Several speakers at American Continental Congr with Cuba which opened in Rio de Janeiro on March 20th, stressed road to liberation in Latin America was that of armed struggle.
Victor Ochoa, Venemelan delogate, and leader of Univer sity Students, said that the youth of his country by fighting guerrilla warfare in the mountainous regias were also defending Cuba, He condemned the Betancourt Goverment of Venemela for co-operating with US imperialism in trying to smother the struggle of Venemielan patriots. luis La Fuente, Peruvian delegate of the left-wing movement in that country, said, "The only road is that of the Cuban revolution, namely, the road of armed struggle." He added that the Latin American revolution was also a part of the world revolution.
Francisco Juliao, Leader of the Peasants! League of North-East Brazil said that the road of Latin America was that of Cuba. "We have a common cause, because we have a common enemy, US imporialism", Father Alipio De Freitas said that the road of Cuba was the road of all -Latin American peoples, “Every mountain in all our countries can be turned into the Maestra mountain",