US blockade against Cuba condemned in Switzerland

Swiss political and social organizations on Monday condemned the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba and the Caribbean island's re-inclusion on the unilateral list of countries that alledgely sponsor terrorism.    

In the vicinity of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, participants in the event displayed banners and waved Cuban flags as signs of solidarity with the Caribbean nation, which has faced hostility from the United States for more than six decades.

Participants in the rally included members of the Swiss Cuba Association, Cuban and Latin American residents, and representatives of MediCuba-Switzerland, the Communist Party of Switzerland and other organizations.

During the event, they recognized the Cuban people’s resistance and their decision to defend their sovereignty against a blockade that they described as criminal. They also demanded that Cuba be removed from the list of countries that the United States considers sponsors of terrorism, a mechanism without international support that was described here as unjust and unjustified.

At the rally, which was attended by diplomats headed by Cuban Ambassador to the UN-Geneva Rodolfo Benítez, the Swiss-Cuban Association released a statement in which it denounced the impact of Washington’s aggressiveness on Cuban population, particularly on its well-being and economic development.

“We make a clear and urgent call to the Government of the United States to immediately and unconditionally end the illegal blockade imposed on the island and remove Cuba from an illegal list on which it should have never appeared,” the statement said.