{"id":4022,"date":"2021-03-31T22:20:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T22:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=4022"},"modified":"2021-03-31T22:37:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T22:37:46","slug":"cuba-and-the-world-against-the-blockade-the-fight-for-a-just-cause-unites-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-and-the-world-against-the-blockade-the-fight-for-a-just-cause-unites-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba and the world against the blockade: \u201cThe fight for a just cause unites us\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Havana\u2019s waterfront malecon was filled with Cuban flags this Sunday, as a tricolor message waved from car windows, bicycles, motorcycles and cocotaxis on handwritten posters \u201cshouting\u201d loud and clear: \u201cNo more blockade,\u201d \u201cBridges of love,\u201d \u201cCuba for life\u201d and more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-de-amor.jpeg?resize=700%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-de-amor.jpeg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-de-amor.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe fight for a just cause unites us,\u201d tweeted President Miguel Diaz-Canel, thanking Cubans and friends around the world for raising their voices this weekend against the U.S. blockade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Havana\u2019s waterfront malecon was filled with Cuban flags yesterday, as a tricolor message waved from car windows, bicycles, motorcycles and cocotaxis on handwritten posters \u201cshouting\u201d loud and clear: \u201cNo more blockade,\u201d \u201cBridges of love,\u201d \u201cCuba for life\u201d and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-4.jpeg?resize=680%2C383&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-4.jpeg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-4.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-4.jpeg?resize=388%2C220&amp;ssl=1 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe fight for a just cause unites us,\u201d tweeted President Miguel Diaz-Canel, thanking Cubans and friends around the world for raising their voices this weekend against the U.S. blockade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Havana\u2019s waterfront malecon was filled with Cuban flags yesterday, as a tricolor message waved from car windows, bicycles, motorcycles and cocotaxis on handwritten posters \u201cshouting\u201d loud and clear: \u201cNo more blockade,\u201d \u201cBridges of love,\u201d \u201cCuba for life\u201d and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city and more than 50 others around the world awoke yesterday to join caravans demanding an end to one of the worse injustices of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Cuba\u2019s capital, the demonstration called by the Young Communists League (UJC) kicked off at 10am from the floating dock in Havana Bay, alongside the Alameda de Paula, and continued for kilometers to the Chorrea Fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-2.jpeg?resize=700%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-2.jpeg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-2.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President continued his message noting that Cuba\u2019s youth are not waiting for the future, but are present now fighting for their country, reiterating his confidence in younger generations with the phrase, \u201cCuba Va!\u201d (Cuba is on the go).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to demanding an end to the blockade, the caravan was dedicated to thanking the world for the many expression of opposition to this hostile U.S. government policy, and the anniversaries of the UJC and the Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Pioneers, elementary school student organization, April 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-1.jpeg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/puentes-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These caravans calling for an end to the blockade began nine months ago, in Miami, as the \u201cBridges of Love\u201d initiative, spreading since then to all continents, where different activities are held the last Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the thousands of participants were Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez; UJC First Secretary Diosvany Acosta; Olympic champion Ana Fidelia Quirot and classic car enthusiast Benito Alvizar, who insisted, \u201cThis unilateral, genocidal U.S. policy is meant to drown us in hunger and difficulties, but they are not going to achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/en.granma.cu\/cuba\/2021-03-29\/cuba-and-the-world-against-the-blockade-the-fight-for-a-just-cause-unites-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Granma<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Havana\u2019s waterfront malecon was filled with Cuban flags this Sunday, as a tricolor message waved from car windows, bicycles, motorcycles and cocotaxis on handwritten posters<a class=\"moretag\" 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