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#EndBlockadeAgainstCuba: We must not tire, we cannot be defeated says NMSC

#EndBlockadeAgainstCuba: We must not tire, we cannot be defeated says NMSC







PRESENTATION BY THE NIGERIA MOVEMENT TO THE AFRICA 2021 VIRTUAL CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA  FACILITATED BY THE CUBAN INSTITUTE OF FRIENDSHIP WITH THE PEOPLES, HAVANA, HOLDING  ON OCTOBER 7, 2021.

We must not tire, we cannot be defeated!

1. Revolutionary greetings to all delegates of the African Solidarity Movements and Friendship Associations with Cuba participating at this special virtual conference facilitated by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) We note with regret that due to the COVID-19 pandemic which made large physical gatherings unsafe, the 7th African Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba scheduled for Mozambique, could not hold.


2. We salute President Fernando Gonzalez and the entire team of dutiful and committed members of ICAP for their sacrifices and faithfulness to the ideals of the Cuban Revolution in sustaining the commendable tradition of solidarity and friendship with us the African people and our organisations in the defence of humanity.


3. The Nigeria Movement speaks here with painful feelings but fond memories of two unforgettable comrades who departed after our 2019 conference. We lost in May 2020 Comrade AbdulKareem Aka-Motajo – who at his demise was the President of the Nigeria-Cuba Friendship and Cultural Association and a leader of the Nigeria Movement of Solidarity with Cuba. Then in September, 2021 we lost the immediate past Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria – Companero Carlos Trejo Sosa. Both comrade Motajo and Ambassador Trejo were instrumental to the successful hosting of the 6th African Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba which held in Nigeria from September 23 – 25, 2019. In a part of the tribute to Ambassador Trejo by the Nigeria Movement, we had said: Ambassador Trejo meant everything to us in the Nigeria Movement of Solidarity with Cuba. He was the initiator of uniting the various groups in Nigeria with relations or association with Cuba under the banner of a single solidarity movement. He was also central to the inauguration of the Nigeria Movement of Solidarity with Cuba. Companero Trejo was a lively, resourceful, highly knowledgeable, widely experienced and friendly personality with whom we shared pleasantries and confidence! These comrades are unforgettable.


4. We should at this virtual Conference affirm that the relationship between Nigeria and Cuba is symbiotic and deeply rooted in shared historical and cultural heritage. It is not possible to speak of Cuba and the Cuban without reference to the tremendous influences of African, especially, Nigerian cultures. Hence, at these times of the tightening of the criminal US Blockade against Cuba with over 243 punitive economic, financial and commercial measures, targeted at crippling the Cuban people, we the Nigeria Movement cannot be indifferent. We are resolved to stand with Cuba as a DUTY to defend the Cuban people and the unparalleled gains of the Cuban Revolution. We declare to the whole world that Cuba is never, and will never be alone!


5. We acknowledge that despite the hardship that Cuba is facing as a result of the blockade, the sudden outbreak of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 and the ill-fated US plot of insidious protest and campaigns of internal destabilisation aimed at collapsing the Revolution, the Cuban people have remained firm and resolute in the defence of truth, principles and ideals of Humanity! Cuba’s role and the sacrifices of her medical brigades in saving lives in over 57 countries, remains an exemplary and unparalleled achievement, for which the Cuban White Shirts deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.


6. \At this point in addressing solidarity with Cuba and facing the future together in the defence of Humanity, permit me to reiterate the ACTION PLAN FOR THE AFRICAN MOVEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP AND SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA as adopted at the 6th AFRICAN CONTINENTAL MEETING OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA.

The plan which as a result of the pandemic has largely not been implemented,   is to:


Promote the legacy of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and the Cuban People in Africa, in the form of conferences, commemorative activities, panels, political events in different countries.


Expand the solidarity movement in Africa to include amongst others, all graduates of Cuba and their families.


Strengthen and increase the relationship between political forces, trade unions, youth organizations, women's organizations and friendship associations with Cuba.


Strengthen the links amongst the solidarity organizations with Cuba in the different countries of the continent by encouraging the exchange of experiences.


Address the people and Congress of the United States with requests to end the illegal and inhuman blockade against Cuba, the Helms Burton Act, the activation of its Title III and the illegal occupation of Guantanamo by the United States.


Perform, on the 17th of each month, actions demanding the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States government, the end of the aggressive escalation and the return of the territory occupied by the illegal Naval Base in Guantanamo. These should include sending letters to the US government, marches in front of US Embassies/ Consulates, among others.


Engage the Parliament in every African country and the African Union to approve Resolutions demanding that America ends its illegal and inhuman blockade against Cuba and its illegal occupation of Guantanamo.


Reinforce actions of solidarity, information dissemination and support for the cause of the Palestine and Saharawi peoples and solidarity with former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the Bolivarian Revolution.


Promote brigades, caravans, and socio-political groups in all countries through Amistur, on the 60th anniversary of ICAP and the Cuban Revolution.


Build International Volunteer and Solidarity Work Brigades with Cuba.


Develop communication strategies including television, radio, social networks, and other platforms for the dissemination of the Cuban reality.


Intensify the use of social networks as platform to denounce hostile policies against Cuba and in response to disinformation campaigns against the Cuban people.


Support Cuban collaborators, especially doctors, in different countries and popularize the impact of their work in various communities.


Draw up strategies for the creation of solidarity organizations with Cuba in those African countries where they are not yet established.


Prioritize the rejuvenation of the structures that make up the Solidarity Movement with Cuba in a creative and comprehensive way.


CONCLUSION:

The solidarity actions with Cuba, is like a marathon race in which we must not tire so long as imperialism does not tire   or is defeated. As you know, a people united by noble ideas and whose hearts beat in unison for the development of humanity, can never be defeated! There is victory for us!!  Solidarity, forever!!!


Cuba Will Outlive the US Criminal Blockade!

Ever Onward to the Cuban Revolution!

 

Comrade ABIODUN AREMU

For and on behalf of the Nigerian Movement of Solidarity with Cuba


NIGERIA MOVEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA

c/o Pascal Bafyau Labour House, NLC Headquarters, FCT Abuja

E-mail: [email protected]


*Members of the Nigeria
 Movement of Solidarity with
Cuba @ the African Continental
Virtual Conference of Solidarity
with Cuba held yestday
October 7, 2021*












PRESENTATION BY THE NIGERIA MOVEMENT TO THE AFRICA 2021 VIRTUAL CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA  FACILITATED BY THE CUBAN INSTITUTE OF FRIENDSHIP WITH THE PEOPLES, HAVANA, HOLDING  ON OCTOBER 7, 2021.

We must not tire, we cannot be defeated!

1. Revolutionary greetings to all delegates of the African Solidarity Movements and Friendship Associations with Cuba participating at this special virtual conference facilitated by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) We note with regret that due to the COVID-19 pandemic which made large physical gatherings unsafe, the 7th African Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba scheduled for Mozambique, could not hold.


2. We salute President Fernando Gonzalez and the entire team of dutiful and committed members of ICAP for their sacrifices and faithfulness to the ideals of the Cuban Revolution in sustaining the commendable tradition of solidarity and friendship with us the African people and our organisations in the defence of humanity.


3. The Nigeria Movement speaks here with painful feelings but fond memories of two unforgettable comrades who departed after our 2019 conference. We lost in May 2020 Comrade AbdulKareem Aka-Motajo – who at his demise was the President of the Nigeria-Cuba Friendship and Cultural Association and a leader of the Nigeria Movement of Solidarity with Cuba. Then in September, 2021 we lost the immediate past Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria – Companero Carlos Trejo Sosa. Both comrade Motajo and Ambassador Trejo were instrumental to the successful hosting of the 6th African Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba which held in Nigeria from September 23 – 25, 2019. In a part of the tribute to Ambassador Trejo by the Nigeria Movement, we had said: Ambassador Trejo meant everything to us in the Nigeria Movement of Solidarity with Cuba. He was the initiator of uniting the various groups in Nigeria with relations or association with Cuba under the banner of a single solidarity movement. He was also central to the inauguration of the Nigeria Movement of Solidarity with Cuba. Companero Trejo was a lively, resourceful, highly knowledgeable, widely experienced and friendly personality with whom we shared pleasantries and confidence! These comrades are unforgettable.


4. We should at this virtual Conference affirm that the relationship between Nigeria and Cuba is symbiotic and deeply rooted in shared historical and cultural heritage. It is not possible to speak of Cuba and the Cuban without reference to the tremendous influences of African, especially, Nigerian cultures. Hence, at these times of the tightening of the criminal US Blockade against Cuba with over 243 punitive economic, financial and commercial measures, targeted at crippling the Cuban people, we the Nigeria Movement cannot be indifferent. We are resolved to stand with Cuba as a DUTY to defend the Cuban people and the unparalleled gains of the Cuban Revolution. We declare to the whole world that Cuba is never, and will never be alone!


5. We acknowledge that despite the hardship that Cuba is facing as a result of the blockade, the sudden outbreak of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 and the ill-fated US plot of insidious protest and campaigns of internal destabilisation aimed at collapsing the Revolution, the Cuban people have remained firm and resolute in the defence of truth, principles and ideals of Humanity! Cuba’s role and the sacrifices of her medical brigades in saving lives in over 57 countries, remains an exemplary and unparalleled achievement, for which the Cuban White Shirts deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.


6. \At this point in addressing solidarity with Cuba and facing the future together in the defence of Humanity, permit me to reiterate the ACTION PLAN FOR THE AFRICAN MOVEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP AND SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA as adopted at the 6th AFRICAN CONTINENTAL MEETING OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA.

The plan which as a result of the pandemic has largely not been implemented,   is to:


Promote the legacy of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and the Cuban People in Africa, in the form of conferences, commemorative activities, panels, political events in different countries.


Expand the solidarity movement in Africa to include amongst others, all graduates of Cuba and their families.


Strengthen and increase the relationship between political forces, trade unions, youth organizations, women's organizations and friendship associations with Cuba.


Strengthen the links amongst the solidarity organizations with Cuba in the different countries of the continent by encouraging the exchange of experiences.


Address the people and Congress of the United States with requests to end the illegal and inhuman blockade against Cuba, the Helms Burton Act, the activation of its Title III and the illegal occupation of Guantanamo by the United States.


Perform, on the 17th of each month, actions demanding the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States government, the end of the aggressive escalation and the return of the territory occupied by the illegal Naval Base in Guantanamo. These should include sending letters to the US government, marches in front of US Embassies/ Consulates, among others.


Engage the Parliament in every African country and the African Union to approve Resolutions demanding that America ends its illegal and inhuman blockade against Cuba and its illegal occupation of Guantanamo.


Reinforce actions of solidarity, information dissemination and support for the cause of the Palestine and Saharawi peoples and solidarity with former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the Bolivarian Revolution.


Promote brigades, caravans, and socio-political groups in all countries through Amistur, on the 60th anniversary of ICAP and the Cuban Revolution.


Build International Volunteer and Solidarity Work Brigades with Cuba.


Develop communication strategies including television, radio, social networks, and other platforms for the dissemination of the Cuban reality.


Intensify the use of social networks as platform to denounce hostile policies against Cuba and in response to disinformation campaigns against the Cuban people.


Support Cuban collaborators, especially doctors, in different countries and popularize the impact of their work in various communities.


Draw up strategies for the creation of solidarity organizations with Cuba in those African countries where they are not yet established.


Prioritize the rejuvenation of the structures that make up the Solidarity Movement with Cuba in a creative and comprehensive way.


CONCLUSION:

The solidarity actions with Cuba, is like a marathon race in which we must not tire so long as imperialism does not tire   or is defeated. As you know, a people united by noble ideas and whose hearts beat in unison for the development of humanity, can never be defeated! There is victory for us!!  Solidarity, forever!!!


Cuba Will Outlive the US Criminal Blockade!

Ever Onward to the Cuban Revolution!

 

Comrade ABIODUN AREMU

For and on behalf of the Nigerian Movement of Solidarity with Cuba


NIGERIA MOVEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA

c/o Pascal Bafyau Labour House, NLC Headquarters, FCT Abuja

E-mail: [email protected]


*Members of the Nigeria
 Movement of Solidarity with
Cuba @ the African Continental
Virtual Conference of Solidarity
with Cuba held yestday
October 7, 2021*






ACIS-M: THE BATTLE OF IDEAS IS ON & THE US CRIMINAL BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA WILL FALL! (VIDEO)

ACIS-M: THE BATTLE OF IDEAS IS ON & THE US CRIMINAL BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA WILL FALL! (VIDEO)


Cuban ambassador to Nigeria denounces the impact of the US blockade





Cuban ambassador to Nigeria denounces the impact of the US blockade




This Friday: AUG 13 @ 4PM - 8PM Join #ENDUSBLOCKADEAGAINSTCUBA Concerts

This Friday: AUG 13 @ 4PM - 8PM Join #ENDUSBLOCKADEAGAINSTCUBA Concerts


 *END THE BLOCKADE Now CONCERT!*

*FRIDAY, AUG 13 @ 4PM - 8PM NIGERIA (16HR - 20HR)*

*The #HandsOffCuba is a POLITICAL CONCERT being organized by ACIS-M is to call the attention of the world to collectively condemn the continued economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed on the people of Cuba by the successive imperialist governments of the United States of America for the past 60 years!*

*It is our conviction that it is high time that the working people, oppressed masses and conscientious citizens  across the world should DEMAND the unconditional lifting of this genocidal, self-centered, capitalist and strangulating economic blockade against the Cuban people who have chosen the path of Humanity, as evidenced in Her saving of lives against the attacks of COVID-19 pandemic in more than 60 countries!*

*FACEBOOK Live Streaming @ Sahara reporters, Acis Cabral, YOU TUBE: https://youtube.com/channel/UCoidrnFqAjP4QMs_5VDUqqQ (ACIS-M ACIS-M), Email [email protected]*


 *END THE BLOCKADE Now CONCERT!*

*FRIDAY, AUG 13 @ 4PM - 8PM NIGERIA (16HR - 20HR)*

*The #HandsOffCuba is a POLITICAL CONCERT being organized by ACIS-M is to call the attention of the world to collectively condemn the continued economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed on the people of Cuba by the successive imperialist governments of the United States of America for the past 60 years!*

*It is our conviction that it is high time that the working people, oppressed masses and conscientious citizens  across the world should DEMAND the unconditional lifting of this genocidal, self-centered, capitalist and strangulating economic blockade against the Cuban people who have chosen the path of Humanity, as evidenced in Her saving of lives against the attacks of COVID-19 pandemic in more than 60 countries!*

*FACEBOOK Live Streaming @ Sahara reporters, Acis Cabral, YOU TUBE: https://youtube.com/channel/UCoidrnFqAjP4QMs_5VDUqqQ (ACIS-M ACIS-M), Email [email protected]*

#Tokyo2020: THE CUBAN REVOLUTION IS A LIVING IDEAS THAT CANNOT BE KILLED

#Tokyo2020: THE CUBAN REVOLUTION IS A LIVING IDEAS THAT CANNOT BE KILLED

THE WORTH OF A SOVEREIGN NATION WHO KNOWS THE TRUE MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE!

DESPITE THE US CRIMINAL BLOCKADE AGAINST THIS ISLAND OF 11.3 MILLION IN POPULATION, CUBA WENT WITH A DELEGATION OF 70 AND COMPETED IN 16-SPORTS & SHE IS 14TH AT THE #Tokyo2020 OLYMPICS (HELD JULY 23RD - AUG 8, 2021) WITH 15-MEDALS :
7-GOLD
3-SILVER
5-BRONZE
*THE CUBAN REVOLUTION IS A LIVING IDEAS THAT CANNOT BE KILLED!

By: Comrade Abiodun Aremu


Cuba tops Caribbean medal tally as Olympiad winds up




Seven Caribbean nations appear on the final medal table from the Summer Olympic Games which ended here yesterday, with Cuba topping the list.

The Spanish-speaking Caribbean country won 15 medals as Caribbean nations finished with 15 gold, seven silver and nine bronze.


For the Cubans, their gold came in boxing through Andy Cruz, Julio la Cruz, Arlen Lopez and Roniel Iglesias, along with three-gold medal performance in rowing, allowing them to end in 14th place on the overall medal table.

The other Caribbean nations on the medal table were Jamaica, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Grenada. All but one of the medals won by this group of countries came in athletics.

Gold medal winners Elaine Thompson-Herah and Hansle Parchment of Jamaica, Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas, along with Puerto Rican Jasmin Camacho-Quinn all made history.


Thompson-Herah became the first to complete a 100-200 metres ‘double-double’ and Parchment made Jamaica the first country other than the United States to win the 110 metres hurdles in successive Olympic Games.

That feat was last accomplished by the USA in 1988, when Roger Kingdom retained the title he won in 1984.

Miller-Uibo and Gardiner gave the Bahamas the honour of being the first Caribbean country to win both 400 metres gold medals in the same Games since 1984.


Camacho-Quinn is Puerto Rico’s first Olympic champion in athletics.

Jamaica’s medal haul of four gold, one silver and four bronze earned Thompson-Herah and her compatriots fifth place on the athletics medal table, behind the United States, Italy, Kenya and Poland.

The USA won seven gold, 12 silver and seven bronze medals.

The much-maligned games, postponed from last year due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, wrapped up yesterday with the closing ceremony in the country’s capital.

With rising COVID cases, the Games proceeded behind closed doors, with athletes forced to undergo extensive testing throughout the showpiece.

“There are no words to describe what you have achieved,” said Tokyo 2020 president, Seiko Hashimoto.

“You have accepted what seemed unimaginable, understood what had to be done, and through hard work and perseverance overcome unbelievable challenges.”

The closing ceremony showcased parts of Japan culture, amidst fireworks at the Olympic stadium, as the curtain came down on the Games, with France’s capital Paris set to take the baton in 2024.

“For the first time since the pandemic began, the entire world came together,” said International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach.



Nobody has ever organised a postponed Games before.”

Final medal table

TOKYO, Japan, CMC – Assorted medal table from the Tokyo Olympics which ended here yesterday:

(GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE)

1 United States 39 – 41 – 33 = 113

2 China 28 – 32 – 18 = 88

3 Japan 27 – 14 – 17 = 58

14 Cuba 7 – 3 – 5 = 15

21 Jamaica 4 – 1 – 4 = 9

42 The Bahamas 2 – 0 – 0 = 2

63 Bermuda 1 – 0 – 0 = 1

63 Puerto Rico 1 – 0 – 0 = 1

68 Dominican Republic 0 – 3 – 2 = 5

86 Grenada 0 – 0 – 1 = 1


Source

THE WORTH OF A SOVEREIGN NATION WHO KNOWS THE TRUE MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE!

DESPITE THE US CRIMINAL BLOCKADE AGAINST THIS ISLAND OF 11.3 MILLION IN POPULATION, CUBA WENT WITH A DELEGATION OF 70 AND COMPETED IN 16-SPORTS & SHE IS 14TH AT THE #Tokyo2020 OLYMPICS (HELD JULY 23RD - AUG 8, 2021) WITH 15-MEDALS :
7-GOLD
3-SILVER
5-BRONZE
*THE CUBAN REVOLUTION IS A LIVING IDEAS THAT CANNOT BE KILLED!

By: Comrade Abiodun Aremu


Cuba tops Caribbean medal tally as Olympiad winds up




Seven Caribbean nations appear on the final medal table from the Summer Olympic Games which ended here yesterday, with Cuba topping the list.

The Spanish-speaking Caribbean country won 15 medals as Caribbean nations finished with 15 gold, seven silver and nine bronze.


For the Cubans, their gold came in boxing through Andy Cruz, Julio la Cruz, Arlen Lopez and Roniel Iglesias, along with three-gold medal performance in rowing, allowing them to end in 14th place on the overall medal table.

The other Caribbean nations on the medal table were Jamaica, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Grenada. All but one of the medals won by this group of countries came in athletics.

Gold medal winners Elaine Thompson-Herah and Hansle Parchment of Jamaica, Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas, along with Puerto Rican Jasmin Camacho-Quinn all made history.


Thompson-Herah became the first to complete a 100-200 metres ‘double-double’ and Parchment made Jamaica the first country other than the United States to win the 110 metres hurdles in successive Olympic Games.

That feat was last accomplished by the USA in 1988, when Roger Kingdom retained the title he won in 1984.

Miller-Uibo and Gardiner gave the Bahamas the honour of being the first Caribbean country to win both 400 metres gold medals in the same Games since 1984.


Camacho-Quinn is Puerto Rico’s first Olympic champion in athletics.

Jamaica’s medal haul of four gold, one silver and four bronze earned Thompson-Herah and her compatriots fifth place on the athletics medal table, behind the United States, Italy, Kenya and Poland.

The USA won seven gold, 12 silver and seven bronze medals.

The much-maligned games, postponed from last year due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, wrapped up yesterday with the closing ceremony in the country’s capital.

With rising COVID cases, the Games proceeded behind closed doors, with athletes forced to undergo extensive testing throughout the showpiece.

“There are no words to describe what you have achieved,” said Tokyo 2020 president, Seiko Hashimoto.

“You have accepted what seemed unimaginable, understood what had to be done, and through hard work and perseverance overcome unbelievable challenges.”

The closing ceremony showcased parts of Japan culture, amidst fireworks at the Olympic stadium, as the curtain came down on the Games, with France’s capital Paris set to take the baton in 2024.

“For the first time since the pandemic began, the entire world came together,” said International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach.



Nobody has ever organised a postponed Games before.”

Final medal table

TOKYO, Japan, CMC – Assorted medal table from the Tokyo Olympics which ended here yesterday:

(GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE)

1 United States 39 – 41 – 33 = 113

2 China 28 – 32 – 18 = 88

3 Japan 27 – 14 – 17 = 58

14 Cuba 7 – 3 – 5 = 15

21 Jamaica 4 – 1 – 4 = 9

42 The Bahamas 2 – 0 – 0 = 2

63 Bermuda 1 – 0 – 0 = 1

63 Puerto Rico 1 – 0 – 0 = 1

68 Dominican Republic 0 – 3 – 2 = 5

86 Grenada 0 – 0 – 1 = 1


Source

ACIS-M: A CLARION TO THE PAN-AFRICAN WORLD TO DEFEND CUBA & HUMANITY!

ACIS-M: A CLARION TO THE PAN-AFRICAN WORLD TO DEFEND CUBA & HUMANITY!


The American establishment should not assume that we Africans have forgotten that while it supported Apartheid South Africa, Cuba sent 55,000 combat troops over 9,000 kilometres to defend us against Apartheid. 


We have not forgotten that thousands of Cuban youths lost their lives in defeating the Apartheid Armed Forces and securing freedom for Namibia, South Africa and our continent. 

If the Cuban people are threatened, we Africans have the moral duty to race to their aid. Or what do we tell God on Judgement Day? That we abandoned a people who spilled their blood for us?*

Owei Lakemfa


The American establishment should not assume that we Africans have forgotten that while it supported Apartheid South Africa, Cuba sent 55,000 combat troops over 9,000 kilometres to defend us against Apartheid. 


We have not forgotten that thousands of Cuban youths lost their lives in defeating the Apartheid Armed Forces and securing freedom for Namibia, South Africa and our continent. 

If the Cuban people are threatened, we Africans have the moral duty to race to their aid. Or what do we tell God on Judgement Day? That we abandoned a people who spilled their blood for us?*

Owei Lakemfa

CAPITAL NO AGAINST US-CUBA BLOCKADE: CUBA WON THE VOTE FOR THE 29TH CONSEQUTIVE TIME AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON VOTES AGAINST THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE

CAPITAL NO AGAINST US-CUBA BLOCKADE: CUBA WON THE VOTE FOR THE 29TH CONSEQUTIVE TIME AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON VOTES AGAINST THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE

 


*AGAIN, CUBA WON THE VOTE FOR THE 29TH CONSEQUTIVE TIME AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON VOTES AGAINST THE US CRIMINAL BLOCKADE! THIS TIME, IT IS 184 COUNTRIES YES TO LIFTING THE BLOCKADE, AS AGAINST 2 COUNTRIES - USA & ISRAEL'S NO AND 3 COUNTRIES - BRAZIL, COLOMBIA & UKRAINE ABSTENTION! NOW WITH THIS CONSISTENT REJECTION OF THE FEW MIGHT BY THE REST OF THE WORLD, WHERE SHOULD THE WORLD GO FROM HERE?*

*IT IS EITHER WE HAVE A UNITED NATIONS IN THE TRUE SENSE OF IT, IN WHICH ITS DECISION SHOULD BE RESPECTED BY ALL OR:*

*THE UN SHOULD CEASE TO EXIST AS A UNITED BODY, OR:*

 *IT EXISTS AS A UNITED IMPERIALIST OF USA & ISRAEL (UIUI),*

*WHILE THE REST OF THE 184 COUNTRIES CHART A NEW WORLD BODY DEVOID OF VETO POWER!*

 *THERE SHOULD BE NO EXCUSE ANY LONGER FOR COUNTRIES THAT VOTED YES, NOT TO DARE THE US ESTABLISHMENT TO RELATE FREELY WITH CUBA ON TRADE, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS!*

*IT'S TIME FOR HUMANITY TO CHALLENGE & DEFEAT THE HEGEMONY OF UNIPOLAR WORLD ON ALL FRONTS & BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!


Comrade Abiodun Aremu

 


*AGAIN, CUBA WON THE VOTE FOR THE 29TH CONSEQUTIVE TIME AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON VOTES AGAINST THE US CRIMINAL BLOCKADE! THIS TIME, IT IS 184 COUNTRIES YES TO LIFTING THE BLOCKADE, AS AGAINST 2 COUNTRIES - USA & ISRAEL'S NO AND 3 COUNTRIES - BRAZIL, COLOMBIA & UKRAINE ABSTENTION! NOW WITH THIS CONSISTENT REJECTION OF THE FEW MIGHT BY THE REST OF THE WORLD, WHERE SHOULD THE WORLD GO FROM HERE?*

*IT IS EITHER WE HAVE A UNITED NATIONS IN THE TRUE SENSE OF IT, IN WHICH ITS DECISION SHOULD BE RESPECTED BY ALL OR:*

*THE UN SHOULD CEASE TO EXIST AS A UNITED BODY, OR:*

 *IT EXISTS AS A UNITED IMPERIALIST OF USA & ISRAEL (UIUI),*

*WHILE THE REST OF THE 184 COUNTRIES CHART A NEW WORLD BODY DEVOID OF VETO POWER!*

 *THERE SHOULD BE NO EXCUSE ANY LONGER FOR COUNTRIES THAT VOTED YES, NOT TO DARE THE US ESTABLISHMENT TO RELATE FREELY WITH CUBA ON TRADE, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS!*

*IT'S TIME FOR HUMANITY TO CHALLENGE & DEFEAT THE HEGEMONY OF UNIPOLAR WORLD ON ALL FRONTS & BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!


Comrade Abiodun Aremu

COALITION OF NIGERIANS AGAINST AMERICAN BLOCKADE OF CUBA ASKS NIGERIA'S FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO VOTE AGAINST BLOCKED

COALITION OF NIGERIANS AGAINST AMERICAN BLOCKADE OF CUBA ASKS NIGERIA'S FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO VOTE AGAINST BLOCKED


The coalition of Nigerian Movements Against the US-CUBA blocked has in a letter to the NIGERIA'S federal government demanded the country voted against the blockade at the UN general assembly.


In a letter tittles " Need for Nigeria to vote for an end to the blockade of Cuba at the United Nations General Assembly"  addressed to Geoffrey Onyeama who is the incumbent Honourable Minister of the country's foreign affairs ministry, the coalition expresses desire and the hope of millions of the Nigerian people that the country should vote at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 for the resolution demanding a final end to the blockade against Cuba imposed by the United States since February 7, 1962.


The coalition said: " This final push is necessary because the American establishment has treated with contempt, the 28 resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly condemning the blockade".



Read the full letter: 

NIGERIA MOVEMENT

OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA

c/o Pascal Bafyau Labour House, NLC Headquarters, FCT Abuja

E-mail: [email protected]

22ND JUNE 2021

WE ARE A COALITION OF NIGERIANS AGAINST AMERICAN BLOCKADE OF CUBA!

COPIED: The United Nations General Assembly, c/o UN Office, Abuja-Nigeria.

His Excellency Geoffrey Onyeama.

The Honourable Minister

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Tafawa Balewa building

Federal Secretariat

Central Business District

Abuja- Nigeria.

Your Excellency,

Need for Nigeria to vote for an end to the blockade of Cuba at the United Nations General Assembly

We, a coalition comprising the two labour centres in the country; the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC ) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), radical progressive groups, intellectuals in the Academic unions, Civil Society and Human Rights organisations organised as the Nigerian Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, bring you greetings.

We write to express our desire and the hope of millions of the Nigerian people that our country should vote at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 for the resolution demanding a final end to the blockade against Cuba imposed by the United States since February 7, 1962. This final push is necessary because the American establishment has treated with contempt, the 28 resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly condemning the blockade.

Your Excellency, Nigeria as a country has consistently voted against the blockade, and at this final stage, we need to make our vote emphatic. This will be in line with the February 7, 2021 Resolution of the African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit, which in declaring “its solidarity with the People of Cuba” also expressed: “serious concern about the continuous and illegal Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.”

Needless to remind Your Excellency that Nigeria’s principled opposition against the blockade is basically in line with the very reason why the United Nations was established in 1945. Specifically, the United Nations Charter and Resolutions (Chapter 1, Article 1, part 2) states that the purpose of the UN Charter is: "To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace."

The right of all countries to self-determination which the US is challenging by its unilateral blockade of Cuba for six decades now, is sacrosanct. It was this principle Nigeria stood for in ensuring independence for all countries particularly in the bloody liberation wars in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. We need not remind ourselves of the fact that thousands of Cuban youths laid down their precious lives on the African soil fighting the forces of Apartheid and militarily defeating them to ensure the liberation of our continent.

Your Excellency, the US blockage against Cuba is tantamount to genocide as it blocks that country from free trade including freely importing and exporting goods, using credit from financial institutions or import life-saving medicines including for the Covid-19 pandemic. At the outbreak of the pandemic, the Chinese business mogul, Jack Ma sent life-saving medicines and emergency Covid-19 materials to various countries including Nigeria and Cuba. While all beneficiary countries received the aid, Cuba was denied because the American embargo forbids airlines delivering such aid to the Cubans.

In financial terms, the accumulated quantifiable cost of the blockade to Cuba over the past sixty years is $1,098,008,000,000. No country can be subjected to such haemorrhage and remain financially healthy.

Your Excellency, we urge our country not just to vote to tear down the walls of the American blockade, but also to give leadership to the African continent in delivering a strong ‘Yes’ vote against this unilateral and inhuman blockade against a sister country with ancestral roots in Africa.

As we look forward to positive results in this universal struggle for human liberation, please accept our high regards.

FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION OF NIGERIANS AGAINST AMERICAN BLOCKADE OF CUBA.

Comrade Abiodun Aremu

For and on behalf of the Nigerian Movement of Solidarity with Cuba


The coalition of Nigerian Movements Against the US-CUBA blocked has in a letter to the NIGERIA'S federal government demanded the country voted against the blockade at the UN general assembly.


In a letter tittles " Need for Nigeria to vote for an end to the blockade of Cuba at the United Nations General Assembly"  addressed to Geoffrey Onyeama who is the incumbent Honourable Minister of the country's foreign affairs ministry, the coalition expresses desire and the hope of millions of the Nigerian people that the country should vote at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 for the resolution demanding a final end to the blockade against Cuba imposed by the United States since February 7, 1962.


The coalition said: " This final push is necessary because the American establishment has treated with contempt, the 28 resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly condemning the blockade".



Read the full letter: 

NIGERIA MOVEMENT

OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA

c/o Pascal Bafyau Labour House, NLC Headquarters, FCT Abuja

E-mail: [email protected]

22ND JUNE 2021

WE ARE A COALITION OF NIGERIANS AGAINST AMERICAN BLOCKADE OF CUBA!

COPIED: The United Nations General Assembly, c/o UN Office, Abuja-Nigeria.

His Excellency Geoffrey Onyeama.

The Honourable Minister

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Tafawa Balewa building

Federal Secretariat

Central Business District

Abuja- Nigeria.

Your Excellency,

Need for Nigeria to vote for an end to the blockade of Cuba at the United Nations General Assembly

We, a coalition comprising the two labour centres in the country; the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC ) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), radical progressive groups, intellectuals in the Academic unions, Civil Society and Human Rights organisations organised as the Nigerian Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, bring you greetings.

We write to express our desire and the hope of millions of the Nigerian people that our country should vote at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 for the resolution demanding a final end to the blockade against Cuba imposed by the United States since February 7, 1962. This final push is necessary because the American establishment has treated with contempt, the 28 resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly condemning the blockade.

Your Excellency, Nigeria as a country has consistently voted against the blockade, and at this final stage, we need to make our vote emphatic. This will be in line with the February 7, 2021 Resolution of the African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit, which in declaring “its solidarity with the People of Cuba” also expressed: “serious concern about the continuous and illegal Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.”

Needless to remind Your Excellency that Nigeria’s principled opposition against the blockade is basically in line with the very reason why the United Nations was established in 1945. Specifically, the United Nations Charter and Resolutions (Chapter 1, Article 1, part 2) states that the purpose of the UN Charter is: "To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace."

The right of all countries to self-determination which the US is challenging by its unilateral blockade of Cuba for six decades now, is sacrosanct. It was this principle Nigeria stood for in ensuring independence for all countries particularly in the bloody liberation wars in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. We need not remind ourselves of the fact that thousands of Cuban youths laid down their precious lives on the African soil fighting the forces of Apartheid and militarily defeating them to ensure the liberation of our continent.

Your Excellency, the US blockage against Cuba is tantamount to genocide as it blocks that country from free trade including freely importing and exporting goods, using credit from financial institutions or import life-saving medicines including for the Covid-19 pandemic. At the outbreak of the pandemic, the Chinese business mogul, Jack Ma sent life-saving medicines and emergency Covid-19 materials to various countries including Nigeria and Cuba. While all beneficiary countries received the aid, Cuba was denied because the American embargo forbids airlines delivering such aid to the Cubans.

In financial terms, the accumulated quantifiable cost of the blockade to Cuba over the past sixty years is $1,098,008,000,000. No country can be subjected to such haemorrhage and remain financially healthy.

Your Excellency, we urge our country not just to vote to tear down the walls of the American blockade, but also to give leadership to the African continent in delivering a strong ‘Yes’ vote against this unilateral and inhuman blockade against a sister country with ancestral roots in Africa.

As we look forward to positive results in this universal struggle for human liberation, please accept our high regards.

FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION OF NIGERIANS AGAINST AMERICAN BLOCKADE OF CUBA.

Comrade Abiodun Aremu

For and on behalf of the Nigerian Movement of Solidarity with Cuba

JOIN FORCES WITH THE NIGERIA MOVEMENT OF SOLIDARITY TO DEMAND NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT STAND FIRM AT THE UN TO DEFEND THE INTEREST OF CUBA

JOIN FORCES WITH THE NIGERIA MOVEMENT OF SOLIDARITY TO DEMAND NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT STAND FIRM AT THE UN TO DEFEND THE INTEREST OF CUBA


 *YOU ARR ASKED TOJOIN FORCES WITH THE NIGERIA MOVEMENT OF SOLIDARITY TO DEMAND THAT THE NIGERIA GOVERNMENT SHOULD STAND FIRM AT THE UNITED NATIONS TO DEFEND THE INTEREST OF CUBA! WE SHOULD NOTE THAT AFRICA REMAINS THE CENTRE-PIECE OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY! THE CUBAN REVOLUTION FOR THE PAST 60-YEARS (FROM THE ASSASSINATION OF PATRICE LUMUMBA BY THE US-CIA) STANDS FOR AFRICA!! AND AFRICA MUST STAND FOR CUBA!*


 *YOU ARR ASKED TOJOIN FORCES WITH THE NIGERIA MOVEMENT OF SOLIDARITY TO DEMAND THAT THE NIGERIA GOVERNMENT SHOULD STAND FIRM AT THE UNITED NATIONS TO DEFEND THE INTEREST OF CUBA! WE SHOULD NOTE THAT AFRICA REMAINS THE CENTRE-PIECE OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY! THE CUBAN REVOLUTION FOR THE PAST 60-YEARS (FROM THE ASSASSINATION OF PATRICE LUMUMBA BY THE US-CIA) STANDS FOR AFRICA!! AND AFRICA MUST STAND FOR CUBA!*

REMINDED: ACIS-M Urges Solidarity Movements in the Pan-African World & Friends across the world to participate in a virtual event in Solidarity with Cuba and against the US Blockade

REMINDED: ACIS-M Urges Solidarity Movements in the Pan-African World & Friends across the world to participate in a virtual event in Solidarity with Cuba and against the US Blockade

ACIS-M Urges Solidarity Movements in the Pan-African World & Friends across the world to, on Thursday, June 17, 2021, (14hrs Nigeria Time) participate in this  virtual event in Solidarity with Cuba and against the US Criminal Blockade. You can follow on FB Siempre con CUBA - website of ICAP (Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples)!


*🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺*BE INFORMED*🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺!


*Over 578 Thousand Cubans Have Been Fully Vaccinated with a COVID-19 Vaccine!


Cuba is once again in the news for its fight against the pandemic. This morning Cuban President Miguel Diaz- Canel released figures from the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reporting that 578,835 Cubans, from across the country, are now fully vaccinated against Covid -19 after having received all three doses of either Abdala or Soberana 2. This comes three months after starting its immunization campaign, showing the island’s vaccination indicators are now well above the world average.


According to MINSAP, from March 8 to June 11, 1,930,901 people received at least one dose of the Soberana 02 and Abdala which means that 17.3 percent of the Cuban population has already been immunized against the deadly disease.



In that same period, the average of the world’s population vaccinated with at least one dose was 12.5 percent, according to a study by Oxford University’s World in Data. Low-income countries accounted for 0.8 percent of that figure.


The results of the immunization campaign on the island are encouraging. Health authorities assured two doses of Soberana 02 produce antibodies in 80 percent of those vaccinated. The immune response rises to 100 percent after the third dose, “Soberana Plus”.


In May, the island reached a mortality rate of 60 deaths per million inhabitants, which places it among the countries least affected by the pandemic. While the world is scrambling for the few vaccines on the market, which end up in the arms of citizens of the wealthiest countries, Cuba is moving towards full immunization of its population by 2021.


However, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned that there is still a long way to go and warned that in the next few days, the number of COVID-19 cases in the country could increase. While Havana has had a slight epidemiological improvement, thanks to the progress of the immunization campaign in the capital, the rest of the island could experience a jump in contagions.


“We are not doing things right. The population needs to raise the risk perception. Vaccines alone will not put an end to COVID-19 transmission, so we need to continue to strictly comply with health measures,” the president said during a government meeting attended by local authorities from each province.


The new strains of COVID-19 are generating greater transmission at a faster rate, but this is not the only cause of the increase in contagions. “Many citizens are becoming overconfident because the country is immersed in the vaccination campaign and are not complying with the curfew, social distancing, correct use of face masks, and other measures imposed by the government,” Health Minister Jose Angel Portal informed.


On Tuesday, Cuba registered 1,537 new cases, the highest number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. “The virus is having a high contagiousness in the country,” Health Ministry epidemiological Director Francisco Duran warned.


Authorities are also alarmed by the high number of infections being reported among Cuban children and adolescents. In the last 24 hours, 263 children under the age of 20 were diagnosed with the disease, bringing to 40,000 the number of pediatric-aged patients who have been infected with COVID-19 since 2020.


The increase of children in hospital centers due to the virus prompted the Ministry of Health to include them in the clinical trial phase of Soberana 02. This Monday, 25 volunteers between 12 and 18 years old received the first dose of the Cuban vaccine developed by the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV).


Cuba is the only country worldwide that is giving equal priority to the elderly, people with underlying diseases, and minors. “In these months of struggle, the government has joined forces with the Cuban biotechnology industry.


No one will be left helpless, everyone matters. We are not stopping in our quest to have the entire population protected from this new threat,” Díaz-Canel clarified.

ACIS-M Urges Solidarity Movements in the Pan-African World & Friends across the world to, on Thursday, June 17, 2021, (14hrs Nigeria Time) participate in this  virtual event in Solidarity with Cuba and against the US Criminal Blockade. You can follow on FB Siempre con CUBA - website of ICAP (Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples)!


*🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺*BE INFORMED*🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺!


*Over 578 Thousand Cubans Have Been Fully Vaccinated with a COVID-19 Vaccine!


Cuba is once again in the news for its fight against the pandemic. This morning Cuban President Miguel Diaz- Canel released figures from the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reporting that 578,835 Cubans, from across the country, are now fully vaccinated against Covid -19 after having received all three doses of either Abdala or Soberana 2. This comes three months after starting its immunization campaign, showing the island’s vaccination indicators are now well above the world average.


According to MINSAP, from March 8 to June 11, 1,930,901 people received at least one dose of the Soberana 02 and Abdala which means that 17.3 percent of the Cuban population has already been immunized against the deadly disease.



In that same period, the average of the world’s population vaccinated with at least one dose was 12.5 percent, according to a study by Oxford University’s World in Data. Low-income countries accounted for 0.8 percent of that figure.


The results of the immunization campaign on the island are encouraging. Health authorities assured two doses of Soberana 02 produce antibodies in 80 percent of those vaccinated. The immune response rises to 100 percent after the third dose, “Soberana Plus”.


In May, the island reached a mortality rate of 60 deaths per million inhabitants, which places it among the countries least affected by the pandemic. While the world is scrambling for the few vaccines on the market, which end up in the arms of citizens of the wealthiest countries, Cuba is moving towards full immunization of its population by 2021.


However, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned that there is still a long way to go and warned that in the next few days, the number of COVID-19 cases in the country could increase. While Havana has had a slight epidemiological improvement, thanks to the progress of the immunization campaign in the capital, the rest of the island could experience a jump in contagions.


“We are not doing things right. The population needs to raise the risk perception. Vaccines alone will not put an end to COVID-19 transmission, so we need to continue to strictly comply with health measures,” the president said during a government meeting attended by local authorities from each province.


The new strains of COVID-19 are generating greater transmission at a faster rate, but this is not the only cause of the increase in contagions. “Many citizens are becoming overconfident because the country is immersed in the vaccination campaign and are not complying with the curfew, social distancing, correct use of face masks, and other measures imposed by the government,” Health Minister Jose Angel Portal informed.


On Tuesday, Cuba registered 1,537 new cases, the highest number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. “The virus is having a high contagiousness in the country,” Health Ministry epidemiological Director Francisco Duran warned.


Authorities are also alarmed by the high number of infections being reported among Cuban children and adolescents. In the last 24 hours, 263 children under the age of 20 were diagnosed with the disease, bringing to 40,000 the number of pediatric-aged patients who have been infected with COVID-19 since 2020.


The increase of children in hospital centers due to the virus prompted the Ministry of Health to include them in the clinical trial phase of Soberana 02. This Monday, 25 volunteers between 12 and 18 years old received the first dose of the Cuban vaccine developed by the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV).


Cuba is the only country worldwide that is giving equal priority to the elderly, people with underlying diseases, and minors. “In these months of struggle, the government has joined forces with the Cuban biotechnology industry.


No one will be left helpless, everyone matters. We are not stopping in our quest to have the entire population protected from this new threat,” Díaz-Canel clarified.

ACIS-M SUPPORTS INITIATIVES AIMED AT UNBLOCK CUBA FROM THE CRIMINAL US BLOCKADE!

ACIS-M SUPPORTS INITIATIVES AIMED AT UNBLOCK CUBA FROM THE CRIMINAL US BLOCKADE!


*On Tuesday, May 25, the OXFAM report “Right to live without blockade: Impacts of the United States sanctions on the Cuban population and the lives of women” was presented in Havana.* 


This document, which we recommend, shows how the blockade violates the rights of Cuban citizens and hinders local development in the economic, social and environmental spheres.


As part of this initiative, the Martin Luther King Center in Cuba, together with the Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU) and *Oxfam, invites you to join the Forum this Thursday, May 27 at 3 pm (Nigerian time) Virtual Right to live without blockage. 


The event will put into dialogue testimonies and analysis from Cuba and the United States and will place proposals for an urgent change of this policy towards Cuba. It will be transmitted via streaming in Spanish and English, in the following links:


Facebook

YouTube

We invite you to join it.

*EVER ONWARD TO VICTORY!*


*On Tuesday, May 25, the OXFAM report “Right to live without blockade: Impacts of the United States sanctions on the Cuban population and the lives of women” was presented in Havana.* 


This document, which we recommend, shows how the blockade violates the rights of Cuban citizens and hinders local development in the economic, social and environmental spheres.


As part of this initiative, the Martin Luther King Center in Cuba, together with the Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU) and *Oxfam, invites you to join the Forum this Thursday, May 27 at 3 pm (Nigerian time) Virtual Right to live without blockage. 


The event will put into dialogue testimonies and analysis from Cuba and the United States and will place proposals for an urgent change of this policy towards Cuba. It will be transmitted via streaming in Spanish and English, in the following links:


Facebook

YouTube

We invite you to join it.

*EVER ONWARD TO VICTORY!*

Sovereign Debt: Venezuela announces deal with individual creditors

Sovereign Debt: Venezuela announces deal with individual creditors


CARACAS, Venezuela: The Venezuelan government announced on Friday an agreement with individual creditors to restructure terms of its sovereign debt.

Because the government has been in default for three years, the deal is intended to ease terms of the debt so it could fulfill its financial obligations.

The Ministry of Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade said the deal is proof of “the permanent will of the issuers to comply with their obligations, regardless of the effects that external factors may have caused on the payment capacity of the issuers.”

It said the agreement was based on a proposal by the government in September that consisted of interrupting accruing interests in exchange for negotiating a restructure of the defaulted debt.

Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said at the time that the country is committed to fulfilling its obligations despite international pressures.

"Venezuela has always been characterized by faithfully fulfilling its payment obligations for foreign debt services, despite the multiform criminal aggression perpetrated against the country," said Rodriguez.

The announcement Friday mentions that the deal is no longer available in its current form to creditors who refused to negotiate in September.

But the ministry made clear the Venezuelan is willing to talk and negotiate with creditors “with the purpose of achieving a debt restructuring in accordance with the rights and interests of all parties.”

And for creditors in countries with tense diplomatic and financial relations with the Venezuelan government, the announcement said: “For those bondholders who may have some type of limitation arising from their respective laws, national regulations or others and that limits them to establish contact with the issuers, it will be expected until such limitation is overcome in order to establish the conversations to which there may be the place.”



CARACAS, Venezuela: The Venezuelan government announced on Friday an agreement with individual creditors to restructure terms of its sovereign debt.

Because the government has been in default for three years, the deal is intended to ease terms of the debt so it could fulfill its financial obligations.

The Ministry of Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade said the deal is proof of “the permanent will of the issuers to comply with their obligations, regardless of the effects that external factors may have caused on the payment capacity of the issuers.”

It said the agreement was based on a proposal by the government in September that consisted of interrupting accruing interests in exchange for negotiating a restructure of the defaulted debt.

Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said at the time that the country is committed to fulfilling its obligations despite international pressures.

"Venezuela has always been characterized by faithfully fulfilling its payment obligations for foreign debt services, despite the multiform criminal aggression perpetrated against the country," said Rodriguez.

The announcement Friday mentions that the deal is no longer available in its current form to creditors who refused to negotiate in September.

But the ministry made clear the Venezuelan is willing to talk and negotiate with creditors “with the purpose of achieving a debt restructuring in accordance with the rights and interests of all parties.”

And for creditors in countries with tense diplomatic and financial relations with the Venezuelan government, the announcement said: “For those bondholders who may have some type of limitation arising from their respective laws, national regulations or others and that limits them to establish contact with the issuers, it will be expected until such limitation is overcome in order to establish the conversations to which there may be the place.”


ACIS-M URGES ALL TO JOIN FORCES WITH CUBA & ALL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE WORLD ON THUR DECEMBER 17 IN THE CLARION TO END THE CRIMINAL US-BLOCKADE

ACIS-M URGES ALL TO JOIN FORCES WITH CUBA & ALL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE WORLD ON THUR DECEMBER 17 IN THE CLARION TO END THE CRIMINAL US-BLOCKADE

📢🇨🇺 *24 HOUR GLOBAL VIRTUAL PICKET DEMANDING:* 📢🇨🇺

*>> END TO THE U.S. BLOCKADE ON CUBA!*

*>> AWARD CUBA’S INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL BRIGADE THE NOBEL PRIZE!*

~ Participate in any language! ~

_24-hour program featuring speakers, video, music & greetings from around the world as we demand an end to the unjust U.S. blockade on Cuba!_

🗓️ Day: Thursday, December 17, 2020

⏰ Time: From Midnight to Midnight Havana time

Log in for local programing from 6-8pm your local time

💻📱Register on Zoom here

*🇨🇺✊🌎On December 17, 2020 we will mark the 6th anniversary of the freedom of the Cuban 5 and the promises made to Cuba regarding U.S.- Cuba relations. Specifically, we will join together to demand an end to the unjust U.S. blockade on Cuba!*

_*We will also celebrate 60 years of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the peoples (ICAP).*

*HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?* 

1️⃣ Make sure to register.

2️⃣ Make your own video message against the blockade in any language! 

⏱️Duration: 1-3 minute

📲 Send over WhatsApp to +1-778-882-5223 

or

📩 Email: [email protected] (with Wetransfer or other file transfer services).

3️⃣ Share our social media posts with your supporters, help get the word out!

🔸Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CanadianNetworkOnCuba

🔸Twitter: @cdnntwrkoncuba

🔸Instagram: @cdnntwrkoncuba

4️⃣ Everyone is encouraged to share photos and videos on social media platforms on December 17, such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook throughout the day. We will feature them during the 24-hour picket program.

#️⃣ Use hashtags: #UnBlockCuba2021 #Cubavsbloqueo #UnBlockCuba #Nobel4CubanDoctors #NobelCuba

💻 For more information: https://www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/

📢🇨🇺 *24 HOUR GLOBAL VIRTUAL PICKET DEMANDING:* 📢🇨🇺

*>> END TO THE U.S. BLOCKADE ON CUBA!*

*>> AWARD CUBA’S INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL BRIGADE THE NOBEL PRIZE!*

~ Participate in any language! ~

_24-hour program featuring speakers, video, music & greetings from around the world as we demand an end to the unjust U.S. blockade on Cuba!_

🗓️ Day: Thursday, December 17, 2020

⏰ Time: From Midnight to Midnight Havana time

Log in for local programing from 6-8pm your local time

💻📱Register on Zoom here

*🇨🇺✊🌎On December 17, 2020 we will mark the 6th anniversary of the freedom of the Cuban 5 and the promises made to Cuba regarding U.S.- Cuba relations. Specifically, we will join together to demand an end to the unjust U.S. blockade on Cuba!*

_*We will also celebrate 60 years of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the peoples (ICAP).*

*HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?* 

1️⃣ Make sure to register.

2️⃣ Make your own video message against the blockade in any language! 

⏱️Duration: 1-3 minute

📲 Send over WhatsApp to +1-778-882-5223 

or

📩 Email: [email protected] (with Wetransfer or other file transfer services).

3️⃣ Share our social media posts with your supporters, help get the word out!

🔸Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CanadianNetworkOnCuba

🔸Twitter: @cdnntwrkoncuba

🔸Instagram: @cdnntwrkoncuba

4️⃣ Everyone is encouraged to share photos and videos on social media platforms on December 17, such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook throughout the day. We will feature them during the 24-hour picket program.

#️⃣ Use hashtags: #UnBlockCuba2021 #Cubavsbloqueo #UnBlockCuba #Nobel4CubanDoctors #NobelCuba

💻 For more information: https://www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/

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