Ugalde, a lawyer, former reporter for Semanario Universidad, and Prensa Latina correspondent in Costa Rica during the 1970s, joined other activists in this initiative to denounce the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial blockade against Havana and to oppose a July 11 anti-Cuba motion passed by Costa Rica’s Congress.

“The campaign, coordinated with local solidarity leaders, aims to unite Cuba’s supporters worldwide—whether in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Colombia, the United States, or Spain—to voice our rejection of the slander and falsehoods targeting the island,” Ugalde told Prensa Latina.

“At the same time,” he added, “we express our unwavering admiration for the Cuban people and their Revolution, guided solely by the conscience of youth and honorable individuals across the globe.”

In a recent article for the Costa Rican magazine Surcos, Ugalde condemned the 40 legislators who backed the anti-Cuba motion, writing: “My face burns with shame.” The piece extols “the Cuba of Fidel and Martí” and condemns the tightened blockade and ongoing attacks as “aligned with the Zionism and Nazi-fascism propagated by the White House.”

Ugalde (born 1949), widely known as “Rafa” in Costa Rican media, also criticized local organizations that, in his view, “serve as hubs for Zionists, apologists for child-killers in Gaza, and purveyors of Nazi-like chauvinism and modern fascism metastasizing across Our America.”

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