A BETTER world is not only possible but “essential,” the Cuban ambassador to Britain told a packed Cuba Solidarity Campaign Unison conference fringe on Wednesday evening.

The meeting, chaired by Unison assistant general secretary Kevan Nelson, heard from a number of delegates who had recently visited Cuba, including Annie Cogan-Thomas, Georgina Andrews, Joe Mills and Mia King.

Unison South West regional secretary Kerry Baigent talked of her region’s support for the vital Cuba Vive Medical Appeal.

Cuban ambassador Ismara Vargas Walter described US-led “economic warfare” against Cuba.

She told the meeting of the impact of the 243 devastating sanctions and measures imposed on Cuba during the first Trump administration and the renewed assault against the island since his return to power.

The ambassador said that the blockade “is a daily attack on the rights and dignity of 11 million Cubans. It is the child with cancer waiting for a medicine that cannot be imported. It is the farmer without fertiliser or the school without electricity.”

The end of the blockade is a “moral imperative,” she said.

Ms Vargas Walter thanked Unison “for walking this path with Cuba,” saying: “from Havana to Liverpool. Let’s say with one voice — Hands off Cuba!”

Cuba Solidarity Campaign director Rob Miller urged delegates to help build support for the Cuba Vive Medical appeal.