Havana, March 2, 2024.- Thousands of Havana residents woke up this Saturday at a symbolic site in the capital, the Anti-imperialist Tribune. This space, which is still being reconstructed, once again witnessed a mobilization of solidarity, this time with the Palestinian people.
In front of the peaceful Havana boardwalk, on this second morning of March, Cubans of several generations remembered that almost five months ago the Israeli genocide began and more than 29,000 people have lost their lives, mainly women and children.
Wearing the traditional black and white scarf, a symbol of the Palestinian resistance, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, was on the front line, who hours before, from his account on the social network X, had issued a message of support to the noble Palestinian people who deserve to live in peace.
Present alongside the Cuban president were the members of the Political Bureau, Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister; Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee; and Salvador Valdés Mesa, vice president of the Republic; as well as senior leaders of the Party, the State, the Government, political and mass organizations.
A shocking audiovisual was the preamble to the solidarity event. The images, which caused many tears in the crowd, narrated the days of pain experienced since the aggression of the Israeli government: the death and crying of the children, the lament of the parents, the screams of a brave people, the display of courage and resistance of a heroic population…
Despite the international mobilization, calls from dignitaries, world personalities, governments, non-governmental organizations; and the call of the United Nations Security Council on repeated occasions for a ceasefire, Israel persists in its attack, protected by the United States government, which has vetoed the motion presented three times.
A new massacre is announced and the Israeli government's focus is on Rafah, a southern Gaza town that serves as the last refuge for more than a million people.
n Havana, in the presence of the ambassador of the brother people of Palestine in Cuba, Akram Samhan, and the young students who are studying university studies in our country, voices were raised to demand the end of the genocide, the withdrawal of Israel from the occupied territory illegally and the free entry of humanitarian aid.
Amanda Santos Viamontes, National President of the Federation of High School Students, stated that "seeing Palestine free is the desire of young Cubans." In her energetic words she denounced the escalation of violence against that innocent people, ensuring that "the Palestinian cause is that of all revolutionaries."
Just in front of the Embassy representing the allied government of Israel, the third-year student of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Motte A.M., also spoke moving words. Almashar. The young man, with a broken voice, but very firm at the same time, remembered "every Palestinian child who dies in a war that he does not understand."
"Let's not stop the fight," said the future doctor, who evoked Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, "who greatly embraced the cause of Palestine." And when he finished his speech, he walked into the outstretched arms of the President of Cuba, who embraced him like a father embraces a son.
Before a massive demonstration of the people, waving the flag of the red triangle and the black, white and green stripes, he exclaimed "Palestine is not alone!"; She came to the podium of this platform for life and peace, a symbol woman, deputy to the National Assembly of People's Power, athlete and multiple Paralympic champion.
In her words, Omara Durán denounced that "two mothers die every hour in the Gaza Strip," and hundreds of pregnant women have died in the midst of the bombings. The renowned Cuban athlete stressed that "for more than 75 years, Palestinian women have been a symbol in the fight for resistance."
Then, applause was heard when she stated that "March 8, International Women's Day, we will dedicate to them, to the Palestinian women who deserve their independence," because "Cuba will continue to be consistent with its principles and its history." .
Music and poetry also vibrated for a free Palestine. The Sampling Vocal Group performed “Preludio, Girón”, authored by Silvio Rodríguez; the troubadour Silvio Alejandro sang his own song titled "Antihorizonte"; and the young Palestinian student who is in the second year of her Medical Sciences degree, Samar Alghoul, recited the poem “Reasons”, by the Palestinian author Yasser Jamil Fayad, choosing “fight” as the verb.
The repentistas Luis Paz Esquivel (Papillo) and Emiliano Sardiñas also gave away the art of her committed verses. The harmonious voice of Verónica Velázquez was also heard, who performed "Her name is a town", by the very Cuban Sara González.
The Solpha children's choir performed the song "For the sake of life", composed by Rosa Campos. And on the giant screen, the day was sealed with a Video Clip by Danny Rivera, dedicated to Palestine.
«From the ashes Palestine will be reborn. "We are Palestine," sings the prominent Puerto Rican artist, and with him the Cubans gathered in the Tribune of ideas, solidarity and peace, with the deep conviction that the fight will be unstoppable, because "they will rise from the massacres, they will return to breathe even in the genocides, they will reincarnate in other children, the childhood massacred in Palestine.
(Cubaminrex-Presidency)