Speaking before the ALBA-TCP Political Council, meeting at the United Nations headquarters, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez warned of the intensification of policies against the member states of the bloc in the complex international context.
“There are attempts to impose political decisions that respond to imperialist interests of one or several powers at the service of transnational corporations and the sovereign will of our peoples is undermined,” he said before representatives of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP).
The minister recalled recent provocations in that geographic area such as the coup attempts in Bolivia in 2019 and this year, as well as the complaints from Honduras and Colombia or the incitement against the Venezuelan Armed Forces.
“None of our nations is free from plans for social destabilization and attempts to overthrow our governments,” he said.
In that sense, the minister ratified his country’s support to Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and the civil-military union by recognizing that it is only up to Venezuelans to settle their own affairs.
Rodríguez also denounced the coercive measures and fierce campaigns from the United States against Nicaragua and his own nation, which is suffering “the most brutal, prolonged and intense aggression against its economy and its people.”
The representative extended his solidarity with the Caribbean countries in the recovery after the passage of Hurricane Beryl.
“The Caribbean community has a sister in Cuba who will accompany them to demand fair and differentiated treatment in their legitimate claim for reparations and compensation for the horrors of slavery and colonialism,” he insisted.
The head of state also called for global solidarity for Palestine as well as a fair and lasting solution based on the creation of two states and its inclusion as a full member of the United Nations.
He also reiterated the invitation of the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, to celebrate in Havana on December 14 the twentieth anniversary “of our emancipatory and unitary Alliance.”
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