“First, I want to express my gratitude for the support and solidarity with our revolution,” said Valdés, who has an intense work schedule at South American giant Lula da Silva before attending the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio tomorrow.
He congratulated the Brazilian people on Lula’s October 30 election victory, which he said represented “an opportunity for this country, Latin America and the world.”
With political courage, the vice president described the combination of factors that have hit the island in 2022, but always with hope that “we’ll move forward”.
He alluded to the intensified US blockade against Cuba (the main obstacle), weather phenomena, technological accidents, the fourth generation war on social networks and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Referring to the brutal siege of his country spanning more than six decades, Valdés denounced that Washington “wants to leave Cuba with no oxygen and no resources, and the only thing missing is a naval blockade,” even though that boat siege was almost complete in Cuban ports and received sanctions.
He reflected on the vision of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, for the development of vaccines, especially against the pathogen, confirming that “we are a country of men of science”.
Renowned Brazilian writer and liberation theologian Frei Betto said the Cuban vice president arrived in “Lula’s Brazil” and called for “strengthening the bonds of solidarity with Cuba going through difficulties.”
Despite all the problems, he clarified, the island is not “on the hunger map” as Brazil returned to that state, describing a series of acts that threaten progress, such as the blockade and right-wing propaganda selling the illusion of the dream North American .
“I hope that the government of hope (Lula’s) will be much more supportive of Cuba. We have to take care of Cuba, of its revolution,” stressed the Dominican friar.
Also during the dialogue, the coordinator Alexis Isaac, speaking on behalf of the National Association of Cubans Resident in Brazil José Martí, said that “we are an emigrant that fully identifies with the events of our country, where love and political commitment make us stronger “. .
He insisted that “wherever there is a dignified Cuban, there will always be an impregnable bastion of defense for the revolution.”
The Cuban Vice President was accompanied by the intellectual Betto, the Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal and the chargé d’affaires of the island’s embassy in Brasilia, Adolfo Curbelo.
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