Minsk, May 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuba got expressions of solidarity as a special guest of the prize award ceremony of the “Zolote Piro” National Journalism Contest, organized by the Union of Journalists of this country (BUJ).
BUJ President Anatoly Lemeshenok said that lies, manipulation and distortion, as well intellectual mercenarism of the media that attack Cuba and Belarus, are far from ethics, truth and principles.
The Belarusian leader reaffirmed that the journalists of his nation express their repudiation of that immoral media campaign and demand the end of the US blockade against Cuba, which has caused great suffering and hardships to the people.
Cuban Ambassador Alfredo Nieves Portuondo gave an update about the practice of journalism in his country and congratulated on behalf of Cuban journalists their Belarusian counterpart on Press Day in this nation.
In the gathering, Nieves also referred to the role played by multinational hegemonic media and the radio and television aggression against Cuba and explained that the permanent media campaign against his nation is aimed at triggering a negative change in the country’s political system.