Civil Society Rejects US Blockade in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
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- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:36:13 -0500
Escambray, Cuba
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Civil Society Rejects US Blockade in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
By Israel Hernández Álvarez
The over four-decade US blockade on Cuba is strongly rejected Wednesday in the
first Forum of the Civil Society underway in the island's central province of
Sancti Spiritus. Layer Ibrahim Elizalde delivered the opening speech of the
meeting attended by representatives from local mass and social organizations as
well as members of the different associations and religious institutions in the
province.
UN Votes Against US Blockade
Elizalde recalled how the Bush Plan seeks to deprive the island's independence
and sovereignty, undermine Cuba's civil society and promote the US intervention
in the country. The legal expert also explained why the US siege is considered
as an act of economic war. "The US blockade is against the law because it
violates international principles when interfering in other countries' internal
affairs", he affirmed.
Young Yunier Quesada Cartaya took the floor on behalf of the Cuban visually
impaired association (ANCI) and explained why he is a victim of the US
blockade.
"I was born with seven malformations" -he said- "and Cuba was denied the
possibility to purchase the drugs I needed. Nevertheless, the Revolution did
not abandon me and could manage to buy them in other countries. I found the
cure for almost every disorder except for my vision problem, thus I became
blind at the age of 16".
The young man ratified the efforts made by the Cuban State so that children
like himself could be taught to read and write with the Braille system.
Yunier currently studies a university career and works in a special school for
blind and visually impaired children.
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