Chilean communist leaders salute Cuban Revolution and condemn the blockade

Santiago de Chile, Jan 2 (RHC) Chilean communist leaders hailed the 64th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and condemned the blockade maintained for more than six decades by the United States against the Caribbean country.

The secretary general of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh), Lautaro Carmona, expressed his recognition of Cuba, small in territory, but capable of showing its greatness motivated by the noblest causes.

In declarations to Prensa Latina, he also highlighted the significance of the Cuban Revolution for the whole region and its contribution to the struggle of the Chilean people and other third-world countries.

The CCP leader condemned the economic, commercial, and financial blockade maintained by the United States against the island for more than six decades, even though year after year the UN General Assembly condemns this criminal policy.

"The Cuban Revolution is an inspiration and an example to follow," said the president of the Communist Youth of Chile, Daniela Serrano.

Serrano said that in the current Latin American context, her organization continues to raise the banners of Cuba and brotherhood among people.

The Chilean Communist Party sent a message to the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and the president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, on the occasion of the victory of January 1, 1959.

Cuba, 90 miles away from the United States, established the first socialist revolution in Latin America, after defeating the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, and handed over the destiny of the country to the popular masses, headed by Commander Fidel Castro, to whom we also pay homage, the letter states.

The text recalls the Agrarian Reform, the nationalization of foreign companies, literacy, and the development of education, health, and science in the Caribbean nation, which has allowed it to be the only country in the region to develop its vaccines against Covid-19 and to share its achievements with other peoples. (Source: PL)