Havana, Cuba: The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, highlighted and thanked today the world caravans against the United States blockade organized by emigration and friends of the country.
Through his Twitter account, the president stressed that this initiative will be carried out in 50 cities around the world to demand the end of Washington’s economic, commercial and financial siege of the island.
“Thank you compatriots in emigration, friends of all nationalities. The fight for fairness unites us”, he added.
Organizations and personalities will join the global caravan today to demand the end of the blockade.
Among the most recent announcements, the Italian-Cuban Association for a Dwarf Prince confirmed its participation with a virtual caravan that will be incorporated into international parades of cars, motorcycles, bicycles, walks, marches and events in public spaces.
The editor-in-chief of the Latin American newspaper and administrator of the NoBloqueoCuba.com page, Manuel Tejeda, said that the humanitarian and family nature of the world caravans influences the great support of various sectors.
The project began nine months ago in the city of Miami, United States, and since then every last Sunday of the month it has had more participants, he explained to Prensa Latina.
According to the official website of the island’s foreign ministry, the YouTube channel Europe for Cuba will launch calls in some 40 nations of the world to participate in the mobilizations this weekend.
“The solidarity days will extend to Asia, Oceania, Africa, America and Europe,” says Cubaminrex.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry emphasizes that the blockade constitutes the greatest obstacle to national development and a violation of human rights.
“The accumulated damages in six decades amount to 144 thousand 413 million dollars, and between April 2019 and March 2020, the action caused losses of more than five billion dollars, a record figure for one year,” he emphasizes.