The condemnation of the US blockade against Cuba will be one of the messages that Cubans residing in the United Kingdom will take to the upcoming virtual European forum of solidarity with the Caribbean island, announced today the Cuban association in the UK, Prensa Latina publishes.
“I think this meeting will be of great importance, because we will be sending a strong message to the United States government that we are against the blockade, and its hostile and interference policy towards our country,” said Daniesky Acosta, who lives in the city Scotsman from Glasgow.
The different associations of Cubans residing in Europe plan to hold a virtual meeting on October 24, due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The online forum, which will take place in a context marked by the intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against the Caribbean country for 60 years, will include statements by the participants and a tribute to Cuban culture and idiosyncrasy.
Valia Rodríguez, from Birmingham, pointed out, for her part, that the event will also reaffirm the support of the Cuban community in Europe for the right of her native country to self-determination and to choose socialism as the only system that can guarantee sovereignty and social justice.
Cuban emigration carries Cuba in its heart in each of the places where we are. And although there are some Cubans who denigrate their homeland, and support President Donald Trump and the criminal policies of the US government against our people, there is a large mass of Cuban emigrants who defend Cuba and support their struggle in many ways, Rodríguez said.
From London, the academic Miriam Palacios recalled, for her part, that Cubans residing in the European continent have a long history of solidarity with Cuba and condemning US hostility against their country.
Living in this continent we expose beyond the media, the truth about Cuba and its social achievements, and the genocidal policy of imperialism, she said.
Cubans in the UK will also add their voice to the international call for the Nobel Peace Prize to be recognized for the work of the Cuban internationalist medical brigades that fight against Covid-19 in different countries of the world.