SVGCFS message on 60th anniversary of triumph of Cuban Revolution

THE ST VINCENT AND the Grenadines/Cuba Friendship Society and friends of Cuba in our country warmly congratulate the Government and people of the Socialist Republic of Cuba on the auspicious occasion of the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Cuban Revolution on January 1, 1959.

Few revolutions have had such a tremendous impact on the course of human history and for it to have survived for six decades in the face of unprecedented attempts to stifle and crush it, even by the most despicable means, is not only a remarkable feat but ample testimony of the depth and resilience of the Revolution. It also speaks volumes of the resolve of the heroic Cuban people and the vision and wisdom of the leadership over the years.

Cuba, in spite of all its difficulties and shortcomings, has much of which it can be justifiably proud, its achievements in the fields of health and education having been universally recognized. All this has been achieved right in the face of implacable hostility by successive governments of the United States of America and the complicity of some governments in Latin America and the Caribbean in the efforts to isolate Cuba.

Fortunately these efforts have not been successful, though they have created great difficulties for the Cuban people. Today, Cuba is one of the most respected nations in the international community and its record of solidarity with developing nations, its unstinting support for the struggles for national independence and self-determination for oppressed peoples is unmatched at the global level.

Indeed the Cuban Revolution has not just been for the Cuban people but has had positive effects on Caribbean and Latin American nations in promoting and charting their own paths to development and in resisting the dictates of others. There is hardly a country in this hemisphere, the USA included, whose people have not benefitted in one way or another from Cuban solidarity.

In this regard, the Cuban Revolution has, in practice, been a Revolution for all of the Americas, following the vision of Jose Marti and the early Cuban patriots and expanding under the leadership of the immortal Fidel Castro Ruz, the wise openings of immediate past President Raul Castro and the continuity of today’s leadership under President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

We, the Vincentian friends of Cuba and its Revolution and people, are proud of the achievements of the Cuban Revolution and reiterate our continued solidarity with the Government and people of Cuba and our implacable opposition to all efforts to isolate and strangle the Revolution.

LONG LIVE THE CUBAN REVOLUTION AND THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN OUR RESPECTIVE PEOPLES!

Renwick Rose President SVGCFS January 02, 2019