Fidel Castro is today a seed germinating in the resistance of his people, stated Orestes Hernández, Minister Counselor of the Cuban Embassy, here.
It was at a meeting in the Casa del Pueblo (People’s House), headquarters of the Socialist Party of Uruguay in Montevideo, where grassroots members of the Broad Front (Frente Amplio) commemorated the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution on his birthday.
“Fiel taught us to look to history, to our roots, for the reasons to resist the reinforced blockade that is killing people on the island,” he noted.
He emphasized how Fidel transformed the legacy of José Martí into the essence of Cuban nationality, principles, and traditions, including the internationalism and solidarity that Cuba practices and receives today.
Earlier, representing the Antifascist International, Gerardo Suárez outlined the global situation marked by the structural crisis of capitalism and its aggressive imperialist actions.
He emphasized that the US superpower had proven itself defeatable militarily by Iran, while economically, China is taking off due to its industrial and technological growth.
“They are coming for our oil, lithium, copper, water, our natural resources, and they want to seize them by force, as they did on January 3rd against Venezuela.”
“They are also doing this through the genocidal blockade against Cuba, whose example of rebellion they intend to exterminate through deprivation of its people,” he added.
Speaking on behalf of the Vivian Trías Foundation, Luis Vignolo highlighted the celebration of Fidel Castro’s 100th birthday alongside the bicentennial of the Amphictyonic Congress convened by Simón Bolívar in Panama.
She paraphrased the Cuban leader and his appeal to Bolívar: “Let us make Bolívar’s ideas a reality because alone and divided, we will fail.”
Law professor María Luisa Bategazzore emphasized the fraternal and political relationship between the Cuban revolutionary leader and the historic general secretary of the Communist Party of Uruguay, Rodney Arismendi.
Fidel is the continuator of the struggles for independence on the continent; he is the continuation of Artiguism, she asserted.
She highlighted the didactic power of the Cuban leader’s discourse, his battles against apartheid and colonialism in Africa, for healthcare in various countries, including Uruguay, which benefited from Mission Miracle, and against the uncollectible external debt of the so-called Third World.
And she concluded: solidarity with Cuba is a moral, political, and strategic duty. “We do it for ourselves as well.”
As a finale, the documentary FIDELidades, about the life of the Cuban Commander-in-Chief, was shown on screen, followed by a song by the young Uruguayan troubadour, Raúl Lemos.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
