HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 6. "Cuba's solidarity with other nations is an indisputable example of human rights," said Argentinean Adolfo Perez Esquivel, the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in favor of human rights.
"In spite of the unjust US blockade against the Island, Cuba sends doctors, teachers and technicians to assist nations in need," Perez Esquivel told Presa Latina news agency on Thursday as Cuba presented its report on human rights at the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council.
The prestigious intellectual, who is also the president of the Peace and Justice Service Foundation, stressed that the issue of human rights should be assessed in an integral manner, always considering mutual respect as well as political, economic and social rights.
(La solidaridad cubana es ejemplo de derechos humanos)
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)
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)
Busy Agenda for Cuban Delegation Attending African Union Summit
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 6 . The Cuban delegation to the 12th Summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, met with numerous African personalities and dignitaries as part of its busy agenda during the gathering.
The island's mission was headed by Ambassador Ivan Mora, director of the Cuban Foreign Ministry's Sub-Saharan Africa Division.
Among the African leaders met by the Cuban delegation were outgoing frican Union Chairman Jean Ping, the Vice President of Ghana, John Mahama, and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States, Mohamed Ibn Chambas.
Ambassador Mora also met with the foreign ministers of Angola, Benin, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Zambia, the Ivory Coast, Chad, Sudan, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Malawi, Algeria and Ethiopia.
Issues of bilateral interest were discussed during the various meetings, particularly Cuba's cooperation in different fields. Also, the expressions of solidarity toward Cuba and wishes for the speedy recovery of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro were also unanimous.
(Intercambia funcionario cubano con personalidades africanas )
The island's mission was headed by Ambassador Ivan Mora, director of the Cuban Foreign Ministry's Sub-Saharan Africa Division.
Among the African leaders met by the Cuban delegation were outgoing frican Union Chairman Jean Ping, the Vice President of Ghana, John Mahama, and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States, Mohamed Ibn Chambas.
Ambassador Mora also met with the foreign ministers of Angola, Benin, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Zambia, the Ivory Coast, Chad, Sudan, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Malawi, Algeria and Ethiopia.
Issues of bilateral interest were discussed during the various meetings, particularly Cuba's cooperation in different fields. Also, the expressions of solidarity toward Cuba and wishes for the speedy recovery of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro were also unanimous.
(Intercambia funcionario cubano con personalidades africanas )
Surrender in Camagüey Distinction 495 anniversary
Camagüey, Feb 6. The recognition to those who carry out a creative work and of great social impact, this Thursday was materialized, with the delivery of the Distinction 495 to representatives of diverse social sectors of Camagüey.
In the individual order received that reward Norberto Puentes, regular of the famous orchestra of the county “Maravilla de Florida”, the artistic director Rigoberto Álvarez, Isabel Liriano president of the Philatelic Association, and the grateful speaker of the Radio station Radio Cadena Agramonte Rafael López Álvarez.
The Distinction 495 anniversary, recognition conferred by the government in the territory, distinguished in a collective way to among other centers to the Provincial Museum Ignacio Agramonte, the scale model of the Historical Center, The Adult's native house, the comercializer Vitral, the Historian's Office and Radio Camagüey.
The protocol living room Nicolás Guillén of the Square of the Revolution Ignacio Agramonte, welcomed the solemn ceremony, presided by Leonardo Soto Romero, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in the municipality of Camagüey, and Andrés Morales Leal, president of the Assembly of the Popular Power (Govern) to that instance.
In the individual order received that reward Norberto Puentes, regular of the famous orchestra of the county “Maravilla de Florida”, the artistic director Rigoberto Álvarez, Isabel Liriano president of the Philatelic Association, and the grateful speaker of the Radio station Radio Cadena Agramonte Rafael López Álvarez.
The Distinction 495 anniversary, recognition conferred by the government in the territory, distinguished in a collective way to among other centers to the Provincial Museum Ignacio Agramonte, the scale model of the Historical Center, The Adult's native house, the comercializer Vitral, the Historian's Office and Radio Camagüey.
The protocol living room Nicolás Guillén of the Square of the Revolution Ignacio Agramonte, welcomed the solemn ceremony, presided by Leonardo Soto Romero, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in the municipality of Camagüey, and Andrés Morales Leal, president of the Assembly of the Popular Power (Govern) to that instance.
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