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Published: Wednesday, 22 May 2019 07:27

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Photo: GranmaHavana, May 22.- With the presence of the President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegations of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our América-Treaty of Commerce of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP), gathered in this capital on the occasion of the XVIII Political Council, approved a Final Declaration in which they express their concern for the aggressive escalation against Our America, the actions against peace and regional security and especially threats of the use of force against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

The declaration states that these threats constitute a threat to regional peace in opposition to the precepts contained in the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace and highlights the resistance of the Venezuelan Government and people to external interference and unilateral coercive measures against his country.

Likewise, the support to the Constitutional President Nicolás Maduro Moros, the Bolivarian and Chavez Revolution and the civic-military union of his people are renewed, the initiative of the "Montevideo Mechanism" is endorsed and the violation of the inviolability of the local diplomatic missions, in total violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

The document ratifies the support of the member countries of the alba-tcp for the process of dialogue and negotiation of the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity of Nicaragua and the rejection of the interventionist behavior of the Government of the USA. uu and the Organization of American States (OAS).

Likewise, the Monroe Doctrine, an old reflection of the hegemonic and imperialist ambition of the United States on the lands and peoples of the Americas, is rejected and the support of the international community is demanded for the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba and the decision of the government of ¬ee. uu to activate Title III of the Helms-Burton Act.

In addition, the need to strengthen the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) as a mechanism of regional political agreement was addressed.

The member countries of dawn also welcomed the approval of the new Constitution of the Republic of Cuba.

The Declaration supports the Pro Tempore presidency of Bolivia at the head of Celac and reaffirms the support to the people and Government of that plurinational State for an exit to the sea with sovereignty.

The members of the ALBA-TCP ¬ rejected the measures adopted against the Caribbean countries, considering them as non-cooperative jurisdictions, while at the same time accompanying their claim for compensation and restorative justice for the genocide of the native population and the horrors of slavery and It deals with slaves.

The document defended in Havana also welcomes the celebration of July 25 to 28 this year, of the XXV Meeting of the Forum of Sao Paulo in Caracas, Venezuela, a space that will contribute to the constant dialogue between progressive political forces and social movements region of.

The XVIII Political Council also defended the holding of the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordination Bureau of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, to be held in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, from July 20 to 21, 2019.

The executive secretary of ALBA-TCP, David Choquehuanca, highlighted at the end of the meeting that this mechanism of regional integration has to rise with its own identity and with a decolonizing thought that allows the culture of life and peace to prevail.

He assured that we must defend and build the noble path of integration, of those who seek justice, of truth, to watch more for the "we" and less for the "I" and to work together against neoliberalism, war and looting of resources, and thus defending sovereignty, peace and integration in the face of domination and subjugation. (Granma)