Georgetown: The Guyana Cuba Solidarity Movement (GCSM) is calling on President David Granger to denounce the continuing congressional embargo on Cuba when he attends the UN general assembly in November.
President of GCSM Haleem Khan said at sessions of the UN general assembly where there are debates and calls for the lifting of the embargo, UN member states have voted overwhelmingly for a general assembly resolution that condemns the US embargo and calls for it to be ended.
Khan explained that the embargo has caused nearly $5 billion in damages to the island over the past year and nearly $126bn since it was first imposed after the 1959 Cuban revolution.
He explained that the Obama administration had relaxed some of the half-century-old sanctions on Cuba over the last two years, a process that culminated in a presidential visit to the Caribbean island state in March and the resumption of commercial flights to Havana. But the Republican-dominated Congress has refused to lift the bulk of the trade restrictions, saying the communist government has not done enough to improve human rights.
Khan asserted that the solidarity movement will push for full normalization with Cuba in the post-Obama, post-Fidel era.
“Globally there is a wide array of individuals and organizations endorsing conferences and participating in workshop panels to underscore the broad grassroots coalition that has responded to the urgent need to continue pressuring U.S. lawmakers for a more just U.S. Cuba policy, and the imperative of continuing to highlight the Cuba solidarity movement’s defining principles: putting an end to the embargo in all its dimensions,” the GCSM President said.
However, he said Havana “reiterates its willingness to continue the respectful dialogue and cooperation” that have taken place with Washington since 2015 when the drive for restored ties began under then president Barack Obama.
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