CUBAN CIVIL SOCIETY

We are an empowered civil society, committed to the Revolution and dedicated to supporting the people, which is why we demand an end to the genocidal blockade of the United States and its discriminatory policy towards Cuba, said Norma Goicochea, president of the Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU).»

More than 130 organizations are participating on Friday in the 15th Civil Society Forum»

The meeting was aimed at establishing proposals and positions with a view to the 8th Summit of the Americas, scheduled in Peru on April 13-14»

Attendees to the forum, held this Wednesday in Havana, gave  examples of how the US unilateral and extraterritorial measures have damaged their sectors»

It was thus stated by Alejandro Mesa Muro, president of the University Student Federation at Sancti Spiritus University of Medical Sciences, in central Cuba.»

Cuban civil society today held an event where issues such as democratic governance and citizen participation were addressed, towards the Civil Society Forum of the Seventh Summit of the Americas, to be held in April.»