Delegates from Chicago, New York, California, Washington DC, and other places in the Union have come to this city full of history, the most populated and largest in the state of Michigan, to show their solidarity with the island nation, at a meeting that ends tomorrow, following live and online discussions.
Addressing the audience, Yasser Ibarra, first secretary of the Cuban embassy in the United States, reiterated his infinite gratitude for the efforts to promote resolutions from trade unions, city councils, political and social organizations against Washington’s unilateral siege on Cuba.
Ibarra referred to the numerous relevant initiatives displayed in 2024 alone and the approximately 114 reported in recent years.
The official confirmed that his country will continue on the free and sovereign path, fighting for a better world for all.
Cuban chargé d’affaires in the Cuban embassy, Lianys Torres, resorted to her X account to acknowledge the numerous expressions of solidarity from the American people, whose voice has been raised strongly against the blockade and against the inclusion of the island in the unilateral list of sponsors of terrorism.
Several participants took the floor during the day. Cheryl LaBash, co-president of the NNOC, stated that “it is a priority to build this new generation of people who will carry forward solidarity with Cuba, who will organize and build this movement.”
I really have to say – she added – that I am totally delighted with the new emerging leadership.
The NNOC Annual Conference assessed actions deployed during the year coming to a close a projected future endeavors for 2025, following the opening last night of the photo show called “65 years at the Service of the Truth”, featuring pictures taken along the years by photojournalists and correspondents of the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina.
Attending the exhibition was veteran activist Baba Charles Simmons, professor emeritus of Journalism and Law at Eastern Michigan University, who in an emotional intervention highlighted his long love affair with the Caribbean country that “changed my life,” he confessed.
The photo show was previously exhibited in Washington DC and New York in May and June of this year, as part of Prensa Latina News Agency’s anniversary celebration last June, as a media outlet that stands as the voice of the Global South.
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