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2024
Dublin, November 26, 2024. With deep sorrow, the Cuban embassy in Ireland learned of the sudden death yesterday Monday of Dr. Jack McGinley, a prominent union activist, intellectual and historian.
A great friend of Cuba and its Revolution, Jack carried out outstanding work of solidarity and cooperation with the Cuban people, participating in campaigns in defense of the Revolution and denouncing anti-Cuban aggressions, especially those related to the release of the Five Heros and the condemnation of the unjust economic and commercial blockade of the United States.
Paris, Nov 20 The Cuban Institute for Friendship with Peoples (ICAP) announced that around 100 organizations from 25 countries will participate in the XIX Continental European Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, taking place in Paris from November 22 to 24, including from Ireland.
The forum is expected to gather approximately 280 delegates to address several topics, including the condemnation of the economic blockade imposed by the U.S. on Cuba for over 60 years, according to Rigoberto Zarza, ICAP’s director for Europe.
Distinguished Representatives of the world community:
I have not come to speak about Cuba. I do not come into the heart of this Assembly to air a denunciation about the aggressions our small but dignified country has suffered for 20 years. Nor do I come with unnecessary adjectives to wound our powerful neighbors here in their own house.
In the face of the worsening humanitarian situation in Cuba, primarily caused by the 63 years of the criminal and genocidal blockade imposed on Cuba by the U.S. and now coupled with Cuba being listed as a sponsor of terrorism, further isolating you from the world of trade, commerce and economic progress, we at Cuba Solidarity Forum Ireland wish to assure you of our continued support and solidarity in these dreadful troubled times for the Cuban people.
We know that the purpose of these vile deeds is to suffocate your country's survival and to clearly crush Cuban socialism.
