Cuba urges to counter US manoeuvres

Cuba: A Cuban Communist Party (PCC) delegation attending the 15th Sao Paulo Forum being held in Mexico urged participants to counter US manoeuvres against achievement made by the Latin American left wing movement.

Jorge Marti, head of the International Affairs Department of the PCC Central Committee, spoke at the plenary session of the meeting, where the document "Left Wing Alternatives against the Capitalist Crisis" was debated.

He noted that actions must be taken timely in the light of recent developments, including the creation of the Fourth US Fleet, the installation of seven US military bases in Colombia and the coup d'etat in Honduras.

Marti said leftwing revolutionary parties and movements in the Sao Paulo Forum are meeting now to analyze the new swipes the US is taking like a wounded beast. He pointed out that in 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries, parties and political forces from the Forum are in office or are part of governing coalitions.

On behalf of the Cuban delegation, Marti congratulated the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front for its victory in the elections in El Salvador, where Mauricio Funes and Salvador Sanchez took office as president and vice president, respectively. Regarding the coup d'etat in Honduras, the PCC delegate noted that it was organized by the US ultra right wing, adding that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias' "mediation" was manipulated by the Barack Obama administration.

Marti pointed out that the coup joined a long list of destabilizing actions against Venezuela and Bolivia, and of attacks by the media and the right wing on all leftwing and progressive governments in the region.

Mexico, Prensa Latina