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President
of Cuban agriculturalists calls for continuity for the World
Social Forum
PORTO ALEGRE,
BRAZIL (PL).— This Wednesday Orlando Lugo Fontes, president
of the Cuban National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP)
called for the retention in this city of the World Social
Forum before the World Campesino Assembly.
In his message
of thanks to the event, organized by the Via Campesina, which
groups together agricultural and indigenous farmers from all
over the world, Lugo Fontes spoke of the extreme poverty,
hunger and disease suffered by a large percentage of the
planet’s population.
He affirmed that
the links should not be broken in the series of Social Forums
held to date in this city, capital of the southern state of
Rio Grande do Sul, and called for the meetings to retain their
venue in this country, or at least in Latin America.
The Cuban
agrarian leader stated that the continent is experiencing a
complex and difficult period and the Social Forum is an
important scenario for continuing discussions on problems
negatively affecting our independence and development.
Lugo criticized
the presence of the United States within the so-called Group
of Friends of Venezuela, given that it is precisely the
country where the fascist coup d’état against Hugo Chávez,
the constitutional president, was cooked up.
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