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<h1 id="reader-title">Statement of Revolutionary Government of
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<p><em>Havana, August 31, 2016.</em></p>
<p>The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba
strongly rejects the parliamentary and judicial coup
d’état perpetrated against President Dilma Rousseff.</p>
<p>The Government’s estrangement from the President,
without presenting any evidence of corruption or crimes
of responsibility against her, as well as from the
Workers’ Party (PT) and other left-wing allied political
forces, is an act of defiance against the sovereign will
of the people who voted for her.</p>
<p>The governments headed by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and
Dilma Rousseff implemented a socio-economic model that
made it possible for Brazil to take a step forward in
areas such as production growth with social inclusion,
the creation of jobs, the fight against poverty, the
eradication of extreme poverty among more than 35
million Brazilians who used to live in inhumane
conditions and income increase for another 40 million;
the expansion of opportunities in the areas of education
and health for the people, including those sectors who
had been previously marginalized.çDuring this period,
Brazil has been an active promoter of Latin American and
Caribbean integration. The defeat of the Free Trade
Agreement of the Americas (FTAA), the celebration of the
Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and
Development (CALC) which led to the creation of CELAC
and foundation of UNASUR are transcendental events in
the recent history of the region which show the leading
role played by that country.</p>
<p>Likewise, Brazil’s approach to the Third World nations,
particularly Africa; its active membership in the BRICS
Group (made up by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
Africa); and its performance at the United Nations
Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO); and the World Trade
Organization, among others, are an acknowledgement of
its international leadership.</p>
<p>Equally praiseworthy has been Brazil’s performance
under the Workers’ Party governments in crucial
international issues for the defense of peace,
development, the environment and the programs against
hunger.</p>
<p>The efforts made by Lula and Dilma to reform the
political system and organize the funding of parties and
their campaigns as well as in support of the
investigations started against corruption and the
independence of the institutions responsible for such
investigations are too well known.</p>
<p>The forces that are currently exercising power have
announced the privatization of deep water oil reserves
and social programs curtailments. Likewise, they are
proclaiming a foreign policy focused on the relations
with the big international centers of power. Quite a few
among those who are impeaching the President are
currently under investigation for acts of corruption.</p>
<p>What happened in Brazil is another expression of the
offensive of imperialism and the oligarchy against the
revolutionary and progressive governments of Latin
America and the Caribbean which threatens peace and
stability of nations and is contrary to the spirit and
the letter of the Proclamation of Latin America and the
Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, signed at the Second CELAC
Summit in January, 2014, in Havana by the Heads of State
and Government of the region.</p>
<p>Cuba reiterates its solidarity with President Dilma and
comrade Lula as well as with the Worker’s Party, and is
confident that the Brazilian people will defend the
social achievements that have been attained and will
resolutely oppose the neoliberal policies that others
may try to impose on them and the plundering of its
natural resources.</p>
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