00:00And now we go to Havana, where the second day of the Patriarch Colloquium brought together
00:04communicators from across the Global South to exchange strategies and strengthen alliances
00:09as debates intensify over the role of media in today's global power struggles.
00:14Our correspondent Melinda Los Santos is there and has the story.
00:19On the second day of the Patriarch Colloquium, participants focus on exchanging communication
00:24strategies across the Global South, recognizing communication itself as a key battleground
00:29in today's global disputes.
00:34I believe that for those of us from other countries, it is essential that we continue
00:40building counter-narratives that can better explain to our audiences what is really happening
00:45in Cuba and how the blockade is criminal.
00:47So we must use the right words, loaded with meaning, without emptying them, because we
00:52work with words and meanings.
00:57Among the key topics at this fifth edition of the Patriarch Colloquium is the importance
01:02of the networks built as an act of resistance.
01:08Coming together here to discuss how they confront this rise of fascism, this search of the far-right,
01:13country, while at the same time giving real sustenance to the term being used, ground in turn
01:17in the concrete manifestations and understandings how is the only way to face the phenomenon with
01:22global and continental dimensions, with global and continental expressions.
01:26It's true articulation, true solidarity.
01:29It has to do with solidarity.
01:31In this way, Patria also becomes a space to demonstrate that Cuba is not alone, as shared experiences
01:37translate into collective growth and stronger international solidarity.
01:42And I think it's important because this whole Meridia barrage is that Cuba is prostrate.
01:48Cuba isn't prostrate and the international solidarity movement isn't prostrate.
01:51What we're seeing right in front of us here is a vibrant conference full of people from
01:55all over the world sharing and experiences, and we're all growing because of it.
01:59So Cuba is not alone, and I think that's the most important message to carry from this.
02:04Belen de los Santos for Telesur English from Havana, Cuba.
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