Cuba recalls victims of slavery

Havana, Mar 25^th. - Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, today recalled the victims of slavery and called on the former metropolises to respond to demands from Caribbean states for that and other crimes.

"We remember those who suffered slavery because of colonialist greed," said the head of Cuban diplomacy in X.

Rodriguez also said that for more than 400 years, more than 15 million people were victims of transatlantic trafficking.

Former metropolises must meet just demands from Caribbean countries for these crimes against humanity, he said on the platform itself.

Tuesday marks the International Day in Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, an awareness-raising day established by the United Nations General Assembly in November 2006 and held every 25 March since 2007.

Its aim is to raise awareness of the atrocities of slavery and transatlantic trafficking and its impacts on world history, especially on African and Afro-descendant peoples, according to the UN.

This commemoration is part of a series of suggested measures during the first World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

The date honors and reminds millions of people captured, sold and exploited. (Text and photo: PL)