On January 15th, The Portugal-Cuba Friendship Association, the Portuguese Association of Democratic Jurists, the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers-Intersindical Nacional, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation, the Democratic Women's Movement, and the Ruído Project - Youth Association, continuing their action to demand an end to US aggression and threats against Venezuela and other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, the release of President Nicolás Maduro and Deputy Cília Flores, and respect for international law and the Charter of the United Nations, issued a

On January 13th, in the late afternoon, a public session was held at Casa do Alentejo in Lisbon, addressing the situation in Latin America, denouncing the US aggression against Venezuela, and expressing solidarity with the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean!

The speakers, who were received with great applause, were the Venezuelan Ambassador, Mary Flores, the Cuban Ambassador, José Ramón Saborido Loidi, Moara Crivelente, from CEBRAPAZ, Pedro Prolaa, from the PT (Workers' Party) branch in Lisbon, and Sandra Pereira from the Portugal-Cuba Friendship Association.

Mobilized by the CPPC and the Portugal-Cuba Friendship Association (AAPC), dozens of people gathered near the statue of Simón Bolívar in Lisbon in the late afternoon of Tuesday, December 16, to protest against US threats against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and to express their solidarity with the peoples of Latin America.

The provocations and threats from the United States of America against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which openly violate the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, are unacceptable and must be condemned.

Between November 22 and 30, a Portuguese delegation visited the Sahrawi refugee camps located in Algeria.

On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the streets of Lisbon and Porto were filled with demands for an end to the genocide and Israeli occupation. Culminating the solidarity campaign with the Palestinian people that began in September, and whose appeal brought together 158 organizations and many men and women from all over the country from the most diverse areas, the demonstration made it clear, once again, that the Portuguese people are in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

On November 20th, in Porto, another initiative took place, promoted by the CPPC and with the collaboration of the UPP, as part of the campaign "FOR CUBA! END THE BLOCKADE!".
The Cuban Ambassador, José Ramón Saborido Loidi, Sandra Pereira, president of the AAPC; Isabel Camarinha, president of the CPPC's National Directorate, and Sérgio Vinagre, president of the UPP, were present and spoke.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) reaffirms its long-standing solidarity with the Sahrawi people and their legitimate representative, the Polisario Front, in their struggle against the Moroccan occupation and for the realization of their national rights, including the right to self-determination, recognized in successive United Nations resolutions.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation salutes the vote by the United Nations General Assembly on lifting the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, imposed by the United States of America for more than 60 years.
It remains clear, after 33 years of voting on this issue, that the overwhelming majority of States represented in the UN General Assembly demand an end to the blockade.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) vehemently repudiates the serious acts of provocation and grave threats made by the US administration, presided over by Trump, against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Republic of Colombia, and other States of Latin America and the Caribbean, such as Cuba, Brazil, and Mexico.