The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) denounces the unacceptable threats from the United States of America against Cuba and reaffirms the demand for respect for the sovereignty and independence of Cuba, and the right of the Cuban people to decide, free from external interference, their path of development.

The deplorable statements by US President Donald Trump that after Iran, “Cuba will be next” and that “Cuba is in its last moments of life” can only cause the expression of indignation and repudiation from democrats and patriots, peace and solidarity activists.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation strongly condemns the military attack by the US and Israel against Iran, in violation of international law, and warns of the real risks of destabilizing the entire region.

Peoples have the right to self-determination, to decide their collective destinies, to chart the paths of development they deem most appropriate, to sovereignly dispose of the resources of their territories for their own benefit. This is a principle enshrined in international law, which the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic embraces in its Article 7.

Representatives of organizations delivered an Open Letter on February 26th to the US Embassy,​​strongly condemning the US military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

The United States of America, with its allies, has been aggravating the threats, interference and aggression against countries and peoples.
Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Greenland, Lebanon, Iran, Western Sahara, are, among others, examples of this reality.
The dramatic situation faced by millions of people victims of war, the risk of a conflict of great and tragic proportions, prove the urgency of putting an end to the confrontation and the arms race and opening paths for dialogue, for the political solution of international conflicts, for Peace.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) denounces and rejects the possibility of national territory being used again for interference and aggression against other States and peoples – let us recall the invasion of Iraq, whose war summit was held at Lajes Air Base, with the assistance of Durão Barroso – and demands a firm stance from the Government against the use of Lajes Air Base for a US military aggression against Iran.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) vehemently condemns the successive violations of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip perpetrated by Israel, which continues to bomb, kill and injure the Palestinian people and prevent the entry of humanitarian aid, which remains manifestly insufficient to meet the needs in a territory totally devastated by Israel's genocidal war, with basic infrastructure completely destroyed and subjected to a particularly severe winter.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) repudiates and firmly condemns the further escalation in the aggression and economic siege of Cuba by the US, with the imposition of coercive measures on countries that sell or supply oil to Cuba, and expresses its solidarity with the Cuban people who have been fighting and resisting heroically, for more than 60 years, the criminal and illegal blockade imposed by the US, in clear violation of the UN Charter and international law, demanding and defending their right to sovereignty, development, and to live in peace.

In the late afternoon of the 27th, the rain and wind did not prevent another protest action in solidarity with the peoples of Latin America and demanding an end to US aggression against Venezuela.

In Setúbal, at Praça do Bocage, the speeches by Rui Garcia, from CPPC, and Luís Leitão, from the Union of Trade Unions of Setúbal, presented by Teresa Oliveira, from Projeto Ruído, made clear the condemnation of US aggression against Venezuela, the demand for compliance with international law, and the denunciation of the continuation of threats to countries in Latin America.

On January 27, 1945, exactly 81 years ago, the Red Army of the Soviet Union liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. In this complex of concentration, extermination, and slave labor camps, like other similar camps, millions of people were murdered: political opponents, trade unionists, prisoners of war, Slavs, Jews, Roma, homosexuals, and people with disabilities.