Fidel
Soldado de las Ideas
The vice president of the National Association of Economists and Accountants of Cuba (ANEC), Ramon Labañino, has concluded a working visit to Italy on Sunday, at the invitation of the Communist Network (RdC).
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) paid posthumous tribute today to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, and late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whom they praised as paradigms of solidarity and resistance.
The DFLP political bureau handed over to the charge d'affaires of the Cuban Embassy in Lebanon, Raul Madrigal, some plaques of recognition of the recently-deceased Cuban statesman and the Bolivarian leader, who passed away four years ago today.
Commander Hugo Chavez, the undisputable leader of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, took a path during his life that led him from Sabaneta, in the state of Barinas, to the history of the deep changes currently taking place in that South American country.
Four years after his death, he is remembered for his singular personality, capable of capturing the most diverse popular sentiments, in addition to the influence of his military training in the school he enrolled in 1971.
With the sabotage of the CIA to the French freighter La Coubre, 15 months after the revolutionary triumph of January 1, 1959, Cuba realized the scale of the battle it had to face in order to defend its right to sovereignty.
That fact, unpunished to this day, showed the world the determination of the Cubans to face all the aggressions, when in the burial to the victims the Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro pronounced the historical slogan Patria o Muerte (Homeland or Death), that since then the Revolution raised in all their struggles.
The ideas of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, regarding unity and respect for the Caribbean, remain relevant in the Association of Caribbean States (ACS-AEC), stated the organization’s Secretary General, June Soomer, on March 2, in Havana.
I hope that we can further strengthen all these ideas within our organization, and we have high hopes, stated the diplomat from Saint Lucia on arrival to the Cuban capital to participate in various regional events, scheduled to take place next week in Havana.
Cuba advocates today for developing a cooperation and dialogue approach to make the functioning of the Human Rights Council more effective, the representative of the Caribbean nation, Pedro Luis Pedroso, stated in Geneva.
When speaking at the high-level segment of the 34th ordinary session of the Council, the head of the Cuban delegation stated that only through a cooperation and dialogue approach could that entity be effective in its work to promote and protect all human rights humans.
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is seeking common paths for the region, so it will focus on fighting climate change and on the need for interconnection at its upcoming ministerial and cooperation meetings.
According to the agenda, on March 8, representatives from about 60 countries that cooperate with the Caribbean region will participate in the 1st Conference on Cooperation of that mechanism in Havana.
On March 9 and 10, the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Association will take place in the Cuban capital.
The U.S. blockade of Cuba was denounced as a violation of international law and the principal obstacle to the island's development, according to participants in a colloquium on current affairs in Cuba, held in the French capital.
Héctor Igarza, Cuban ambassador in Paris, commented that despite the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, the United States government continues to enforce the economic, commercial and financial blockade and, increasingly, its extra-territorial reach.
The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, made a great contribution to the culture of political excellence and the consolidation of democracy in Cuba, according to the Canadian author Arnold August.
In an exclusive interview with Prensa Latina, the renowned intellectual and a passionate expert on Fidel's work and Cuba's revolutionary process, pointed out that since January 1, 1959, the people have exercised power through a political system built after Fulgencio Batista's defeat.
With the photographic exhibition Los agradecidos te acompañan (The Grateful Ones Accompany You), press workers in Ciego de Ávila - central Cuban province - pay homage to the historic leader of the Revolution of this country, Fidel Castro.
The exhibition is showed in the gallery Raúl Martínez of this city and is composed of 50 photos of local journalists and photographers who reflect the tribute of the town during the passage of the caravan with the ashes of the deceased leader to Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago de Cuba.
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