Although the real representatives of Cuban civil society could not be in Los Angeles, they heard their voice, which is that of their country, at the popular summit.
The day before that Panel Democracy for whom?: The consequences of the interventions of the United States in America, in which the journalist of the Cuban Television Information System, Cristina Escobar Domínguez, claimed: “Let us live and discover the solution to our own problems.”
It was also carried out Solidarity across borders panel: Building an internationalism of the peoples, which was attended by the executive coordinator of the Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Center, Izett Samá Hernández, who thanked for the international solidarity with the Greater Antilles in fighting the US blockade.
Tania Crombet Ramos, Director of Scientific Research at the Center for Molecular Engineering, spoke on the panel The people above profit: Health as a human right across the world, to limit that “Despite the US blockade, Cuba is moving forward with resilience in the country’s medical development.”
This Thursday, Gretel Marante Roset, an official of the Federation of Cuban Women, is expected to speak End of Patriarchy Panel: Gender Violence and the Liberation Struggle.
The People’s Summit, which began this Wednesday and ends tomorrow, will also be attended by representatives of organizations and social movements from Latin America and the Caribbean, and will take place in parallel with the exclusive Summit of the Americas convened by the Joe Biden administration.
On video: Cristina Escobar at the People’s Summit 2022
Taken from Radio Rebelde