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• 01 / 25 / 2007

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Martinez, chairman of the Cuban parliaments Economic Affairs Committee, participated on a panel on critical thinking and social struggle in Latin America that included well-known intellectuals and professors.

Before a diverse audience eager to hear details of Cubas current situation, the legislator assured that continuity of the revolution is guaranteed.

"The supreme guarantee of this continuity are the ethical values planted by the revolution, which comprise a political culture opposed to consumerism, banality and profit as a way of life," commented Martinez.

The Cuban legislator also noted the positive tendency in the growth of the Cuban economy over the last three years including a 12.5 GDP increase in 2006.

Martinez said that prospects are promising as the relations of exchange and collaboration increase under the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), subscribed by Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia and most recently Nicaragua.

The panel where Martinez spoke was organized by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) together with Inmanuel Wallestein, from the United States; Boaventura de Sousa (Portugal); Francois Houtart (Belgium); and Camille Chalmers (Haiti).

Brazilian Joao Paulo Santos of the Movimiento Sin Tierra (Landless Movement) and Colombian academic Liliam Soriano also spoke at the session.

Source: Granma