Delegates from the provincial chapters endorsed the closing statement of a two-day meeting in which they identified the fence as the main obstacle to normalizing relations between the two countries and the full development of the Caribbean country.
The National Coordinator of Solidarity with Cuba in the Isthmus also called for the return of territory illegally occupied by a US military base in eastern Guantanamo Province to its rightful owners.
The text, discussed in working committees and in plenary, also called for the White House to remove the Caribbean nation from the controversial list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
The condemnation of the Helms-Burton Act, a tool used by Washington to expand its policy of intervention, was another item in the document, which also called for increasing and expanding sustained support for the triumphant 1959 revolution.
According to the statement, Solidarity reiterated its inspiration in the legacy of the Antilles nation’s historic leader, Fidel Castro, to support, among others, the initiatives that the Martiana Association of Cubans Resident in Panama.
Another of his agreements was participation in the III. Central American solidarity meeting with Cuba in Honduras from August 11 to 13 next year.
They also promised representation in the XVI. International Brigade of May 1st and the XXVIII. Having Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Brigade with Cuba dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes organized by the Cuban Institute Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).
During the day, two other working groups looked at the consequences for the Cuban economy and family of the criminal blockade that the United States has imposed on Cuba for more than six decades.
Likewise, they rejected subversive and destabilizing programs funded by the United States on the various platforms and demanded the cessation of Martí radio and television broadcasts.
They also underlined the need for solidarity with the struggle of the continent’s sister peoples, particularly Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia, among others, which also face constant attacks from the empire and its minions.
In a dialogue with the participants of this meeting, the ICAP representative Idania Ramos thanked the support of the different chapters of Solidarity with Cuba in Panama and gave a comprehensive explanation of the complex situation that her country is going through and is now clearly recovering after the passage of Hurricane Ian .
Ramos also stressed the importance of expanding this fraternal movement by involving young people and other sectors, as well as resolutely participating in social networks to defend the truth of what is happening in Cuba and the essence of his noble revolutionary work.
The opportunity was favorable for the representatives of solidarity to recognize the accompaniment they found in all their initiatives in the Cuban Ambassador to Panama, Lydia Margarita González, and the group she led.
At the meeting, it was approved to hold in 2023 the XXIV National Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba in the Azuero region of Panama.
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