The United States allocated large sums of money to mercenaries and counterrevolutionary groups to undermine internal order in Cuba, denounced Polanco, also head of the Ideological Department of the PCC.

In addition, the leader reiterated that the difficult conditions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic in Cuba were compounded by the cynical and deliberate manner in which the United States tightened the blockade against its people, with the declared objective of causing greater damage, he said.

In the virtual meeting between the PCC and members of the PIE, participated 26 representatives from 17 parties, belonging to 13 European countries.

Polanco specified that an unprecedented media war is looming against the Cuban Revolution, described step by step in the United States’ unconventional warfare manuals.

He also explained the results, scope and follow-up to the ideas, concepts and guidelines of the 8th. Congress of the PCC and the effort of the Cuban health system and its scientists to develop their own vaccine candidates in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.

European participants, led by the president of the PIE, Heinz Bierbaum, condemned the hostile policy of the United States against Cuba, attempts to interfere and promote internal subversion, reiterating their demand to put an end to the genocidal and inhuman blockade against Cuba.

Likewise, they rejected the anti-Cuban positions of deputies of the extreme right of the European Parliament, ratified their unconditional support for Cuba and the intention to reinforce the economic and material support for the island’s people.

They also highlighted the results of the largest island in the Caribbean in the fight against Covid 19, the meaning and importance of having their own vaccines, the solidarity work of the Cuban medical brigades and their support to the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize nomination. .

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