Cuba denounces US harassment before the World Peace Council

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 20 (ACN) Cuba denounced on Sunday in a virtual meeting of the Executive Committee of the World Peace Council (WPC) that it is subjected to a brutal blockade and an unconventional war at the hands of the U.S. imperialism.

The U.S. is determined to intensify its actions and measures to destabilize the Cuban social political project with the pretended objective of overthrowing the undefeated Revolution, adds the Cuban report.

The document was presented by Fernando González Llort, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), who conveyed the fraternal greetings of the people "who bravely continue to struggle under difficult conditions in defense of sovereignty, independence and their right to self-determination".

González Llort later referred to the videoconferences with peace organizations sponsored by Cuba as regional coordinator of the WPC America-Caribbean region, as well as to the participation in virtual events convened by the Secretary General and the Executive Secretary of the WPC.

He also expressed that Cuba welcomes the initiative to hold the XXII World Assembly of the WPC in 2022 in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the conviction that it will be a propitious framework to adopt important decisions on the future functioning of the organization.

In the report Gonzalez Llort recalled that last April the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba met, which defined three fundamental objectives: economic development, the ideological battle and the struggle for peace.

He pointed out that in order to broaden and strengthen Cuba's efforts to promote peace, it was decided to integrate the functions of the Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of the Peoples into the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).

ICAP's extensive experience in the work of solidarity and friendship was considered; its links with 1,600 organizations and solidarity movements in the five continents and its effectiveness in the preparation of events such as the International Seminars for the abolition of foreign military bases that take place every two years in Guantanamo, he explained.

He expressed confidence that this structural change will reinforce the objectives and principles that have always characterized Cuba's position in its struggle and commitment to peace and the sovereignty of the peoples, with the certainty that a world of peace is possible, she concluded.

The current president of the WPC, Brazilian Maria del Socorro Gomes, at the meeting of the Executive Committee welcomed the participation of Gonzalez Llort, whom she described as a Cuban hero, an example of commitment to the highest causes of the peoples.