Ambassador of Cuba Mr. Alexis Bandrich Vega in the Anti-Imperialist
Tribune convened by the Venezuelan Embassy in Iran, Within the framework
of the No More Trump Campaign, called on the international community to
prevent U.S actions against the integrity of peoples and stop the
hostility, folly, and irresponsibility of the current U.S.
administration. The following is the full text of his remarks:
U.S. policy towards Cuba has led to the
resurgence of the blockade, to the full application of the Helms Burton
Act, to the closing of the Consulate in Havana, to the prohibition of
travel and exchanges between Cubans and Americans, to the sabotage of
Cuban international cooperation, to the siege of our commercial and
financial operations, illegal activities of surveillance and persecution
of tankers, and threats to shipping companies, insurance companies, and
governments to prevent the arrival of fuel to the Island. It is a
genocidal plan to starve our people, provoke destabilization and regime
change.
After 60 years, the blockade has caused us
losses of 922 thousand 630 million dollars, being the main obstacle to
the development of the Cuban economy and a violation of the human rights
of our people. Qualifies as an act of genocide, violates the UN Charter
and International Law. The idea of destroying Cuba has led and leads to
US policy. down a tortuous road, full of lies, mistakes, and failures.
They have no choice but to lie. The lie is the fundamental resource of
US foreign policy. Bolton is a pathological liar. He cannot hide his
obsession with Cuba and Venezuela, even if it contravenes the politics
of the Pdte. Trump, prevents foreign policy successes in the face of
internal problems and threatens his re-election.
Pompeo is ignorant of the history and
principles of the Cuban Revolution. Constantly lies, with cynicism and
demagogy about Cuba. He has come to propose to negotiate a
reconciliation in exchange for us abandoning the course chosen by our
people, for us to betray friends and deny 60 years of dignity. No threat
will make us change. The submission of the US Department of State to
the Bolton - Miami anti-Cuban mafia connection damages its politics and
tradition. Nor will it help Pompeo in its aspirations to the Senate or
the US Presidency.
Cuba will know how to maintain and expand
ties with millions of people from the most diverse sectors and regions
in the US, who believe in a respectful and constructive relationship
between the two countries and favor the end of the blockade on the
Island. Cuba has not renounced its willingness to build a civilized
relationship with the United States, provided that our deep differences
are respected. Any proposal that, apart from respect for peers, does not
interest us.
USA It tries to sabotage Cuban medical
cooperation, of recognized international prestige, an example of
solidarity and humanity. He has allocated USD 3 million to persecute
Cuba for helping to save lives in the world. Fallacies, lies, villainy
and imperial arrogance that do not understand human values. Cuba is
distinguished by cooperation with other peoples. Cuba does not give what
is left over but shares what little it has. Today 33 thousand Cuban
professionals work in 85 countries, in health, education, sports, and
construction.
Cuba maintains a policy of zero tolerance to
Trafficking in Persons and exemplary performance against this scourge,
given its social achievements, citizen security, and equal
opportunities.
USA It increasingly threatens
international stability with acts against peace and security, economic
imbalances, unilateral coercive measures, climate change, interference
in the internal affairs of other States, racist and discriminatory
migration policy. They alarm the exorbitant amounts invested every year
in the war industry and the modernization of nuclear arsenals, instead
of promoting peace, combating hunger and poverty, implementing the 2030
Agenda and the Millennium Development Goals.
USA It promotes war and death. They have
more than 250 thousand soldiers, in 800 bases, in more than 177
countries. Cuba promotes life and health in 56 years of medical
cooperation. More than 400 thousand Cuban collaborators have worked in
more than 164 countries. The counteroffensive of Yankee imperialism and
the oligarchy, together with the hawks that have appropriated their
foreign policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean, threaten our
geographical space declared as a Zone of Peace.
The international community is challenged
to face the aggressive and arrogant conduct of the United States, the
arbitrary imposition of unilateral coercive measures and punitive
tariffs on sovereign states, their disrespect for International Law and
the Charter of the United Nations. Venezuela is surrounded, robbed and
assaulted with the approval or the complicit silence of powerful
nations, and what is worse, with the shameful complicity of Latin
American governments, shaping the most dramatic scene of the cruelty of
the empire's policies.
Cuba strongly rejects the brutal cruelty
of the US government against the Venezuelan people. As Fidel said: “We
will continue to defend the ideas for which we have fought for a
lifetime, together with the poor, the sick without doctors or medicines,
(...) the hungry, the oppressed and the exploited of the entire Earth
that constitutes the vast majority of Humanity We were born in a free
country that our parents bequeathed us, and first the Island will sink
into the sea before we consent to be slaves of anyone. "
Cuba calls on the international community
to prevent US actions against the integrity of our peoples and stop the
hostility, folly, and irresponsibility of the current US administration.
Cuba has ratified its inescapable commitment to multilateralism and
efforts to move towards a democratic, fair and equitable international
order that responds to the demand for peace and sustainable development
of all peoples. Peace with respect, a peace with rights, a peace with
independence and peace with security for all the peoples of the world,
that is the peace for which we all must fight!
Thank you.
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