The Supreme Pontiff “always showed his respect and friendship for Cuba,” and condemned the economic, commercial, and financial blockade, as well as other measures unilaterally imposed by the US government against the people of that Latin American nation, according to the statement, released through social media.

In this document, ANAIC recalls Francis’s friendly encounters with Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, as well as with Army General Raúl Castro, and with President Miguel Díaz-Canel. It emphasizes the fact that “it is no coincidence that he was able to count, among his most nefarious enemies, the vile figures of the Cuban-American mafia,” the statement emphasizes.

From the Holy Father, we also recall “his explicit condemnation of the ongoing genocide in Palestine by the Zionist army and its supporters,” as well as his “constant calls to defend the environment, which must not be subjected to the interests of a few.”

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