Message from Raúl to unionists
meeting in Havana
President Raúl Castro expressed in a statement that
Latin America has not been the same for many
decades, since socio-political and economic change
has been made, as the process of integration
continues to advance
Esteemed participants in the 6th Our
America Union Encounter (ESNA):
Urgent work commitments have prevented me from
attending this important meeting of the Latin
American trade union movement, taking place in
Havana. Instead, I have decided to send you this
message:
The complex international situation in which we
live, where the crisis continues to affect the world
economy, and threats to peace persist in many parts
of the world, is no secret to anyone.
Our region has not been the same for a decade.
Socio-political and
economic change has been made, while different
processes of integration, based on respect for unity
within the diversity of nations, continue to
advance.
In
this new conjuncture, the role which the union
movement and workers can play expands. Over the
years, the Our America Trade Union Encounter has
contributed to the unity and strengthening of union
organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. As
you know, Cuba is fully immersed in the process of
updating its economic model to construct a
prosperous and sustainable socialist society, in
which the population and its workers are the true
protagonists.
I
will take this opportunity to thank you for the
innumerable expressions of solidarity with the Cuban
Revolution, repeatedly made by the organizations and
movements you represent. I wish you success in your
analysis, as well as, in the objectives outlined by
the 6th Our America Union Encounter.
A
fraternal greeting,
Raúl Castro Ruz
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