Radio Havana Cuba | Consensus at the Sao Paulo Forum to support Lula and against interference on the continent (+ photos)

Havana, July 17 (RHC) The XXIV meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum has taken several agreements based on a plan of action that includes activities to demand the freedom of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and call to the non-interference in the domestic affairs of the countries Among the actions to demand the end of Lula's imprisonment, there are sending letters to the Brazilian authorities to put an end to the injustice and to the celebration of a global tweet.

During the Forum organized from the 15th to the 17th In July, at the Havana Convention Center, the Heads of State, exmandatarios, intellectuals and personalities of Latin America and the Caribbean expressed their solidarity with the promoter – with Fidel Castro – of the mechanism created in 1990 to unite the progressive forces The deposed president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and the president of the Workers Party, Gleisi Hoffmann, denounced the injustice committed against Lula during the meeting which brought together more than 600 delegates from various continents. They warned against the fear of the right to triumph of the leader in the elections of October

The action plan adopted here also includes the beginning of September of an international campaign to stop the political and judicial persecution of rulers popular Latin America.

Similarly, it provides activities to defend the declaration of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace, a position established in this capital by the Celac in its second summit.

The XXIV Meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum also approved more than 40 resolutions, related to issues such as the rejection of the United States blockade against Cuba and support to Venezuela and Nicaragua, countries attacked by the internal and external right with the main role of the United States. "We condemn the interference of the sectors of international law in the internal affairs of Venezuela and Nicaragua," they refer to resolutions approved at the meeting that ends Tuesday at the Havana Convention Center

The Sentencing of Sanctions imposed by the centers of power on the Bolivarian nation and attempts to destabilize the revolution promoted by the late President Hugo Chávez (1954-2013) are also included in the document on Venezuela

"We ratify the support to the constitutional government of President Nicolás Maduro and we can say that solidarity with Venezuela is a priority for progressive parties and leftist movements, "says the text

Also the forum inaugurated last Sunday rejected the interference centers of power seeking to overthrow the Sandinista government of President Daniel Ortega and recognize the right to # 39; self-defense.

We condemn the destabilizing actions of the right-wing coup in Nicaragua to ignore the constitutional order in this country, stresses the resolution which also called for an increase in the solidarity of the progressive and revolutionary forces of the world with the Central American nation.

The more than 600 delegates and guests to the conclave demanded the cessation of the lawsuits against the exmandatarios of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, and Ecuador, Rafael Correa, and the immediate release of the Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

On the last day, the Sao Paulo Forum held a plenary session dedicated to the thought of Fidel Castro (1926-2016) in which presidents Salvador Sánchez Cerén (El Salvador) , Evo Morales (Bolivia) and Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela).

The Sao Paul Forum or a resolution calling for the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba

The document also demands the return of the Guantánamo territory illegally occupied by an American naval base .

United States which respects the sovereign will of a people to live without the blockade and to exercise sovereignty over all of its territory, the text says, one of the more than 40 approved at the XXIV Meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum, hosted by the Havana Convention Center from July 15-17.

The resolution recalls that Washington's seat on the island for nearly six decades violates the principles of international law and constitutes unilateral action.

the negative impact of the blockade on the Cuban people, and emphasizes that despite the damage done, he has failed to isolate the greater Caribbean, which maintains the firmness of its principles.

The paper presented to the final plenary session of the meeting bringing together more than 600 delegates from Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and Europe, highlights the The legacy of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, and the continuity of Raúl Castro at the head of the State, the Government and In this sense, he underlines the role played by Raúl Castro in the consolidation of the achievements of the Revolution of 1 January 1959, the unity of peoples and regional peace, Tonía with the declaration of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace, signed at the second summit of Celac, which s & Is held in this capital in January 2014.

The resolution also welcomes the election last April of Miguel Díaz-Canel as President of Cuba and recognizes the Communist Party and the Government of Cuba. Island for the organization of the XXIV meeting of the Forum of Sa o Paulo. "Cuba welcomes us as always with open arms," ​​he says.

Other documents include solidarity with Venezuela and Nicaragua before the onslaught of domestic and external law to overthrow their governments, and with progressive and left-wing leaders who are victims of political and judicial persecution .