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 Editorials | At Issue | March 2006 
Mexican Solidarity with Cuba to be Reinforced
 Prensa Latina
| | More than a hundred Cuban flags are raised during a ceremony to mark the 111th anniversary of the start of Cuba's war of independence. Cubans hoisted 138 of their country's flags in what has been called the Forest of Flags, installed in response to the U.S. diplomatic mission flashing quotes of Martin Luther King on its windows. (Reuters/Enrique de la Osa) |
Mexico — 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. |
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