Cuban News Agency

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The Cuban government strongly condemns the parliamentary coup perpetrated
against constitutional President Fernando Lugo and the people of Paraguay,
reads a note.

Actions like this one aim at thwarting progressive changes and genuine
Latin American and Caribbean integration in “Our Americas,” reads the note.

The coup in Paraguay adds to a long list of attempts against the
self-determination of Latin American nations, which have always been
perpetrated by the oligarchy, and with the responsibility, complicity or
tolerance of the US administration, says the Foreign Ministry.

In the note, Cuba denounces that  after decades of bloody military
dictatorships, which murdered hundreds of thousands of people and imposed
state terrorism and torture with full impunity, the violent and
anti-democratic strategy has been retaken, first with a military coup and
an oil strike against Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution; a destabilizing
and separatist attempt against Bolivia; a military coup against
progressive forces in Honduras, and later a coup attempt against the
Revolution in Ecuador.

The note adds that the Cuban government will maintain its medical
cooperation, which is strictly humanitarian, at the service of the
Paraguayan population. Therefore, the “Maria Auxiliadora” Ophthalmological
Center, which has helped some 18 000 Paraguayans recover their sight, will
continue to operate as long as necessary, concludes the note signed by the
Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations.