, the Venezuelan National Assembly channel ANTV and broadcasters such as La Radio del Sur, Radio Patagonia, Radio Rebelde and Radio Habana Cuba.
Communist and progressive parties from several countries, Spanish MEP Manu Pineda, intellectuals Fernando Buen Abad (Mexico) and Atilio Borón (Argentina), French parliamentarian Francois-Michel Lambert and Argentinian activists Stella Calloni and Hebe de Bonafini also resigned their contribution to .to the initiative.
In terms of organizations, the list includes the World Federation of Trade Unions, the Latin American Network of Solidarity with Cuba, the National and International Council for Popular Communications, the Pastors for Peace (United States) and the Front Farabundo Martí for the National Liberation (FMLN) of El Salvador.