Blockade & sanctions: attacks to peoples’ sovereignty - EL Summer Seminars- Séminaires d'été du PGE
Channel: European Left
Date: 2021-07-06

Do we really know what it means for a country and its people to suffer an economic, political, and social blockade for decades? Do we know what it means for a country to be subjected to sanctions and what harmful effects do they have on its population every day? Do we know what reasons both the United States and the European Union argue that they feel they have the right to exercise them? In this panel, you can listen and above all ask to have hundreds of political and humanitarian reasons to fight against both.

Introduction and moderation: Maite Mola, First Vice-President of the EL, in charge of international relations


Speakers:


-Carolys Pérez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality (Venezuela)
-Enrique Ubieta, Director of “Cuba Socialista” (Cuba)