Las Tunas, Cuba, November 3, 2022.- The XI Victoria de Girón Brigade, of the Finland-Cuba Friendship Association issued a statement condemning the United States Blockade against the people of Cuba, in the welcome exchange held this Wednesday, with the main authorities of the province of Las Tunas, at the headquarters of the branch of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)
The Head of the Brigade, Mr. Tomi Kuhanen, specified that in an already difficult context, marked by the world economic crisis, the scourge of the universal pandemic of Sars-Cov-2, the energy contingency and, more recently, the negative impact of Hurricane Ian, the United States continues to maintain the intensified measures of the economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Island and urged the US government to listen to the voice of the international community; while demanding an end to inhumane sanctions.
These brigade members have maintained themselves uninterruptedly by painting and maintaining the Mártires de Las Tunas Pediatric Hospital and the Clodomira Acosta Maternity Home since 2010, in addition to financing the purchase of important resources for these centers.
The President of the Las Tunas branch of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples, María Romero Rodríguez, delivered the 60th Anniversary Recognition of ICAP to Mr. Tomi Kuhanen as the Brigade for his outstanding career.
On behalf of the main authorities of the Party and the Government, the member of the Ideological Department of the Provincial Committee, Raúl Sánchez Céspedes, and the Head of the Department of Foreign Trade, Salvador Sariol Vistorte, thanked the brigade members who, starting this Thursday, once again carried out voluntary work in areas of the Mártires de Las Tunas Pediatric Hospital.
Sariol Vistorte offered an audiovisual on territorial economic life and an exchange on the portfolio of opportunities offered by Las Tunas to friends and investors around the world.
(Radio Rebelde-Embacuba Finland)