Long Live Revolutionary Cuba
Resounding Rejection at the United Nations of U.S. Blockade of Cuba
For the 28th successive year, on November 7,
2019, the
United Nations General Assembly resoundingly rejected the
criminal U.S. blockade of revolutionary Cuba. The vote result was
187 nations for the resolution to reject the blockade and three
against, with two abstentions. Only Israel and Brazil joined the
U.S. in supporting the blockade. The resolution, titled Necessity
of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial
Embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba,
explains the damages inflicted on the Cuban economy and people as
a result of the U.S. economic war against Cuba, which continues
unabated with the objective of negating and extinguishing Cuba's
right to self-determination and independence. Moreover,
Washington continues its ongoing campaign of subversion, and
maintains the U.S naval base that sits on the illegally occupied
Cuban territory of Guantánamo Bay.
 Every U.S.
government has pursued the illegal and immoral
attempt to strangle Cuba into submission. The administration of
U.S. President Donald Trump is finding new ways to escalate
hostility and aggression against Cuba on a daily basis. The
United States continues to zealously pursue and implement the
extensive series of economic sanctions, including the activation
of Title III of the Helms-Burton
Act, which allows U.S. companies
and citizens to sue, in U.S. courts, not only Cuban companies but
also companies engaged in business and other economic activity in
Cuba, no matter the country of origin.
The response of the Cuban people is to strengthen
their
resistance and create evermore ways to overcome. The Cuban people
are not surviving by adapting to the conditions the blockade has
imposed on them. To the dismay of the Trump administration, the
Cuban people are living life to the fullest under all conditions
and circumstances, humanizing their social and natural
environment and flourishing as a people despite the hostile acts
committed against them.
On the occasion of the vote at the UN, the
Canadian Network
on Cuba pointed out: "The Cuban people can be confident that
they can count on the ongoing undiminished support and friendship
of Canadians. That support and friendship is rooted in the
overwhelming respect of Canadians for Cuba's rights, independence
and self-determination and a profound admiration for what the
Cuban people have accomplished despite facing the unceasing
aggression of the United States. This respect and admiration have
forged unbreakable ties of friendship between the people of
Canada and Cuba."
This article was published in
Volume 49 Number 26 - November 10, 2019
Article Link:
Long Live Revolutionary Cuba: Resounding Rejection at the United Nations of U.S. Blockade of Cuba
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