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Gloria La Riva on Foreign PolicyParty for Socialism and Liberation nominee for President |
For more than 55 years, Cuba's people have been subjected to a crushing policy of blockade to force them to submit to U.S. dictates. Denying a whole people medicines, food and the necessities of life and thwarting commerce and trade internationally-is a genocidal policy. U.S. imperialism has created a massive arsenal of economic and political weapons that comprise what is more accurately called "Blockade."
"Embargo" does not begin to describe what Washington heaped on Cuba, causing $1.2 trillion in economic damages.
In all these years, Cuba never surrendered. Despite the harsh blows caused by the U.S. financial, commercial and trade blockade, Cuba has survived precisely because of socialism and the overwhelming support of the people.
No.
Q: Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan?
No.
Q: Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan?
No.
Q: Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan?
No.
Q: Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States?
No.
Q: Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
Yes.
Q: Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?
No.
Q: Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq?
Yes.
Q: Do you support the United States' involvement in free trade agreements?
No.
La Riva adds, "I believe all U.S. bases outside of the country should be closed immediately."
In place of chauvinist imperialist domination, the La Riva/Puryear PSL presidential campaign stands for relations with all nations and peoples based on equality, mutual respect, friendship, cooperation and solidarity. This policy could only be implemented by a government that was no longer beholden to the interests of transnational corporations and banks.