The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, condemned coercive measures against developing nations, as well as globalization, which prevents the promotion of the rights of the working class and their sovereignty, especially against Cuba and Venezuela. teleSUR
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00:00 First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and President of
00:07 the Republic of Cuba, also President of the G77 in China, Your Excellencies, Heads of
00:18 State and Government, Your Excellency, Heads of Delegations, Representatives of International
00:29 Organizations, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon.
00:38 It is for me an honor to participate in this meeting of the G77 in China in the Republic
00:47 of Cuba, a home and symbol of the dignity of Latin America and the Caribbean.
00:57 A people who, through their resistance to the greatest genocide blockade known to humankind,
01:13 has won a prominent place in history.
01:22 I come in representation of the people of Honduras and millions of Latin Americans and
01:28 Caribbeans now joined in Salak, of which I will take the presidency in January 2024.
01:45 I am the first woman president coming from the streets, from the people's struggles,
01:54 accompanied by a resisting people for 12 years and seven months that we fought against the
02:01 infamous coup d'etat on President Manuel Zelaya Rosales, a friend of Cuba's, of Fidel's and
02:11 Raul's.
02:17 Today I am in the face of the result of that breakage where an elite was grown in the shadows
02:27 of corrupt practices that turned Honduras into a drug state which indebted and impoverished
02:38 our people.
02:42 With my electoral victory in 2021, we began an era of changes and actions in the benefit
02:53 of humankind and in the defense of nature.
02:57 The recovery of the public sector, the rights of the working class and our true independence
03:08 is now in place.
03:12 And that is the mandate that the people gave me at the urns.
03:18 My dream is to help to build a great -- the great homeland of Marti, Morazan and Bolivar
03:29 where our continent is a territory of peace, a territory that is just socialist and democratic.
03:41 We cannot even think to have this condition to take any step backwards.
03:56 And for this we must support CELAC, which is a space where we promote the use of science,
04:07 technology and innovation in our development.
04:16 Finding common points in spite of our differences is a key element.
04:27 What good would the G77 be?
04:32 What good would the World Bank be and the CELAC and the United Nations organizations
04:41 if we are not able of eliminating the unjust blockades or sanctions imposed, the neo-slavery,
04:54 the neo-colonialism, the hegemony of capital on mankind and the wars promoted by the military
05:05 industrial complex which caused so much suffering and pain in the world?
05:14 Globalization shows a negative balance for our countries.
05:23 And now we have come here before you to propose a unity and a new order that will take into
05:32 account the following main aspects.
05:37 First, to accelerate the process of commercial exchange in the world in different currencies
05:47 so that we can open a cycle of world development that allows for the growth of our GDPs.
05:58 Second, to establish a realistic agenda of sustainable development goals so that it doesn't
06:15 become a theater play.
06:18 Third, that the member countries of the G77 and China to commit to rejecting and not complying
06:28 with coercive measures such as sanctions or blockades against our member countries.
06:40 We energetically denounce the unjust blockade against Venezuela and Nicaragua.
06:49 Fourth, to establish a permanent commitment to not wage war and to develop strong negotiation
07:00 mechanisms for the debate and resolution of our conflicts.
07:08 And fifth, to democratize the cause of knowledge and its products, we must create a scientific
07:21 -- a world scientific community that can revert the grave process of climate change, as well
07:30 as the rescuing restoration of the environment and our natural resources.
07:38 Sixth, we must commit -- fully commit to the respect of the self-determination of the peoples,
07:50 and under no circumstances will we try to impose our way of life, our culture, our religion,
08:02 or our economic model on any of our members.
08:11 To us, achieving democratic socialism is a mission and a reason of existence to change
08:22 and radically improve the quality of life of our people, and to respect popular consultation
08:30 as the channel we have chosen to achieve this goal.
08:38 The time has come to end the backyard, because we are not pieces on a chessboard of independence
08:55 and apology.
08:57 Our nations cannot continue suffering from massive privatization of their territories.
09:07 Distinguished heads of state, I would like to issue an acknowledgment to President DĂaz-Ganel
09:18 for continuing with the historical legacy of Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution,
09:27 Fidel Castro Ruz; Army General RaĂșl Castro; Commander Hugo ChĂĄvez FrĂas; Lula da Silva;
09:41 Manuel Serralla Rosales; Cristina; Rafael; Evo; Daniel; NicolĂĄs Maduro; and other founders
09:56 of CELAC for having resisted the systematically neoliberal attack, and for maintaining and
10:08 keeping intact the willingness to make our integration larger.
10:16 What I have here expressed may undoubtedly sound audacious, but to us it is essential
10:29 to build a world in which we all have a place of equality, freedom and justice.
10:39 Thank you.
10:40 (Applause.)
10:40 (chewing)