HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 29 (acn) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa reiterated on Saturday his rejection of Washington’s almost fifty-year-old economic blockade of Cuba and said he hoped US President-elect Barack Obama will put an end to this policy after he assumes power next month.
According to Prensa Latina news agency, in his weekly radio and television address last Saturday, Correa sent a message of solidarity to the Cuban people and congratulated them on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.
The leader said that the triumph of the Revolution in Cuba on January 1st, 1959, was a turning point in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean and a break with the traditional social and economic conditions of the region.
“Perhaps only the independence struggles of the 19th century could be compared with the Cuban Revolution. Which country of our region could resist only three months of a blockade by the United States?” Correa asked.
After recalling that Cuba has resisted for 50 years, he predicted that the Caribbean nation will be one of the most prosperous countries of Latin America and the Caribbean once the blockade is lifted due to its human talent, its technological development and the social cohesion of
the nation.
lunes, 29 de diciembre de 2008
50th Anniversary of Cuban Revolution Celebrated Around the World
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 29 (acn) The 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and the achievements of the Cuban people in the past five decades were celebrated during this past weekend in several countries around the world.
During a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, the Cuban ambassador to this African nation, Angel Dalmau, recalled that all citizens in the Caribbean country have free and universal access to education and health services.
He added that thousands of students from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean have graduated from Cuban universities and other schools.
Meanwhile, in Beijing, the Central Television of China broadcast on Sunday a musical gala with the participation of Cuban and Chinese artists in honor of the Cuban Revolution.
For its part, El Periodico news daily of Guatemala published an interview with the Cuban ambassador in Guatemala City, Omar Morales, who gave details about the social transformations carried out in Cuba.
Morales stressed that the first achievement of the Cuban Revolution was to rescue the nation’s independence and sovereignty.
During a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, the Cuban ambassador to this African nation, Angel Dalmau, recalled that all citizens in the Caribbean country have free and universal access to education and health services.
He added that thousands of students from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean have graduated from Cuban universities and other schools.
Meanwhile, in Beijing, the Central Television of China broadcast on Sunday a musical gala with the participation of Cuban and Chinese artists in honor of the Cuban Revolution.
For its part, El Periodico news daily of Guatemala published an interview with the Cuban ambassador in Guatemala City, Omar Morales, who gave details about the social transformations carried out in Cuba.
Morales stressed that the first achievement of the Cuban Revolution was to rescue the nation’s independence and sovereignty.
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