MEXICO CITY—More than 600 people from some 25 countries attended the Sixth Continental Conference in Solidarity with Cuba, held here October 6-9. On the last day participants joined a march to demand an end to the U.S. embargo against Cuba and freedom for the Cuban Five.

“We hold activities including press events and demonstrations,” said Leronel Mortime, a member of the Committee in Solidarity with Cuba in Haiti. “Every year we have five days of activities in solidarity with Cuba in July.”

Some 400 Mexicans participated in the conference, including more than 20 members of the Independent Regional Peasant Movement. Representatives of the country’s major political parties attended the opening session.

There were more than a dozen participants from the U.S. as well as Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia. Smaller numbers came from elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean. Well-known singer Anthony “Gabby” Carter, known as the King of Calypso, came from Barbados. His song demanding freedom for the Cuban Five can be viewed on YouTube. Ricardo Alarcón, president of Cuba’s National Assembly, addressed the conference, as did Elizabeth Palmeiro, wife of Ramón Labañino, one of the Cuban Five.

—LAURA GARZA