Faced with CDMX Inaction, Committee Seeks to Recover Fidel & Che Statues
Mexico City’s Clara Brugada has made no progress recovering the statues after they were illegally removed by the ultra-right wing Cuauhtémoc mayor.
Mexico City’s Clara Brugada has made no progress recovering the statues after they were illegally removed by the ultra-right wing Cuauhtémoc mayor.
Until the day of his death, Fidel was still in the trenches, on the front lines, leading the fight for the ideas he believed in, ideas that nothing and no one could ever make him renounce.
Mexico’s permanent representative to the UN, Héctor Vasconcelos, reaffirmed Mexico’s historic support for the island, stressing that unilateral sanctions threaten peace & development.
Sheinbaum also highlighted agreements for Cuban doctors to care for the vulnerable Mexican population, which she described as transparent and beneficial.
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More than 250 delegates from 23 countries attended the opening ceremony, where they expressed their support for the Cuban Revolution and solidarity with Palestine.
The theme: the union of the two cultures and the start of year-round activities to raise funds for the An Oil Ship for Cuba campaign and to celebrate the centennial of Comandante Fidel Castro’s birth.
A member of the Committee of ’68, warned that this could become “a political defeat for the 4T” against the right wing Cuauhtémoc government if the sculptures are not restored.
The ship, carrying oil and other supplies, “will contribute to improving the electricity supply in hospitals, schools, industries, and homes, and will help Cuba’s economy function better.”
The Mexican President called for the Cuauhtémoc borough to coordinate with Mexico City’s government to seek relocation of the monument commemorating Fidel & Che’s first meeting in Mexico.