HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 29 (acn) Ecuador’s ambassador to Cuba, Universi Zambrano, unveiled on Wednesday a commemorative plaque at the Monument dedicated to Ecuadorean National Hero Eloy Alfaro (1842-1912), at Havana’s Infanta Park.
A group of children from the Miguel Fernandez Primary School placed wreaths by the bust built there in 1928 to perpetuate the memory of Alfaro.
At the end of the ceremony, Zambrano recalled the history of this champion of Cuba’s independence and recalled details of his life of struggle and how after 40 years of battles, he became president of Ecuador on June 5, 1895.
The assassination of Alfaro, a great admirer of Cuban National Hero Jose Marti, was followed by a conservative, neo-liberal, oligarchic, submissive and pro-imperialist period in Ecuador, until a young man named Rafael Correa, great-grand nephew of Eloy and today President of the Republic, emerged from Quito University, said Zambrano.
The plaque, created by artist Roberto Lopez, reads: “As President of Ecuador, Alfaro sent a letter to the Queen Regent of Spain on December 19, 1895, demanding Cuba’s independence.” It also notes that he “raised his voice for our homeland and the peoples from The Americas.”
During the ceremony, Zambrano gave Cuban sculptor and architect Andres Gonzalez, the creator of the statue to Alfaro —recently unveiled in this capital by President Correa during his visit to Cuba— a diploma of recognition signed by the Ecuadorian Minister of Culture, Galo Mora
Witt, for his valuable contribution to the strengthening of the cultural bonds existing between the two peoples.
Eloy Alfaro was born on June 25, 1842 in the town of Montecristi, in Ecuador’s Manabi province. He was assassinated on January 28, 1912, in Quito, the capital of that South American country.
(Recuerda Cuba a Eloy Alfaro, Héroe Nacional ecuatoriano)
jueves, 29 de enero de 2009
Ricardo Alarcon Calls for World Campaign in Favor of Cuban Five
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 29 .The President of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, urged participants in the Pedagogy 2009 International Congress underway in Havana to carry out a world campaign in favor of five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States since 1998.
Speaking during a plenary session of the event, Alarcon said that Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labanino, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez – internationally known as the Cuban Five - are also educators who teach with their example, their patriotism, their dignity and their spirit of self-sacrifice.
He recalled that, in fact, the Cuban Five have helped many inmates in different US prisons learn to read and write.
Alarcon announced that next Friday, the defense team of the Cuban Five will present a petition to the US Supreme Court asking this judicial body to revise the case.
He described the current moment as complex and decisive in the legal battle to demand the release of the anti-terrorist fighters and to annul the sentence against Gerardo Hernandez (two life terms plus 15 years).
The Cuban top legislator stressed that international solidarity is essential for the Cuban Five now and recalled that the US Supreme Court accepts only nearly 1.5% of all cases presented to it.
The Cuban Five were arrested in Miami in 1998 for infiltrating extremist right-wing groups that were planning and carrying out terrorist actions against Cuba.
(Convoca Alarcón a movilización mundial por Los Cinco)
Speaking during a plenary session of the event, Alarcon said that Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labanino, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez – internationally known as the Cuban Five - are also educators who teach with their example, their patriotism, their dignity and their spirit of self-sacrifice.
He recalled that, in fact, the Cuban Five have helped many inmates in different US prisons learn to read and write.
Alarcon announced that next Friday, the defense team of the Cuban Five will present a petition to the US Supreme Court asking this judicial body to revise the case.
He described the current moment as complex and decisive in the legal battle to demand the release of the anti-terrorist fighters and to annul the sentence against Gerardo Hernandez (two life terms plus 15 years).
The Cuban top legislator stressed that international solidarity is essential for the Cuban Five now and recalled that the US Supreme Court accepts only nearly 1.5% of all cases presented to it.
The Cuban Five were arrested in Miami in 1998 for infiltrating extremist right-wing groups that were planning and carrying out terrorist actions against Cuba.
(Convoca Alarcón a movilización mundial por Los Cinco)
miércoles, 28 de enero de 2009
Editorial of Camagüey will present The Villager
Camagüey, Jan 28. The most complete investigation about Ignacio Agramonte´s death contains one of the books with which will be presented the editorial The Villager, in the anniversary 495 of this town.
Attributed to the Office of the Historian of the City of Camagüey (OHCC), the entity will have its promotional act February two, during the celebration of the birthday of the traditional date of the foundation of the Village of Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe, at the moment the capital of the county.
Elaborated by a community of authors, “Ignacio Agramonte and the combat of Jimaguayú” is the result of a study on the fall in the hero's combat, its exemplary behavior and courage.
The other text is “ Historical Urban Center of Camagüey. "
World Patrimony”, of the doctor Lourdes Gómez, one of the main Cuban authorities in connection with the built patrimonial environment.
The work approaches elements like the values that justify the concession of the status of Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity to the oldest part in the town.
Both books will begin to circulate in the presentation of the editorial The Villager, denominated with the alias of Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros, one of the good known ones public personalities of Camagüey of the XIX century. Inserted in the Week of the Culture dedicated to the date, the promotional program of publishing will also include the magazine Senderos, of the OHCC, and to the 7th volumeof workbooks of the Camagüey history, compilation in charge of the master Elda Cento.
Attributed to the Office of the Historian of the City of Camagüey (OHCC), the entity will have its promotional act February two, during the celebration of the birthday of the traditional date of the foundation of the Village of Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe, at the moment the capital of the county.
Elaborated by a community of authors, “Ignacio Agramonte and the combat of Jimaguayú” is the result of a study on the fall in the hero's combat, its exemplary behavior and courage.
The other text is “ Historical Urban Center of Camagüey. "
World Patrimony”, of the doctor Lourdes Gómez, one of the main Cuban authorities in connection with the built patrimonial environment.
The work approaches elements like the values that justify the concession of the status of Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity to the oldest part in the town.
Both books will begin to circulate in the presentation of the editorial The Villager, denominated with the alias of Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros, one of the good known ones public personalities of Camagüey of the XIX century. Inserted in the Week of the Culture dedicated to the date, the promotional program of publishing will also include the magazine Senderos, of the OHCC, and to the 7th volumeof workbooks of the Camagüey history, compilation in charge of the master Elda Cento.
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