PCP considers extremely grave the Portuguese Government's decision, announced yesterday, to recognize the self-proclaimed independence of the Serbian province of Kosovo.

Here we are at this magnificent rally in this fascinating "Avante!" Festival and, for that, our fraternal greeting to all those who are present here!

But we do not tire in stressing that the originality, the distinctive brand of this political and cultural event lies in the way and in those who architected, projected and built it!

63 Years ago, on August 6 and 9, 1945, the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were reduced to fire and dust. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by atomic weapons are a telling example of state terrorism carried out by the government and the armed forces of the United States of America and represent a crime against humanity.

1 - Expresses its solidarity with the Spanish activist in the movements for Peace and Solidarity among Peoples, member of OSPAAAL (Solidarity Organization with the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America), a Spanish Non-Governmental Organization whose social goal is the search for peace, solidarity and a negotiated solution to conflicts, based on the principles of humanitarian international law.