Cuba is honored to commemorate this year multiple anniversaries of the establishment of diplomatic ties with several African countries, a milestone in the struggle for sovereignty and independence of a continent where Cubans made clear the fulfillment of a historical debt with African roots. This was expressed by the member of the Political Bureau of the Party and Vice President of the Republic, Salvador Valdés Mesa.
Havana, Cuba.- In the central ceremony for Africa Day, held at the José Martí Memorial, Valdés Mesa stressed that Cuba's fraternity with the continent was forged in the struggles against colonialism, racism, and apartheid, with the example and leadership of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.
He described as eternal the bonds of comradeship born on the battlefields where Cubans and Africans shed their blood together for dignity, the ACN reported.
The commemoration also serves to evoke the slaves who rose up in the sugar mills, the maroons in their free palenques, the African-blooded mambises who raised their machetes against the Spanish colonial power in Cuba, he added.
When the offensive against international medical cooperation intensifies, the Cuban Vice President reaffirmed the Island's commitment to maintain collaboration in more than 27 countries of the continent, and more than 10,000 students graduated from the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM).
The brotherhood between Cuba and Africa, fertilized by the blood of their best sons and daughters, is everlasting, he assured.
Rosalie Kama Niamayoua, ambassador of the Republic of Congo in Havana and dean of the African Diplomatic Group in Cuba, highlighted the coincidence and common positions of the largest of the Antilles with the continental interests in the international forums where the main global challenges are being discussed today.
We ratify our solidarity with the Cuban government and people in the face of the constant siege suffered by the U.S. administration, which is the main obstacle to their development, he said.
The ceremony was attended by members of the Political Bureau, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Teresa Amarelle Boué, Secretary General of the Federation of Cuban Women.
Every May 25, the world comes together to commemorate Africa Day, a date that transcends geographical boundaries to celebrate not only the cultural diversity and natural wealth of the most diverse continent on the planet, but also its determination to build a prosperous and united future. (Granma)
