The message was transmitted by the Hero of the Republic, Gerardo Hernandez, who read the text of the revolutionary leader who thanked “from the heart the solidarity of our people and the friends of the world”.
In his speech, Hernandez affirmed that Cuba’s response to the violations of its airspace by the terrorist organization Hermanos al Rescate constituted “an act of self-defense, an inalienable right of any nation.”
In the face of thousands of people gathered in the capital to reject the accusation of the U.S. Department of Justice against Raul Castro, Hernandez recalled that Cuba duly denounced more than 25 violations of its airspace between 1994 and 1996, and sent warnings to Washington about the possible consequences.
The young jurist Rolando Lopez, in turn, called the US indictment against Raúl Castro “absolutely fraudulent and illegitimate” and emphasized that the 1944 Chicago Convention establishes the exclusive sovereignty of states over their airspace.
He denounced that Washington intends to distort and manipulate proven and widely documented historical facts, which were promptly and formally reported by the Cuban authorities to the US government.
In turn, Betina Palenzuela, daughter of Adriana Corcho, victim of the attack against the Cuban diplomatic headquarters in Lisbon in 1976, spoke on behalf of the relatives of more than three thousand Cubans killed by terrorist acts organized or financed from the United States.
“Raul has dedicated his entire life to defending the sovereignty of Cuba and peace between nations. We cannot continue to allow the genocide that is unfolding from Washington,’ he said.
Palenzuela recalled that more than 67 years of aggression, mercenary invasions, sabotage and attacks on Cuban offices abroad, in the midst of a ruthless blockade, have killed more than 3,400 compatriots victims of terrorism.
At the rally in the Antiimperialist Tribune were present President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the head of the National Assembly of People’s Power, Esteban Lazo, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, the Organization Secretary of the Party Roberto Morales, and other high authorities in the country.
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