Alarcon: Majority Rejection of US Blockade to be expected at the UN

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 1 (acn) Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon expressed his confidence in that, on October 28th, the UN General Assembly will condemn the US blockade against Cuba.

Alarcon delivered a speech at the opening of the working sessions of the commissions on health, the economy, and labor, constitution and legal affairs of the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO) which will meet until Friday at Havana’s Hotel Nacional de Cuba.

In his address to legislators from 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries and representatives of the diplomatic corps, Alarcon clarified that in its 50 years of existence, the criminal policy is as valid and intact as from day one, and voiced his hope that the Obama Administration puts an end to it and goes beyond mere expectations.

The head of the Cuban Parliament recalled that the US government continues to protect notorious terrorists like Luis Posada Carriles, and maintains five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly incarcerated, who were trying to warn Cuba on terrorist actions against its citizens and facilities.
Both Alarcon and Mexican Senator María de los Angeles Moreno, secretary for the PARLATINO commissions, demanded the reinstatement of legitimate Honduran president Jose Manuel Zelaya in his post, and expressed their concern on the physical integrity of the head of state, as well as that of the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where he’s now a guest.
Moreno said that these meetings are every important in times when the world crisis deepens and, as a result, unemployment, hunger and social inequalities. Also threatened by these problems are the rights of the peoples to food, health and education.

After warning that developing nations are the most affected, even in the face of phenomena associated to climate change and epidemics resulting from lack of resources to combat them, the Mexican senator underscored that integration is vital in order palliate or face common challenges in a better way.

Also present at the meeting’s inauguration were PARLATINO acting president Amilcar Figueroa, and Diana Martínez Pí and Emil Guevara, presidents of the commissions of Health and Economic Affairs, respectively.

Taken from the web site (www.cubanews.ain.cu/)