Georgetown: Guyana Cuba Solidarity Movement (GCSM) will be amongst many well wishers at celebrations being held today (January 5) in Vancouver, Canada for the liberation of the Cuban Five.
“This New Year has seen solidarity evolve to another level as celebrations of the Cuban 5 Heroes release are echoed globally as a win against injustice and the struggle for human rights.” GCSM President Haleem Khan said.
The GCSM had celebrated with the Cuban Ambassador to Guyana Julio Cesar Gonzales Marchante during a recent celebratory function for the Cuban five and a new era of relations between the United States and Cuba. Also observed was the 56th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution December 31st, 2014.
Khan explained that the new modes of engagement announced by Obama on December 17 last, were not an acknowledgement of defeat, but an effort for a new way forward that reflects progressive changes.
December 17, will no doubt be an important moment in the lives of Cubans and Cuban Americans, but it deserves more analysis and the Obama administration should be commended for basing policy on facts rather than emotions. The US must continue to actively engage with the island, lest we lose the opportunity to influence a neighbour that is gradually rejoining the regional and world economy and political order.
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