Cuba’s Consul in Montreal, Ángel Torres, denounced on Thursday before representatives of North American trade unions the escalation of U.S. aggressions against the island, the tightening of the blockade, and the absurd accusation against the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro.
At the meeting, also attended by members of the Table de concertation de solidarité Québec-Cuba (Quebec-Cuba Solidarity Roundtable), the Cuban official spoke about the importance of solidarity from the labor movement in defending the right to peace, self-determination, and social justice.
Torres reiterated that Cuba is not a threat to the United States, while emphasizing that the Caribbean island “is instead a constant victim of the systematic hostility of the most powerful empire in history.”
“What Washington calls a ‘threat’ is nothing other than Cuba’s determination to exercise its sovereignty, to maintain relations with whomever Cuba freely chooses, and not to kneel or sell itself,” the Consul stated during the meeting of SUBRAC (Subregional Advisory Committee) of North America.
This committee, in turn, is a branch of Public Services International (PSI), a global federation that brings together trade unions representing public service workers (healthcare, education, public administration, etc.).
The solidarity meeting with Cuba took place at the offices of the Fédération Interprofessionnelle de la Santé du Québec (FIQ) and responded to the global call for solidarity issued by the Cuban Workers’ Confederation (CTC).