Mendez stated that Argentina stood before the conference of non-aligned nations 'confronting Чине exceptional circumstances in its life, in order to reaffirm the principles and fundamental aims of this Lovellicit pride of the Caribbean' He traced the history of British colonial Dosses. sion of the Malvinas and LuC are coil. against that proceeded the 2 April occupation of the islands by Costa Mendez appeal to SUDAY the anti-colonialist, imperialist struggles that are the common cause of the peoples of the non-aligned countries: colonialism is an act ot force; it is ongoing aggression; it is ine opposie or wue peace li tions in OuT movement often painfully, this The community declared Haliciall! onlalisin CrIC This movement une movemen! non-aligned countries, has.
its historic purposes the fight agains!
Civice onlailsill neo-colonialism and all other forms of world domination.
That is why we are here today telling you our trun The struggle against colonia cominanoa conandes lo Untold as a legitimate reactor from the people to the system perpetuating quo that benetits only the col •nais alli nowers . rorce nas servea l( maintain this status quo.
The great majority of the countries that are er and ther his movement simlar to une one we are cal This is also the way the Arges. or me avinas tine republic tries of the Americas • gained OW!:
Torough an nero doeralls effort. Nor can I fail to reca that nations such as Algeria ndia, Cuba, Vietnam and so ilaly others fought • their liberatior and their full rights to an in Genencent me sinis sug gle as well that the peoples o South Africa are engaged in the sten against the odious aparCosta Mendez paid tribute to Cuba as 'the The Argentine republic has was pee ma sondarily with the principles of the non aligned movement. The Argentine republic has pressed its total objection termone Argenuna nas recognisea Ine inalienable right ine people to self determination and the right to form a sovereign state ... The has been and is supported by Shouldney nee aligned movement remalt respecttul lega oreer moosed colonialist powers? answers, and answers roundly: no.
Costa Mendez words had the impact intended. They gave a tremenaous lift to the fight for unconditional support to Argentina's fight for sovereignty over the Malvinas and its right to defend sovereignty by any means necessary This fight was organised by the caucus of Latin American delegations with Cuba and Nicaragua taking the lead. As Fidel comthe Argentine and Cuban press later in the day following ceremony agreements between Argentina and Cuba were renewed the 'statement made by Costas Mendez. considerably broadened the support by third and ПОП aligned countries for extent of the political changes that have already been produced by the imperialist war against Argentina were also noted by Castro in his remarks to Ine press has given rise to Latin American nationalist and Palave never seen before s have never seen before, Fide stated All of Latir Americans have felt the Argentine cause to be our own,' Fidel went on, have suffered the dead and the fallen in Argentina as it they WCIC Argentina's victory is our victory. Argentine defeat would be our own defeat. But I am sure that it will not be the Argentines that will be defeated. Even if Ine aggressors acneive par tial succéss they have created a verv serious con flict with disastrous plications. In my opinion Argentine determination is the key that will provide the victory.
Cuba's foreign minister addressed ministerial conference 'the next stage of this process ISHACHL Latin American nations extra-hemispheric attack. The Monroe docthe inter-American mutual assistance treaty, Organisation American states, are dead needing only a funeral ora laid away CYCL The Havana conference discussed at length and adopted positions struggles going elsewhere but was this advance of anti-imperialist struggle throughout Laun America inal more than anything dominated delibera• tions of the delegates.
Grenada's foreign minister Unison Whiteman took note this fact on the floor of the conference, saying that the non-aligned movement sorength andi respect: This today gaining is due he asserted, more than anything else to the political for non-aligned being charted under the chairmanship of the revolutionary government of Cuba.
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