[NYTr] Trade Unionists from 22 Nations Condemn US Cuba Blockade

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Trade Unionists Condemn US Blockade against Cuba

Havana, Sept 25 (acn) A declaration condemning the almost 50-year-old 
US financial, commercial and economic blockade against Cuba was 
approved in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, by trade union 
representatives from 22 Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal 
during the Iberoamerican Trade Union Summit, held in that city on 
September 17-21.

The document will be presented to the Iberoamerican heads of state and 
government when they meet for their summit in Santiago de Chile on 
November 8-10 under the slogan 'Social Cohesion and the Development of 
Social Policies to Achieve More Inclusive Societies in Iberoamerica'.

Participants in the Trade Union Summit noted that they have witnessed 
how free trade agreement treaties and treaties for the protection of 
investments with the United States have become new productive platforms 
that only benefit large multinationals.

They stressed that only through the promotion of an authentic social 
dialogue will the agreements reached at Iberoamerican Summits of Heads 
of State and Governments be implemented.

The Declaration of Cartagena de Indias supports regional and 
sub-regional integration processes, the creation of open institutions 
with a real participation of society and an effective decision-making 
process that represents the needs and aspirations of the peoples, 
democracy, freedom, social justice and peace.