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Vol. 79/No. 33 September 21, 2015
Vietnam event: Fight to end
US embargo on Cuba!
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HANOI, Vietnam — “The Cuban Revolution has an important place in our
heart,” said Vu Xuan Hong, above, in his opening remarks to the Seventh
Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of Solidarity with Cuba Sept. 8.
“Vietnam is pleased to host this event, because in the most difficult
time of our struggle for independence, Fidel Castro, president of the
Republic of Cuba, explained that ‘for Vietnam we are ready to sacrifice
our own blood.’” Vu Xuan Hong is president of the Vietnam Union of
Friendship Organizations and a member of the National Assembly of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Some 220 delegates are participating in the regional Cuba solidarity
gathering, including more than 100 from Vietnam. They have come from 18
countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cuba, India, Laos,
Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea, Philippines, South Africa, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, the
United States and Vietnam.
Antonio Guerrero, one of the Cuban Five, at right, was given a standing
ovation. “Antonio’s presence here is a strength. It means we won,” noted
Kenia Serrano, second from left, president of ICAP, the Cuban Institute
for Friendship with the Peoples.
The re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United
States has taken place “with the historical leadership of the revolution
in place,” Serrano said. “The United States had to recognize their
aggressive policy against Cuba had failed.” Referring to Washington’s
55-year-long economic war on Cuba, which remains in full force, she said
that “the financial persecutions against the Island have been
maintained, and the top priority for Cuba and the solidarity movement is
to fight against it.”
Also in photo are Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Democratic Left Front of Sri
Lanka, left, and Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Deputy Chairwoman, Vietnam
National Assembly, third from left.
— ANNALUCIA VERMUNT AND RON POULSEN
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