Strong Response to the Call for a Continental Meeting in Solidarity with Cuba

By Iliana García Giraldino, on October 7, 2025 from Havana

The strong response to the call for the IX Latin American and Caribbean Continental Meeting in Solidarity with Cuba, to be held from October 9 to 12 in Mexico, reaffirms that Cuba is not alone.

This is evidenced by the expected attendance of more than 300 delegates and guests from 27 nations, in addition to the United States, Canada, Spain, and Lebanon, said Lilia María Zamora Rodríguez, director of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).

Zamora Rodriguez  highlighted the great encouragement represented by this broad participation of friends in the event “at a time when our heroic people need solidarity support more than ever in the face of the onslaught of the US empire, which also endangers regional peace with the deployment of military forces in the Caribbean.”

“The sessions will ratify the strongest condemnation of the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba and its inclusion on the spurious list of state sponsors of terrorism, and will be a space for coordinating actions against imperialism, fascism, and hegemony, in defense of peace, Palestine, and all just causes of the peoples”, she said.

Zamora Rodríguez stressed that the meeting will promote the strengthening of economic solidarity with Cuba as well as the coordination of actions against the media war unleashed against the Revolution.

Another essential issue will be the promotion of continental and intercontinental articulations to strengthen the work and solidarity projects in support of Cuba, she added.

She made special reference to the outstanding preparatory work carried out over many months by the Mexican Movement of Solidarity with Cuba and its Forum Coordinating Committee, the second of its kind organized by our Mexican friends, more than a hundred of whom will attend the sessions.

The Cuban delegation will be composed of:

  • Fernando González Llort, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and President of ICAP
  • Elián González Brotons, symbol in the history of national and international solidarity and deputy of the National Assembly of People’s Power
  • Lilia María Zamora Rodríguez, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at ICAP
  • Leima Martínez Freyre, Director for North America at ICAP
  • Fernando Luis Rojas López, from Casa de las Américas.
  • Johana Ruth Tablada de la Torre, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Dr. Aleida Guevara March, daughter of Che
  • Mijaíl López, five-time Olympic champion, glory of Cuban sport.

Guest personalities includes:

BLANCA EEKHOUT, Venezuela – PSUV Deputy and President of the Simón Bolívar Institute (ISB).

FREI BETTO – Brazilian theologian and one of the leading exponents of the theology of revolution. He was awarded the Medal of Solidarity by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.

DAVID ANDRE COMISSIONG – Lawyer, political activist, and member of the cabinet of the Prime Minister of Barbados. Leader of the Solidarity Movement with Cuba in Barbados and the English-speaking Caribbean.

CAMILLE CHALMERS – Professor of economics at the State University of Haiti since 1980, member of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences.

MANUEL JOAQUIM COLON MEJÍA – Professor at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, historic leader and founder of the Committee of Friends of Cuba, which became the Dominican Campaign of Solidarity with Cuba. He currently chairs the Committee of Solidarity with Venezuela.

DAVID ANDRE COMISSIONG – Lawyer, political activist, and member of the cabinet of the Prime Minister of Barbados. Leader of the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba in Barbados and the English-speaking Caribbean.

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Source: Siempre con Cuba