About the fight against racism
In Cuba, historically there have been important intellectuals who have fought against racism and have unraveled its true essence.
Twenty years after the Durban Programme of Action, the situation of racism and discrimination in the world is still alarming
New York, 18 February 2021. “The COVID-19 pandemic and the crises it has exacerbated further expose the unjust international order that for decades has turned the poor, Afro-descendants or migrants into targets of all kinds of discrimination," said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla today, speaking at the virtual ministerial meeting commemorating the 20th anniversary of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.
Statement by Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Ministerial Meeting on the Elimination of racism, xenophobia and discrimination. 18 february, 2021
Mister President,
This year we commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the historic World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, but the goals established in the Durban Plan and Programme of Action are yet to be achieved. We are no way near the materialization of the 2030 Agenda either.
Cuba: A mestizo land that values equality and fights against racial discrimination
Don Fernando Ortiz, considered the third discoverer of Cuba for his contributions to Cuban social sciences and culture, as well as for his concept of Cubanness, explained as early as 1940 that “The image of the criollo ajiaco symbolizes well the formation of the Cuban people. (...) That is Cuba, the island, the pot set on the fire of the tropics (...). A singular casserole from our land, like our ajiaco, which must be made of clay and very open. Then, a burning flame fire and a slow ember fire, to divide the cooking in two (…). And there go the substances of the most diverse genres and origins ”.
Naval base in Guantánamo
The border imposed on Cuba for more than a century on its own soil
The return of the land occupied by the Naval Base has been a permanent claim of the Cuban Revolution since 1959, and has the support, not only of the Cuban people, but of the international community. It is a thorn in the heart of the country
Author: Pedro Ríoseco | internet@granma.cu