The solidarity from different regions of the world with Las Tunas has a special meaning, said María Romero, the provincial delegate of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), referring to the fact that this August 31 was designated by the United Nations as a day to recognize "those small gestures that selflessly and empathetically contribute to providing help to someone in need.”

Las Tunas, Cuba.- Las Tunas has many examples -assured Romero- because these disinterested aid initiatives often make a difference in various aspects of the social and cultural life of the province. Like the rest of the country, the Balcón de Oriente (Cuban Eastern Balcony), she recalled, is not exempt from the harmful effects of the economic, commercial, and financial siege that successive governments of the United States have imposed on Cuba for more than 60 years.

"Throughout the year, she said, we have maintained a constant exchange with the solidarity movement. We are united by strong ties with the Friendship Associations of Italy, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands Foundation for Cuba, and, more recently, with the Solidarity Movement of Denmark.” With all of them, she emphasized, "relations are consolidated.”

Friends from Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Mexico, and Chile, as well as those from the Solidarity Movement of Venezuela -Zulia Region-, Canada, and Uruguay, have also come individually to the home of Major General Vicente García. "All of them contribute a grain of sand, with donations for the health, cultural, and agricultural sectors," she explained.

"We will continue to face the challenges and difficulties and, together with the people of Las Tunas, we will maintain with pride and satisfaction the principle that solidarity not only benefits those who receive it but also ennobles those who exercise it. We will continue to be a group united at the service of the socialist revolution that thousands of people from Las Tunas are building day by day," he concluded.

Although the immediate reason for choosing August 31 as International Day of Solidarity is somewhat controversial, fortunately, the United Nations states that "each country or city is free to celebrate it as best suits the needs of its inhabitants.” Therefore, Cuba dedicates it, among other things, to praise those throughout the world who consider the Island a worthy example of what can be a way to achieve all possible social justice.