According to the call, the meeting will be an ideal forum to improve the tasks of the José Martí Association of Cubans Residents in Mexico, debate on the main challenges and commit to Cuba.

We continue to defend the homeland and demand “the immediate lifting of the criminal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed for more than 60 years by the Government of the United States on Cuba,” the organization asserted in the press release.

It also demands Cuba’s exclusion from “the spurious (unilateral) list of countries that alledgely sponsor terrorism” and the return to Cuba of the territory illegally occupied by the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo.

The meeting will be inaugurated by Cuban Ambassador to Mexico Marcos Rodríguez, and will screen an audiovisual material about the Association’s activities during the 2022-2024 period.

Also noteworthy will be a speech by the general director of Consular Affairs and Attention to Cuban Residents Abroad at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Ana Teresita González, on the links between the nation and emigration and their challenges under the current circumstances.

In addition, speeches will be given by the presidents of the José Martí Association of Cuban Residents in Mexico, Sergio Chaviano; and the head of its branch in Querétaro, Andrés Rodríguez.

Among other topics, the participants will address work projections for the next two years, as well as the Association’s actions to erode the United States blockade against Cuba.

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