In a statement signed by its president, Argentine journalist Juan Carlos Caamano, and its secretary general, Puerto Rican Nelson Castillo, FELAP strongly condemns the tightened blockade against the neighboring island nation.

It also repudiates “the policy of threats and the attempt at definitive strangulation with which the United States anticipates, gradually and steadily, ending the revolutionary resistance of a people defending their sovereignty and self-determination.”

In its statement of solidarity, the federation of journalists asserts that “Cuba is not alone in the face of a leading power in crimes against humanity.”

From Argentina, voices and actions are growing in support of the Cuban people, who are experiencing a shortage crisis due to Washington’s intensified economic war, which threatens other states to prevent them from supplying Cuba with oil.

Led by the Argentine Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MASCuba) and its main hub, the Casa de la Amistad (House of Friendship) in Buenos Aires, a fundraising campaign is underway to purchase solar panels, medical supplies, medicine, and food.

More than fifty organizations and prominent figures in the country have joined this campaign, from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel to labor unions, neighborhood groups, Cuban residents in Argentina, and human rights defenders.

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