Radio Havana Cuba | Machado Ventura Forum in Sao Paulo closed and urged to take the banner of Latin American integration

Havana, July 18 (RHC) From Cuba, we take back the banner of Latin American integration, said the second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, José Ramón Machado Ventura, at the closing of the XXIV Meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum. US imperialism is trying to divide us, is using its pressure to impose its interests by bilateral agreements and is trying to stigmatize everything on the left, he said in a plenary session chaired by the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (CCP), Raúl Castro.

The last day of the meeting, the presidents of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel; Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro; Bolivia, Evo Morales; Salvador Sánchez Cerén

It is time to react together and find ways to dialogue, said the party leader, highlighting the debates held by young people, women, parliamentarians and other participants in the conclave Havana emphasizes the Prensa Latina

According to Machado Ventura, it is necessary to join forces to promote the formation of new leaders who will have to lead future battles and prevent the progress of neoliberal policies in the region.

The future of the continental left will require more and more of the protagonism of young people. From Cuba, we trust them, he said.

He also said that Venezuela can count on the CCP's solidarity in its efforts to prevent the United States from reclaiming the country's natural resources and sovereignty. Given, given and given all the support required by the Sandinista National Liberation Front to allow the return of peace in Nicaragua, Machado Ventura added to more than 600 delegates and guests at the meeting.

He also reaffirmed Cuba's rejection of the imprisonment of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and ratified support for his candidacy for the October 7 presidential elections.

Machado Ventura spoke about the anti-imperialist and Latin American thinking of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro (1926-2016), whose ideas illuminate the path of the Latin-American left.

Initiated last Sunday, the Sao Paulo Forum has become It has unfolded for the third time in Cuba in a space conducive to the exchange of experiences between parties and progressive movements in various regions of the world.

(Prensa Latina)