The journalist Juana Carrasco, who was awarded the José Martí National Journalism Prize, justified her participation this Friday in the signature campaign "My Signature for the Homeland," arguing that she wants a country that develops, a country that progresses, a country that is at peace.
Carrasco made his statements during an event organized by the Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC) at its national headquarters in Havana, where state-affiliated journalists, including winners of the highest awards in the field, signed the campaign launched by the PCC on April 19.
The event was presided over by Yuniasky Crespo Baquero, head of the Ideological Department of the Central Committee of the PCC, and Ricardo Ronquillo Bello, president of the UPEC.
Among the signatories were Arleen Rodríguez, Tubal Páez, and Katiuska Blanco, recipients of the National Journalism Award José Martí and the Juan Gualberto Gómez Award.
On camera, Carrasco appealed to arguments of sovereignty to justify his signature and stated that he opposes the war.
"I stand for the sovereignty of Cuba because, although many forget it in everyday problems and circumstances, we have something worth saving: our country, which, even if it is not the perfect ideal that is dreamed of... is the bitter, but it is our wine," said the young supporter José Manuel Lapeira.
Other journalists also invoked Article 1 of the UPEC statutes, which establishes the mission of the guild as we sign as workers of the press, we sign as Cubans, to defend the revolution, the interests of independence, and the interests of journalists.
The campaign has generated support from various sectors of the government.
The Supreme Popular Tribunal has also joined the campaign, while figures such as Manolín the Salsa Doctor and intellectual Miryorly García have also expressed their public support. The campaign has spread to provinces such as Camagüey and Villa Clara, according to Prensa Latina.
However, the initiative has not been without criticism. José Daniel Ferrer and Manuel Cuesta Morúa describe it as a farce, questioning the legitimacy and actual impact of the mobilization led by the Communist Party of Cuba.
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