World Peace Council meeting in Salvador denounces US imperialism and blockade of Cuba.

247 - After two days of meetings in Salvador, Bahia, peace organizations from across the Americas unanimously approved the Final Communiqué of the Regional Meeting of the World Peace Council (WPC). The meeting, held on June 16 and 17, 2025, brought together delegations from various countries in the Americas and the Caribbean, with the participation of political and social representatives and authorities from Bahia. This information comes from the official statement released by the participating organizations.

The session was led by Victor F. Gaute López, from the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, in his capacity as regional coordinator for the Americas and the Caribbean; by the executive secretary of the CMP, Iraklis Tsavdaridis; by the national director of Cebrapaz, Socorro Gomes; and by the journalist and international editor of Brasil 247, José Reinaldo Carvalho, president of Cebrapaz.

In his speech, Carvalho highlighted the isolation policy imposed by United States to the Caribbean island. “This is the path being followed by this factory of lies and disinformation. Here in Brazil, comrades, we are facing the following: discrimination against Cuba. They seek to silence Cuba in the media. When they report news, it is distorted,” he stated. And he added: “Attempts to completely isolate the country, attempts to normalize the blockade, as if the blockade were a routine, episodic administrative measure of the government. When we know that the blockade is a strategy defined by US imperialism.”

Defense of peace and confrontation with imperialism.

With the motto of promoting strategic actions in the face of the current geopolitical scenario in the region, the meeting approved a series of resolutions. The central focus was the defense of the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, an initiative that, according to those present, should be strengthened amidst increasing inequalities, political repression, the rise of the far-right, and NATO's military expansionism with the backing of the United States government.

The final statement strongly condemns the role played by President Donald Trump, who, according to the text, “reaffirmed the imperial Monroe Doctrine with his colonial claims over sovereign territories such as Greenland, Panama, or the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico.” His immigration policy, classified as “xenophobic and fascist,” and the inhumane treatment of migrants, especially Venezuelans, were also denounced.

Furthermore, the meeting approved actions for September 21, International Day of Peace, and support for the day of action called by the Caribbean Movement for Peace for October 6, the date commemorating the attack on the Cubana de Aviación flight, considered a landmark of state terrorism against the region.

Palestine, Venezuela, and Cuba as axes of solidarity.

The organizations present expressed broad solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of what they define as the "criminal, genocidal, and ethnically cleansing policies of the Zionist regime and imperialism." The organizations demanded concrete measures to mobilize world public opinion and hold the perpetrators of these crimes accountable.

The situation in Venezuela also featured prominently in the statement. The text denounces the blockade, sanctions, disinformation campaign, and hybrid warfare actions conducted by the US with the aim of weakening the Bolivarian Revolution and plundering the country's natural resources. The kidnapping of Venezuelan migrants in El Salvador prisons was also mentioned.

The blockade imposed on Cuba It was harshly criticized, with demands for its immediate revocation, as well as the return of the occupied territory at Guantanamo and the closure of the detention center located there, considered a symbol of systematic human rights violations.

Global conflicts and new threats

In the international arena, the statement condemns the war waged by NATO against Russia on Ukrainian territory and the militarization of Eastern Europe. It also rejects the joint aggressions of the US and Israel against countries such as Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and, again, Palestine, pointing to the violation of the UN Charter and the threat to global stability.

The delegations warned of the dangers of militarizing the Arctic and outer space, demanding that the use of these areas be directed exclusively towards peaceful cooperation.

Regional support and historical reparations

Also approved were expressions of solidarity with the Haitian people, who oppose any type of new foreign military intervention, and support for the implementation of the Peace Accords in Colombia. Participants also defended the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Afro-descendant communities, demanding reparations for the crimes of colonialism and slavery.

Organizations from the US and Canada have been called upon to join the movement in defense of peace, including denouncing human rights violations committed in their own territories by large corporations and extractive megaprojects, particularly on indigenous lands.

Proposals for mobilization and political action

The final document, unanimously approved, proposes intensifying the communication battle against disinformation promoted by large corporate media outlets, with expanded use of social networks. It also advocates strengthening the World Peace Council itself, incorporating new allied entities, and promoting youth engagement in peace initiatives.

Finally, support was reiterated for the Mexican people in their anti-imperialist struggles and for the work of the Cuban medical brigades, which have been the target of defamation campaigns by the United States. The meeting concluded with a commitment to continue building the International Campaign for Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, mobilizing popular movements, unions, students, and peasants around this project of sovereignty and regional integration.