Statement of the Jamaica-Cuba Friendship Association (JCFA)
The Jamaica solidarity movement with Cuba joins with all people of good will, in demanding the unconditional removal of this criminal ‘knee off the neck’ of our sister country and allow it to chart its own inalienable and sovereign path of political, economic and social development.
A path that is deeply rooted in the words of the apostle of Cuba’s independence Jose Marti and ‘made flesh’ by the historic leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel , ‘ homeland is humanity’. The peoples of the world have not had a better example of solidarity while upholding the biblical tenets of being your ‘brother’s keeper’, since that decisive blow was struck against the empire in January 1959.
We call on the administration of US President Joseph Biden to match his campaign words with deeds by abandoning the 243 illegal sanctions of his predecessor as part of ending the 60-year old genocidal anachronism against the courageous Cuban people .
Cuba is in nobody’s backyard and will continue to be the beacon of hope for all of us who struggle for a better world.
We Shall Overcome
Trevor G Brown
President