With the notes of the Bayamo Hymn and the symbolic roll call to the martyrs of the FEU, the march in homage to the eight medicine students began on Wednesday afternoon, on the 153rd anniversary of their execution by firing squad at the hands of the Spanish colonialism.
“I began to call for the lifting of the embargo (blockade) some few years ago, and I know we could not achieve it, but we must never stop trying,” Waters told Prensa Latina in this capital.
I am a friend of Cuba and have visited that country several times, the Democratic representative from California stated at the end of a meeting at Havana’s diplomatic mission in Washington, with members of the US Agricultural Coalition for Cuba.
Welcoming members of the U.S. Agricultural Coalition for Cuba at the island's diplomatic representation in this capital, its Chargé d'Affaires affirmed that Washington's policy toward Havana “continues to be based on the prohibition of regular trade between companies of both countries.”
“The commercial, financial, and economic blockade, Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, and the inclusion of Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism affect not only our economy but also have a direct impact on the daily life of the Cuban people,” Torres argued.
U.S. Congressmen urged President Joe Biden to immediately ease sanctions against Cuba and remove the country's designation as a sponsor of terrorism.
Sensitive to the situation in Cuba - aggravated by the blockade of more than six decades - Barbara Lee, Jim McGovern, Gregory Meeks, and Joaquín Castro, members of the House of Representatives, headed a letter to the President in which they asked him to adopt a change of policy towards the island.
Some say that at the end of 1998, hope had abandoned Central America and the Caribbean: two tremendous hurricanes, George and Mitch, left a large number of deaths and incalculable material damage in those towns, which had already been hit by the pandemic of poverty.