viernes, 6 de febrero de 2009

Jose Marti and the Cuban Revolution Honored in Australia

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 6 . The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (ACFS) of the western city of Perth paid tribute to Cuba's National Hero Jose Marti on the occasion of the 156th anniversary of his birth, and the 50th of the victory of the Cuban Revolution.

With the reading and debate of the article La carrera, written by Marti and published in Patria newspaper in 1883, the members of the Association opened a literary evening in which they also read some of his verses in English and Spanish, Prensa Latina news agency reports on
its Web site.

The debate focused on Marti's legacy, not only for the Cuban people, but also for all of the Americas. The head of the solidarity group in Perth, Tony Lakis, highlighted the international scope of the Cuban patriot's writings.

Participants in the gathering also recalled the recent mass demonstration in support of Cuba in Madrid, and condemned the anti-Cuban stand of political sectors in the Spanish opposition.

The ACFS renewed its call for the cessation of the US blockade against Cuba, and declared that it expects that the new US administration recognizes the island's right to self-determination and its remarkable social achievements.

(Título español: Honran en Australia a José Martí y a la Revolución Cubana)

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