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Mexican solidarity with Cuba
to be reinforced
MEXICO, February 27.—Delegates to the 11th National
Solidarity with Cuba Conference here decided to
develop greater efficiency and coordination at
national level for their solidarity actions with the
people of the island and its Revolution.
That conclusion was one of the principal agreements
of the conference that took place over the weekend
in the Workers University in the city’s historic
quarter, attended by representatives from committees
in the nation’s 23 states.
The need to improve those support activities on
behalf of Cuba was highlighted in the face of the
increasing aggression from the U.S. governments over
close to 50 years.
Jesús Escamillas, leader of the Mexican Solidarity
with Cuba Movement (MMSC) in the Federal District,
noted in yesterday’s plenary session that by
defending Cuba’s independence that of Mexico is also
defended.
“We once again recall the direct links between the
defense of Cuba and Mexico’s national sovereignty
against imperialist interference and the defense of
Mexican sovereignty and an independent foreign
policy,” he affirmed.
In the final declaration, those attending the
conference also demanded the immediate release of
the five Cuban anti-imperialist fighters
incarcerated in U.S. jails since September 12, 1998.
They exposed how those men, sentenced to heavy
prison terms in an arbitrary trial without the least
guarantees, are being subjected to atrocious
violations of their most elemental human rights.
After the discussions in three working groups,
delegates agreed to strengthen and consolidate the
MMSC Youth Network and promote its creation in MMSC
committees in states where this step has not been
taken.
They decided to draft a document of the libertarian
thinking of the leaders Benito Juárez and José Martí,
to be circulated on March 21, the 200th anniversary
of the birth of Juárez.
Another event planned is a national celebration to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the departure
from Mexico of the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro and
the other expeditionaries aboard the Granma
cabin cruiser to begin the armed struggle against
the Batista dictatorship.
In the declaration, the Conference delegates
ratified their energetic demand on the United States
to end “the criminal and unjust economic, commercial
and financial blockade imposed on the Cuban people
for more than 40 years.”
“We call on the government of George W. Bush to
comply with the resolutions passed by the UN every
year to end the blockade of Cuba,” the document
stresses.
Moreover, they called on the Mexican president,
Vicente Fox, to speak in favor of Cuba at the next
UN meeting in Geneva, for having demonstrated how to
protect and defend the human rights of its people.
Another point in the final declaration demands the
dismantling of the U.S. military base in Gunatánamo,
eastern Cuba, and its immediate return to the Cuban
people.
“We commit ourselves to continuing to work harder
than ever at this point for the organization and
recognition of the principles of and our consequent
unity and solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, the
text concludes (PL). |
