The ties of friendship, cooperation and solidarity between Cuba and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) were once again reaffirmed during the recent activity to bid farewell to Cuban Ambassador Alejandro Simancas, accredited to the Organization's Commission and resident in Saint Lucia.
The General Director of the OECS, Dr. Didacus Jules, intervened in an emotional speech to highlight the ties of love and belonging to the same family between the Organization and Cuba, which he described as unshakeable.
“Your Patria, Cuba, has faithfully followed the dictum of Jose Marti that “it is necessary to make virtue fashionable”. It has unhesitatingly and consistently given to the Caribbean and to every corner of the world where the sick need to be attended to; where the darkness of illiteracy needs to banished; where oppression needs to be defeated”.
“That is why the presence of Cuba in the OECS is not simply a diplomatic presence. Cuba is present in the hearts of our people because so many of our youth have attained university education, so many of our blind have had their sight restored, so many more see in Cuba a sister whose love is unconditional”.
“That is why our solidarity with Cuba is non-negotiable and that is why we call on President Biden as he seeks to restore civility and international credibility to the United States of America, to end the punitive blockade of Cuba, remove Cuba from the infamous list of countries that sponsor terrorism. It was President Obama in the Obama-Biden administration who famously said “you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist”. President Biden please take the knee off the throat of Cuba; open the fist, shake hands with our sister Cuba and let us restore respect, dialogue and good relations in the entire hemispheric family”.
Cuba-the OECS: A People United will never be defeated!”