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PARLATINO passes resolutions supporting the Cuban
Five, Puerto Rico and Operation Miracle
THE 22nd Ordinary Assembly of the
Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO), which met
recently in Sao Paulo, Brazil, passed a resolution
supporting freedom for the Cuban Five, the
anti-terrorist fighters unjustly locked up in U.S.
prisons for more than eight years.
The document urges “the competent
authorities in the United States that the five Cuban
citizens should be freed immediately...” This
resolution was proposed by the Venezuelan
delegation, which had recently passed a similar
resolution in their country.
The many resolutions adopted also
included one on Operation Miracle in Latin America
and the Caribbean, resolving that the PARLATINO
General Assembly “...supports, with actions within
its legislative competence in the Hemisphere, the
participation of countries in this humanitarian
mission of international solidarity.”
In addition, the deputies of 20
nations at this meeting expressed their solidarity
with the sister people of Puerto Rico and urged
parliamentary deputies to adopt concrete actions to
support them in their struggle to become a free and
independent nation.
The report by the outgoing
presiding committee was given before the election of
that PARLATINO body for a two-year term, during
which it will include Senator Sergio Pizarro of
Chile, as chair, and Deputy Amílcar Figueroa of
Venezuela, as alternate chair.
Cuba has had outstanding
participation in this regional Parliament: Deputy
Ramón Pez Ferro was on its presiding committee for
four years, and three Cuban parliamentarians will
continue to be members of PARLATINO committees:
Diana Martínez Piti, who heads the one on health;
José A. Díaz Duque, deputy chair of the one on
education, culture, science, technology and
communication; and Nieves Alemañy, secretary of the
one on gender, childhood and youth.
(Translated by Granma International) |
