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Cuban movement for peace and sovereignty of peoples
an article by Georgina Camacho Leyva, Trabajadores. Órgano de la Central de Trabajadores de Cuba
An international seminar for the abolition of foreign
military bases and an inter-religious dialogue for
world peace, will be two of the activities that the
Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of the
Peoples (Movpaz) plans to develop this year with
support from other institutions. 
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Many tasks lie ahead in their efforts to transmit and
instill a civic culture of peace, as evidenced in the
recently concluded survey of the institution's
activities.
The Pedagogy 2015 meeting will be held in Havana
from 26 to 30 January. It will be the Latin American
and Caribbean Forum as a peace zone and will
discuss the causes of confrontations in the area.
Silvio Platero, president of the Movement,
announced to attendees including peace activists,
journalists and members of other institutions, the
celebration of the annual edition of the competition
"Children paint for peace", in conjunction with the
awards of the José Martí Pioneer Organization
pioneers, that coincides with the International Day of
Peace on September 21. He also announced the tour
of the Cuban provinces of an exhibition of
allegorical posters for peace and against war, with
the collaboration of the Cuban Association of Social
Communicators.
They also recalled the 65th anniversary of the
founding of the organization, whose priorities remain
the complaint of the blockade against Cuba, and the
international struggle for the return of three of the
Cuban Five (Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero
and Ramón Labañino) unjustly imprisoned in the
United States until last December 17.
Among the many tasks with the aim of promoting
peace, the Cuban Movement continues to advocate
for the elimination of nuclear weapons and general
disarmament.
(Click here for a Spanish version of this article)
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