Cuban leader to visit China in unique inter-party brotherhood
▶ Firm mutual support amid resistance to US hegemony
At the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President Xi Jinping, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez will pay a state visit to China from Thursday to Saturday.
Xu Shicheng, a research fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said the visit not only carries traditional friendship of the two countries, but also reflected the close bonds between the two parties.
China and Cuba are good friends, good comrades and good brothers. They join hands on the socialist path, support each other on core interests, coordinate closely on international and regional issues, setting a model of solidarity of socialist countries and cooperation between developing countries, Mao Ning, a spokesperson of China’s Foreign Ministry,
said on Monday.
Pan Deng, executive director of the Latin American and Caribbean Region Law Center of China University of Political Science and Law, told the Global Times that the two sides have always maintained close communications and China attaches unique importance to Cuba ties.
When the US-led West smeared China at international stage, in human rights and other excuses, Cuba is a firm supporter of China’s core interests, while China has been a timely friend when Cuba is in need, Pan said.
Such mutual support was highlighted in the fight against the pandemic, and Xu mentioned humanitarian aid China sent to Cuba after hurricane Ian in October wreaked havoc to the country.
It is crystal clear that Cuba’s difficulty in economy and people’s livelihood are largely caused by US sanctions. Washington, amid the pandemic, even added up more measures and attempted to stage political chaos in Cuba, yet Cuba stands robustly, experts said.
Despite US’ long-term crackdown on left-wing governments in the region, Latin America is now experiencing “pink tide” resurgence with major countries in the region “turning left.”
Latin America is tired of US’ hegemony and coercion, and leaders with agenda focusing on domestic development are gaining public support, Pan said.
Cuba’s presence and its exemplar role in Latin America’s “turning pink,” fully proved that US’ maximum pressure on a rivalry and its “beggar-thy-neighbor” policy to maintain its hegemonic status didn’t work, Pan noted. “Those tricks won’t work in the future either.”
As the world faces sluggish economic recovery and geopolitical turbulences, observers noted that more countries are realizing that bloc confrontation, protection and decoupling, are detrimental to all while cooperation, as China has always advocated, is the path to jointly address difficulties and achieve growth.