From: "Walter Lippmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [CubaNews] Argentina - Cuban statement (English) GRANMA January 11, 2002 Statement from the government of Cuba At this time Argentine society demands the solidarity and respect of everyone Cuba is carefully following developments in the sister Republic of Argentina. The Cuban government has noted with great concern the huge pressures being exercised from outside the country in response to measures taken by the government headed by President Eduardo Duhalde in search of a way out of the dramatic situation existing there. The lack of comprehension and solidarity on the part of certain governments and transnational enterprises within the international financial system and its institutions has been made evident. Argentina, the showcase of neoliberal philosophy, has gone bankrupt. The real intentions of the predators of the American peoples have been exposed. The self-interest and ignoble way in which those who hold the greatest responsibility for the prostration of the Argentine people is shameful. The enterprises and banks that obtained juicy profits from the sweat and sacrifice of that sister nation, the speculators and thieves who plundered that nation's heritage and brought the country to bankruptcy, and the governments of certain developed countries that are now pressuring in defense of their interests should accept that the Argentine people deserve an opportunity to restore their nation. At this time Argentine society demands the solidarity and respect of everyone. The present moment needs to be one of comprehension and not of pressure, one of support for the measures, moreover legitimate ones, that the new government is attempting to apply in order to avert the nation's definitive bankruptcy. Cuba is confident that the Argentine nation will be able to overcome the difficult situation in which it currently finds itself, and expresses its sympathy for and support of all those Argentine govent decisions which are effectively leading to the unrestricted defense of national interests, including the recovery of production and national industry, the promotion of its exports, job generation, the protection of its workers, its indispensable and much-needed entry into MERCOSUR and improved living standards for its people. At this difficult time, and as always, Cuba stands solidly with the Argentine people. Havana, January 10, 200 _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
