Uruguay reaffirms Cuba’s right to build socialism

The Communist Party of Uruguay reaffirmed Cuba's right to independence and to build socialism, according to a statement by the Central Committee of that political group, released on the occasion of the commemoration of the 72nd anniversary of the assaults on Moncada and Carlos de Cespedes barracks. 

The assaults (July 26, 1953) and the subsequent impact leave valuable lessons for those of us fighting for social emancipation, the statement states.

The Communist Party of Uruguay affirmed that respect for the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples includes the freedom to build another social system, as Cuba is doing despite the economic, financial, and commercial siege by the United States.

The declaration emphasizes that the triumph of the Cuban Revolution opened a historic stage of socialist construction, of achievements and conquests, and of permanent internationalist solidarity; therefore, they reaffirm the demand, which is shared by the vast majority of the world’s countries, for an end to the criminal U.S. commercial and financial blockade.

The Uruguayan communists demanded that the U.S. government remove Cuba from the unilateral list of state sponsors of terrorism; this is a falsehood and causes additional economic and financial harm to the Caribbean island, it denounces.

We reject the latest measures adopted by the Donald Trump administration, which further deepen the harassment and siege against Cuba, the text concludes.