Dakhla (Refugee camps), 14 January 2023 (SPS) - Several personalities and associations from Latin America and Europe expressed in Dakhla, in the Sahrawi refugee camps, their solidarity and support for the Sahrawi people who struggle for its right to self-determination and independence.
"In Latin America, the Sahrawi Arab Republic and the Polisario Front enjoy the support of progressive governments and peoples of this region," indicated the president of the Association of Friendship with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and president of the Chilean socialist movement "Allendist", Esteban Silva Cuadra, in a statement to the media on the sidelines of the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front, which takes place from 13 to 17 January.
Esteban Silva Cuadra, who is also a political analyst, said that Latin America is represented by a strong delegation at this congress.
"Leaders from Chile, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Panama and other Latin American countries have come here to express the solidarity of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean with the struggle of the Sahrawi people," he said.
Moreover, Mr. Cuadra stressed that the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front "takes place at a historic moment for the just struggle of the Sahrawi people for self-determination and full independence, namely the resumption of the armed struggle" with Morocco.
"The international community, including the peoples of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia must accompany the Polisario Front and strengthen their solidarity with the Sahrawi people," he said.
On the other hand, the president of the association of friendship with the SADR said that Morocco uses the same methods of corruption in Latin America as those used in the European Parliament.
"In Latin America, the same method of corruption has been denounced, which consists of bribing deputies, senators, politicians and journalists," he said, pointing out that there is concrete evidence of Morocco's involvement in a scandal that could be even worse than the one currently rocking the European Parliament.
For his part, the president of the Association of Friendship with the Sahrawi people of Seville in Andalusia, Fernando Peraita, stressed the need to give visibility to the Sahrawi cause in Spain, which remains the administering power of Western Sahara.
"We try to keep the Sahrawi cause alive in Spain so that Spaniards know that there is a people fighting for its freedom," he said.
Mr. Peraita also denounced the change of position of the Spanish government on the conflict in Western Sahara, calling it a "shameful decision.
The Argentine parliamentarian and activist for the Sahrawi cause, Julia Perié, stressed the significance of the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front.
According to her, "this conference is fundamental to denounce what is happening in Western Sahara and shed light on the suffering of the Sahrawi people.
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