The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has blamed the anti-government protest in Cuba and the pro-government counter-rallies across the cities of Cuba on the United States of America (USA), due to many years of economic blockade.
In its position titled: ‘Give the Cuban a break- Enough is enough,’ issued and signed by the NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, the congress said the rare protest and counter-protest in Cuba was a result of six decades of economic blockade against the Cuban nation and her people by the Government of the USA and her allies.
Comrade Wabba Said: “These rare protests and counter-protests in Cuba are linked to the impact of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cuba. Most hospitals in Cuba have run out of essential supplies. Many stores and supermarkets in Havana and other cities in Cuba have also run out of basic goods. The result is widespread lack, fear, panic, frustration and desperation among the general population. This is regrettable but quite avoidable.
“The horrendous landfall of COVID-19 in Cuba flew on the wings of six decades of economic blockade against the Cuban nation and her people by the Government of the United States of America and her allies. It would be recalled that after the revolution that ushered in the Socialist Government in Cuba in 1958, the American government through laws passed by the United States Congress stifled the economy of Cuba.”
In the 1990s, the Government of the United States expanded the economic sanctions against the people of Cuba by introducing the Torricelli Law and the Helms-Burton law. These laws introduced an extraterritorial character to the economic blockade against Cuba by coercing other countries to refrain from doing business with Cuba.”
Also, Wabba called for constitutionalism in Tunisia, saying that the congress has observed the political development in Tunisia with great concern; saying, “while we do not wish to meddle in the internal political processes of Tunisia, we feel a sense of duty to extend solidarity with Tunisian workers and trade union organizations especially given their concerns for democratic stability, social dialogue, national cohesion and inclusive development.”
The NLC President added: “The recent actions of Tunisia’s President relying on Article 80 of the Tunisian Constitution is viewed by some as necessary to arrest a relapse into the state of affairs that precipitated the mass protests which snowballed into the famed ‘Arab Spring’ revolution. There are also those who view the President’s actions as too unilateral cum drastic and capable of eroding democratic rights and destabilizing the state.”
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