BDS in Latin America

Link to article at Stop the Wall.

Nayaf Hawatme, DFLP General Secretary, visits Cuba

One of the most veteran leaders of the Palestian liberation movement, DFLP General Secretary Nayaf Hawatme, has visited Cuba. At a programe commemorating the 40th anniversary of the founding of DFLP, held at the Cuban Institute for Friendship between Peoples (ICAP), Hawatme presented the Martyrs' Order posthumously to the the late ICAP president Sergio Corrieri and the Order of Jerusalem to the current ICAP president Kenia Serrano. Full report (in Spanish) at DFLP website.

In Havana, Hawatme has also met with the Vice President of the Republic of Cuba José Ramón Machado, the Vice Speaker of the Cuban parliament Jaime Crombet Hernández-Baquero, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Cuba Marcos Rodriguez Costa and representatives of the Arab community in Cuba. In his meetings, Hawatme has expressed his solidarity with Cuba and support for the process of socio-political changes occuring across Latin America.

Statement by the Swedish-Cuban Association on the Gaza massacre

"The board of the Swedish-Cuban Association, which has 1 800 members, categorically declares its condemnation of the many repeated and serious crimes against human rights and international law which the terrorist state of Israel continuously commits against the Palestinian People. During the past month Israel has systematically massacred innocent men, women and children in Gaza.

Cuba severed relations with Israel over thirty years ago. Cuba has been at the forefront of the efforts to bring these war criminals to court. The 118 countries of the Non-Aligned Countries' Movement NAM, with Cuba as its chairing nation, is doing that. Cuba is also doing that as a member country of the United Nations Human Rights Council, and in general as an active participant in the work of the United Nations. UN experts on Human Rights have been assigned to the work of creating justice in this matter.

We demand:

that Israel must abide by the UN resolutions

that justice is brought about

that Israel be boycotted

Long live Palestine!

Stockholm the 1st of February, 2009

The Board of the Swedish-Cuban Association"

News links: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Leftwing forces salute the international solidarity with Palestine

Four leftwing groups met yesterday and in their joint statement, which condemned the brutality of the Israeli aggression and called for broad Palestinian national unity, a message was conveyed to the millions around the world who arose in defense of the people of Gaza during the last month:

"And we also salute all the forces, movements and solidarity groups, from around the entire world which acted in solidarity with our people, led by the diverse freedom-lovers. Especially we pay tribute to the left-wing and communist states, forces and parties, movements of solidarity with the Palestinian people and in particular Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, as well as other forces and movements.

Long live the Palestinian national unity,
Glory and eternity for our innocent martyrs,
and Forward for the sake of unity, freedom and democracy

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Palestinian People's Party, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Democratic Front for Peace and Equality"

(unofficial translation by the Gaza; Peace n' Freedom blog)