Havana, January 23 (RHC)-- The vice president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, Abel Sosa, has denounced the fascist coup d'etat perpetrated against the sister nation of Bolivia in November.

Sosa expressed the solidarity of the Cuban people with Evo Morales, the leadership and bases of the Movement Towards Socialism, the Bolivian people and all the native communities, victims today of aggression and threats by the most reactionary sectors.

He also welcomed the drafting and approval of the new Political Constitution of Bolivia, which led to the creation of a Plurinational State in 2009.

“I take this opportunity to call on the international community to take the side of legality and peace, in observance of international law and to advocate for the postulates of the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace,” he urged.

During the gathering held at ICAP, former ambassador of Bolivia to Cuba, Ariana Campero, condemned the criminalization and political persecution of the main leaders of the leftist movements by the de facto government, which is servile to Washington's interests.

Campero stressed the importance of the unity of the Bolivian people and the leftist parties in order to have a conscious and clear preparation in view of the next elections, to be held on May 3rd.

She also thanked Cuba for its solidarity and Latin American nations for their resistance to the right-wing criminal onslaught to which they are being subjected.