Cuban News Agency

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Lugo made her statement via Internet, from Rio de Janeiro, where the
Summit of the Peoples is running since last June 15 parallel to the UN
Conference on Sustainable Development.

The Cuban representative said the struggle will continue to demand the
transformation of the current development model and build new emancipatory
platforms. The Cuban organizations consider this issue linked to the
causes and consequences of a multiple domination system that is
militarizing, occupying and intervening in other countries to exploit
their natural resources in its own benefit.

Lugo said they are inspired in the speech given by Cuban Revolution leader
Fidel Castro at the 1992 Earth Summit and in all the reflections he has
written over the past years in which he has alerted of the dangers pending
on humanity and the planet.
“We Cubans have chosen a path that is not perfect but which offers
alternatives that must be taken into account,” she stressed.

In many ways, “we are taking sides with different Latin American
organizations and we are committed to common agendas in defense of women,
workers and different actors posing increasing resistance.”

According to the program of activities during the Conference, the Cuban
chapter of the Network in Defense of Humanity will launch the website “Una
especie en peligro” (An Endangered Species) on Tuesday, and will also open
a photo exhibit titled “Rostros en Peligro” (Faces in Danger).

On Wednesday, the network will also make available to participants at the
Rio + 20 Conference the book “Nuestro deber es luchar” (Our duty is to
Fight), which contains a dialog between Fidel Castro and intellectuals
from around the world. A panel titled “ Common Position of the Network in
Defense of Humanity” will be held on June 21 and it will include the
documentary film “Images of the Future”, by renowned film maker, already
departed, Santiago Alvarez, already departed.