Pro-Castro Panamanian groups threaten Cuban activists

Pro-Castro Panamanian groups threaten Cuban activists / 14ymedio
Posted on April 9, 2015

14ymedio, 8 April 2105 — Several Panamanian leftist organizations have
forwarded to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, Isabel de Saint
Malo, a letter of protest against the activities organized by the groups
in opposition to the governments of Cuba and Venezuela in the forums
being held before the Summit of the Americas. The letter was sent last
Monday and has been published today in the official Cuban media.

The signers of the text consider that the dissidents, "Have as their aim
to use our country as a platform to conspire and coordinate actions
intended to interfere in the internal matters of these two nations."
Therefore, they ask, "Very respectfully that the national government,
through the Foreign Ministry, take measures to prevent these
activities." The agenda of the forums whose suspension they are asking
was presumably added to the letter, although it has not been disclosed
in the official media.

The signatories specify that they do not oppose the participation of the
opponents in the Summit's forums, but rather, "The conspiratorial
activities and the public demonstrations outside the Summit, that have a
perverse intention, against the two sister nations." However, they warn
that if these measures they have requested are not taken they will see
themselves "obliged" to respect their country, "and so avoid that it is
used for interventionist conspiracies and demonstrations and the
internal matters of other brother countries."

The letter concludes by holding the Government of Panama responsible for
what might happen if it does not take measures to avoid the forums. "If
these activities and provocation and interference are not prevented, the
national government will be responsible for whatever lamentable
situation it might present."

The organizations signing the letter are the Independent Movement of
National Refoundation (MIREN), the Panama National Workers Center
(CNTP), The Authentic Workers Federation (FAT), the CocaCola Workers
Union, The National Brewery and Others (SITRAFCIREBGASCELIS), the Union
Federation of the Workers of the Republic of Panama (FSTRP), the Wide
Colon Front (FAC), the Veraguas Association of Educators (AEVE), the
National Coordinator of Solidarity with Cuba, the Ecological Collective
Voices (COVEXC), the Student Group of Transformative Thinking and Action
(PAT), the Conscience Renewal Student Group (CORE), the Independent
Association of Functionaries of the CSS (AIFCSS), the Panama Journalists
Union (SPP), The Polo Citizenry, and the National Front for the Defense
of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO).

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