Miguel Diaz-Canel returned to Cuba on Saturday night from the Dominican Republic, where he attended XXVIII Ibero-American Summitto go “too early” to vote, the presidency said on Twitter.
Before leaving, the president accused the United States of trying to “destabilize” Cuba and “recolonize” Latin America, in a state-prepared speech. Cuban News Agency (ACN).
Diaz-Canel considered that the summit provided “an opportunity to translate the aspiration to progress towards a more just, supportive and sustainable region” into concrete actions and that “the path towards this noble goal indisputably involves changing the current international system that is unfair, illogical and irrational. It is exclusive”, he added.
He stressed that the problem of external debt must be solved, which, in his words, “has been repaid several times, but it is multiplying and perpetuating financial plunder and economic dependence on developing countries.”
The Cuban regime has debts with several countries. Currently, he is awaiting the verdict of the trial he faced in London, the previous January. In the process, CRF Group I demanded debt payments from the 1980s.
Diaz-Canel also referred to greenhouse gases, which have “record concentration levels. In the Caribbean, we are increasingly affected by destructive hurricanes. We must act without further delay to avoid a climate catastrophe.”
He also asserted that after the Covid-19 pandemic, the world has become “more divided, unjust and inequality” and questioned that “almost two trillion dollars” are being “squandered on weapons”, without referring to which governments invest more in weapons, among which I had to embed it in Russia is an ally of the Cuban regime.
“In these times of multidimensional crises that are particularly strongly attracted to the countries of the South and the constant attempts to fragment our unity, Cuba assumed the presidency of the Group of 77 and China with full commitment. We assume this high responsibility with the belief that solidarity and cooperation must prevail in the service of development,” he added.
He also expressed his satisfactionDesignation of Cuba as the venue for the 24th Congress of Ibero-American Water Directorswhich we will host in November 2023 in Havana.
For he could not miss in his speech, Diaz-Canel allocated space to accuse the United States of trying to destabilize Cuba And complaining about his government’s inclusion of sponsors of terrorism.
“The government of the United States is determined to destabilize our country and destroy the Cuban revolution. Since 2019, it has escalated the blockade against Cuba to extreme proportions, to deliberately inflict as much damage as possible on Cuban families, sow frustration and dissatisfaction, and strangle the economy.
He said that “the human damage caused by this policy, which is impossible to measure, is huge and cruel,” although the “blockade” did not prevent the Cuban regime from continuing to build hotels on the island, even during the worst moments of the pandemic. Covid-19, which brought the hospital down.
As evidence of the alleged attempt to “destabilize” Cuba, he pointed to posters and protests against the regime he leads, during the baseball match between the national team and the United States, which corresponds to that sport’s V World Classic semi-final.
According to Diaz-Canel, “It was a disgraceful spectacle, made possible only by the active agitation and complicity of the political authorities of the city of Miami,” despite the fact that Cuban exiles who stormed the ballpark with banners were arrested and then released on bail.
“Meanwhile, an affront to the truth and a crime against my country, which is among the largest victims of terrorism in the Western Hemisphere, the unjustified inclusion of Cuba in the bogus, unilateral list of countries allegedly sponsoring terrorism, is being pursued by the State Department. Although his government refused to extradite the leaders of the armed group Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) from Colombia even though it claimed to have committed terrorist acts that led to deaths in that country.
“In the face of the empire’s attempts to recolonize us and impose a unique culture and models on us, the region unites, under the leadership of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, out of respect for the commitment to declare Latin America and the Caribbean a zone of peace,” said Diaz-Canel, who also reiterated his “steadfast solidarity with the governments The legitimacy of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia, which is subject to constant attempts to destabilize it.
It also endorsed Argentina’s “legitimate claim to sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, South Sandwich, South Georgia and surrounding maritime areas” and reaffirmed the Cuban government’s “historic commitment” to “the self-determination and independence of the people of Puerto Rico”.
The summit concluded on Saturday with great absences From Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro, who finally canceled his participation due to Covid-19; The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The event concluded without the region joining in the international condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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