lass=”c4″>Reclaman el fin del Bloqueo en la 31 Reunión Nacional de la Asociación de Solidaridad con Cuba en Australia.
Adelaide, 29 de marzo de 2025. Desde el 28 y hasta el 30 de marzo se realiza en la ciudad de Adelaide, capital del estado de Australia del Sur, la 31 edición de la Consultación Nacional de la Asociación Australiana de Solidaridad con Cuba (ACFS).
En el evento, participan delegados de todas las ciudades del territorio australiano en representación de los miembros de las diferentes ramas del Movimiento. La Embajadora de Cuba en Australia, participó también, actualizando a los amigos de Cuba sobre el trabajo durante el 2024, así como sobre el impacto del Bloqueo Económico Comercial y Financiero impuesto por los Estados Unidos contra el pueblo cubano.
Un mensaje del presidente del Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP) fue presentado en el evento. Fernando González agradeció a nombre del pueblo de Cuba el trabajo del movimiento de solidaridad en Australia y las muestras de cariño y amistad hacia nuestro pueblo.
En los tres días de discusiones se han presentado más de 7 mociones y una declaración final, donde los amigos solidarios han demandado la exclusión de Cuba de la espuria lista de países patrocinadores del terrorismo, así como manifestaron una enérgica condena contra el bloqueo.
Otros temas incluidos en la declaración final fueron la demanda de devolución del territorio ilegalmente ocupado por Estados Unidos en Guantánamo, así como el cese inmediato de la manipulación y las medidas de la administración norteamericana contra la cooperación médica cubana.
Los delegados también acordaron el apoyo a la Campaña “De Australia a Cuba con Amor” una iniciativa que se realizará por cuarta ocasión en el 2025 y que persigue recorrer la distancia entre Australia y Cuba promoviendo la solidaridad con la isla en la geografía australiana.
Los participantes reafirmaron de manera contundente su apoyo a la Revolución cubana y se comprometieron en continuar trabajando en iniciativas como la Brigada Cruz del Sur que por más de 40 años ha viajado a Cuba de manera ininterrumpida apoyando diferentes proyectos sociales y compartiendo con el pueblo cubano.
A continuación, adjuntamos la Declaración Final emanada del evento:
Final Declaration of the 40th National Consultation Of The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society
This meeting of participating delegates to the 40th National Consultation of the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society meeting in Adelaide, South Australia:
Focused on the constant struggle against the unjust economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed for more than 60 years by successive US administrations, against the heroic people of Cuba, and,
Inspired by the legacy of Jose Martí, Fidel Castro, leader of the Cuban Revolution, and the unwavering and determined struggle of the Cuban people to maintain their sovereignty, and a socialist state firmly based on principles of social justice and equality, makes the following declaration:
WE DECLARE
- We reaffirm our commitment to continue defending and supporting the Cuban Revolution and its people.
- We denounce the total, the economic, financial and commercial blockade that the United States has unjustly and illegally imposed on Cuba for more than 60 years, despite having been almost unanimously rejected by the United Nations General Assembly on more than 30 consecutive occasions. We demand the total, unconditional and complete lifting of such unilateral coercive measures.
- We demand that Cuba be removed from the list of US state sponsors of terrorism, which, as part of the US blockade, penalises individuals or organisations financially dealing with Cuba and strangles trade and travel, causing direct and continuing harm to the Cuban people.
- We demand the return to Cuban sovereignty of the territory illegitimately occupied by the US in Guantanamo, and used as a detention and torture centre. The US should bear the cost of the environmental remediation, including the removal of all land mines, of the land surrounding Guantanamo Bay as well as the cost to remove its facilities from Cuban territory.
- We demand the payment of fair economic compensation by the US Government to the Cuban people for the economic and human damages caused by the criminal practice of the blockade and other aggressions for more than six decades, which currently amounts to more than $1.3 trillion.
- We demand an end to the financing of programmes of political interference aimed at destabilising Cuba, and to the funding of all groups recognized as politically and economically dependent on the US government or other foreign powers, that are falsely promoted by the media as ‘dissidents’.
- We denounce the falsification and manipulation of information which is directed by the mainstream media, against the Cuban Revolution. We condemn the double standards of such policies, and the silence of the mainstream media on the social achievements and examples of international solidarity that Cuba offers to the world. In particular, we denounce and demand the immediate cessation of media manipulation and measures against the selfless participation of Cuban doctors whose noble contributions have saved thousands of lives in situations of natural disaster, epidemics and other crisis situations on all continents.
WE AGREE
- To work, in coordination with Cuban institutions and Cuban mass organizations, to take Cuba’s example of emancipation, social justice, equity, social development, international solidarity and human rights to the world.
- To work with and mobilize all the forces which express genuine solidarity with Cuba, including trade unions, parliamentarians and Australian society in general.
- To continue to develop practical solidarity by sending donations, and by implementing cooperative projects with the Cuban people, and by participation in the events of the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba at the international level.
- To continue working to combat false narratives about Cuba promoted by mainstream media and linked to major political and economic powers. We will continue to fight for and demand public access to information about Cuba and its people that is accurate, unbiased and truthful.
- To continue defending and disseminating the ideals of the Cuban Revolution, led by Fidel Castro, his political contributions and the ethical and political example that is his legacy to the peoples of the world. We will support the fundamental contribution made by the Fidel Castro Ruz Centre in Havana.
- To continue to support the Southern Cross Brigade, which for more than 40 years has built bridges between the peoples of Cuba and Australia, and to consolidate in unity the work of the ACFS as a sign of solidarity and affection towards the people of Cuba.
Adelaide, March 30, 2025.
(Cubaminrex – Embacuba Australia)