The Italy-Cuba Friendship Association Supports Economic Measures

HAVANA, Cuba - The Italy-Cuba Friendship Association (AAIC) supports the economic measures undertaken by Cuban authorities to consolidate social achievements in the Caribbean nation.

In a communique, the members of the AAIC underline the willingness of the Cuban government and people to continue the construction of a socialist society, which seeks to develop and perfect its economic model.

The Italian organization considers the large participation of Cubans in the debates prior to the 6th Congress of the Communist Party (PCC) to be positive, in which citizens exchange ideas around the Draft Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy of the Cuban Revolution.

In addition, it criticizes the treatment the international mass media has given to theCuban social and economic measures, since they don’t reflect the real situation on the island, the Prensa Latina news agency reported from Rome.

In its document, the AAIC highlights the efforts of the Cuban State to maintain its social achievements in education, health and culture, without leaving any citizen unprotected, incontrast to the measures adopted by several European governments in the face of the economic crisis.(acn)