"Cuba reaffirms its support and solidarity with the Nicaraguan people and government," reads a statement from our nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, applauding Nicaragua's decision to renounce the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) and resign from this multinational entity.
"The OAS has remained silent on multiple occasions in the face of coups in our region, been complicit in isolation attempts and military interventions, and supported economic aggression," the document stated, adding that the continental organization again served as an instrument of the U.S. government,
"orchestrating a coup designed by that country in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, which included the use of violence against elected officials and institutions."
The declaration notes that hemispheric relations need a profound transformation based on strict respect for international law and the United Nations Charter, "including the principles of self-determination and independence of peoples, non-interference in internal affairs and sovereign equality."
"The only possible path forward is regional unity and integration and a common commitment to the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, signed in Havana in January 2014," the communiqué concluded.
