Paloma Griffero, of the Network in Defense of Humanity, called for strengthening unity, creating spaces for dialogue, and sharing the need to build a better world.

Tania Telleria, president of the Raices Cubanas Cultural Association, read a statement joining the demand for the release of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, victims of a kidnapping that flagrantly violates international law.

The Association of Cuban residents in Chile paid tribute to the 32 combatants who gave their lives in the line of internationalist duty to “protect not only the president of Venezuela, but Venezuela itself.”

Lawyer Jose Peralta, a member of the Workers’ Party of Chile, presented a detailed analysis of the violations of international law perpetrated by President Donald Trump when he ordered the kidnapping of President Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

With the common denominator of calling for peace and unity among all progressive and leftist forces, representatives of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh), the Unitary Workers’ Union (CUT), and other labor organizations in the country participated in the debate.

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