A new expression of support for Cuba's unwavering stance against the intensification of the U.S. blockade and against the war, took the form of the delivery in several provinces of the country of the books containing the signatures of millions of people recently collected.
Received by the highest political and governmental authorities of each territory, after a simple political-cultural ceremony, the documents constitute further proof of the will of the vast majority of this people to build their future in peace.
In Sancti Spíritus, speaking on behalf of civil society, the young art instructor Yadira Bernal Nazco urged people not to remain indifferent to "the constant, extraterritorial, and ferocious harassment by the empire to subjugate an entire people through hunger and despair."
She also called for the defense of historical memory, Cuban identity, and national sovereignty.
Meanwhile, in Guantánamo, Yairis Fernández Castellanos asserted that the support of more than 290,000 fellow citizens of diverse ages, faiths, and civil society organizations for the "My signature for the Homeland" movement "was an act of conscience."
In those signatures, she said, lies our sense of justice, but also our firmness, our conviction that independence is non-negotiable, and our certainty that the most difficult battles are won with the people and in unity.
For his part, Gustavo López Ramírez, on behalf of the workers, farmers, intellectuals, athletes, students, and religious and fraternal associations of Las Tunas, affirmed that Cubans will always know how to defend the independence won by our heroes and martyrs.
More than 6.2 million people across the country recently signed the "My signature for the Homeland" movement, an eloquent demonstration of unity and rejection of the increasingly strong pressure from the U.S. government to economically strangle the island.
