HAVANA, Cuba, CMC—Cuba’s Ambassador to France, Otto Vaillant, on Saturday denounced the blockade the United States has imposed on his country.
Speaking at a round table, he said Cuba has faced an economic, commercial, and financial blockade from Washington for more than 60 years, precisely for exercising that right to self-determination.
“The path we tread is not an easy one, pitted against a formidable empire. But we are resolute, and we will prevail,” he declared at the event, attended by representatives from progressive organizations across Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe, who had gathered at the CPF headquarters.
According to Vaillant, the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959, was Cuba’s opportunity to achieve and consolidate its full sovereignty and independence, a fact that the mighty US neighbor could not accept.
He explained that they are conquests that we have had to defend in more than six decades of constant aggression, with a blockade that affects the population and generates many difficulties. The ambassador asserted that despite US hostility, Cuba remains firm in constructing its social project and is committed to international solidarity.
At the opening of the peace conference, CPF International Relations Director Vincent Boulet repeated the organization’s condemnation of the US blockade against Cuba and its inclusion in Washington’s unilateral State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list.
Boulet recalled that last year, the French communists launched a campaign to support Cuba in light of the consequences of the blockade and its extraterritorial nature.
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