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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nFeaturing Speakers & Greetings from Across Canada and Around the World including:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n >> IRMA GONZALEZ<\/strong> \u2013 Daughter of Ren\u00e9 Gonzalez Shewerert one of the Cuban Five Heroes held in U.S. jails (from 1998-2011). Irma, although very young, was actively engaged in the global campaign for the liberation of her dad and all 5 Cuban Heroes, speaking on tours across Canada, across Cuba, and around the world. Now that all 5 of our Cuban heroes are free, Irma divides her time in many ways including with her son, her family, her PhD and her two jobs as an audiovisual producer and therapist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n >> DAVID ALDAMA PANDO<\/strong> \u2013 Third Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba in Canada in charge of academic affairs and relations with Cuba solidarity groups in Canada. David Aldama has a bachelor\u2019s degree in international Relations from the “Ra\u00fal Roa Garc\u00eda” Higher Institute of International Relations (ISRI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n >> CAMILO TORRES<\/strong> \u2013 Member of the national executive of the Honduras Cuba Friendship Association, former president of the Siguatepeque branch, a militant and organizer since the second arrival of the Cuban medical brigades in Honduras in solidarity with those affected by Hurricane Mitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n >> TREVOR BROWN<\/strong> \u2013 President of the Jamaica Cuba Friendship Association and the Jamaica Peace Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n >> A SPECIAL INTERVIEW<\/strong> from the Colombian Movement in Solidarity with Cuba (MCSC) with Jose Antonio Miranda and Tomas Benitez of the Cuban National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation \u2013 INDER<\/p>\n\n\n\n * PLUS VIDEOS FROM<\/strong>: Australia-Cuba Friendship Society WA, la Table de concertation et de solidarit\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec\u2013 Cuba, the Ukrainian Committee “Stop the blockade of Cuba”, Ottawa Cuba Connections & more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n * Along with Greetings from CNC member groups!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Event Co-Chairs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n >> TAMARA HANSEN<\/strong> \u2013 Executive member of the Canadian Network on Cuba, Coordinator of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) & Author of \u201c5 Decades of the Cuban Revolution: The Challenges of an Unwavering Leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n >> JULIO FONSECA<\/strong> \u2013 Executive member of the Canadian Network on Cuba, President of the Juan Gualberto Gomez Association of Cuban Residents in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *** Everyone is encouraged to make protest signs, display banners, or wear t-shirts against the blockade. These can be displayed in a group photo at the end of the virtual picket!<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1) The program will begin with invited speakers and greetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2) In concluding the virtual picket, those who wish to participate in the photo will be invited by the co-chairs to turn on their cameras to join in! More specific instructions will be given by co-chairs during the virtual picket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3) If you are unfamiliar with Zoom or require technical support, please contact: webmaster@canadiannetworkoncuba.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n *** Everyone is also encouraged to share photos with their signs, t-shirts and banners on social media #Cubavsbloqueo #UnBlockCuba #EliminaElBloqueo<\/p>\n\n\n\n On September 7, 2021 President Joe Biden extended the United States so-called “Trading with the Enemy Act” of 1917, one of the American statutes that grants legal support to their blockade against Cuba. This act imposes trade restrictions and economic sanctions against Cuba and has been renewed annually by the U.S. president since the 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodr\u00edguez, wrote a tweet in response, expressing, “The continued implementation against #Cuba of the archaic “Trading with the Enemy Act” of 1917 is intended to support suffocation policy against our people. Through its continuation, Pres Biden persists in ignoring overwhelming international call for the lifting of the blockade.” Indeed, less than two months ago on July 23, 2021 the United Nations General Assembly stood with Cuba as 184 countries voted in favor of an end to the cruel and unjust U.S. policy toward Cuba, only two countries – the U.S. and Israel voted against the resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join the Canadian Network on Cuba for the next monthly virtual picket as we continue our campaign to build pressure on the Biden administration to end the blockade on Cuba! These actions are a continuation of coordinated monthly protests against the U.S. blockade which have been taking place in Vancouver, Ottawa and Montreal, Canada and Kiev, Ukraine on the 17th of each month since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lift the Blockade on Cuba Now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n REGISTER ONLINE HERE<\/a><\/strong>!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n