Your support is the fuel of hope. Let's keep the bond with our land alive, be the voice of those who have no voice in the hegemonic media, be the bridge of love that shortens distances. May the wind blowing from the top of Ancón carry our claim far and wide! Enough of the blockade! Lift the criminal siege against Cuba! Let us live in peace! From the highest point of the city of Panama, from the heart of this solidary homeland, we say with our heads held high… Long live Cuba! Long live the solidarity between the peoples of Panama and Cuba! It hurts deeply to know that our brothers on the Island face such great difficulties, fabricated from abroad, with the malice of one who knows they cannot win by force or by reason, and therefore tries to break a people through starvation. But just as this hill was a witness to the struggle and victory of the Panamanian people for its sovereignty, we have the certainty that Cuba will triumph. This suffocating blockade, this relentless persecution of ships bringing fuel, has direct consequences that break our hearts, prevents energy from reaching children's hospitals, turns off the lights in intensive care units where children fight for their lives, stops ambulances, and once again complicates the daily lives of Cuban families. We, Cubans residing in this sister Republic of Panama, know the warmth of home, the embrace of family, and the right to a dignified life. Cubans and Panamanians at the summit of Cerro Ancón. By Humberto Pérez Gathered in a place that is pure history and pure dignity, at the highest point of the city, on Cerro Ancón, whose summit not only offers a privileged view, but also reminds us of an unforgettable lesson, the Panamanian flag flies here as an eternal symbol of sovereignty, the struggle against occupation, and the victory of right over force. And it is precisely from this summit, from this altar of Panamanian dignity, that we want to raise our voice to denounce before the world the cruelest of the injustices that our brothers in Cuba suffer today. We want to condemn, once again, in the most forceful way, the criminal, murderous, and genocidal policy that the government of the United States maintains against Cuba. History shows it, dignified peoples do not surrender, peoples that fight do not falter, and solidarity between free nations is a wall that even the fiercest blockade cannot tear down. That is why today, from this highest point in Panama, we say to you…. Thank you for always being there. Before our eyes, the empire has intensified its economic war to a diabolical extreme, the zero-fuel policy. It is a blockade that is no longer just economic, it is a naval blockade, a fierce siege that prevents access to any energy supply. The objective is perverse and clear….. to try to break the entire country's economic and financial system so that, through hunger and necessity, the dignity of a people that refuses to surrender may be bent. But we are not talking about cold statistics. It is not a dispute between governments; it is a collective, deliberate, and inhumane punishment against an entire people. Today, this policy is exacerbated with a particular cruelty. We are talking about human pain.
Down with the Blockade: A Call for Solidarity with Cuba from the Peaks of Panama
Residents from Panama's Cerro Ancón summit condemn the harsh US economic sanctions against Cuba, which have led to a humanitarian crisis by depriving the nation of fuel and threatening children's lives in hospitals.
