HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 17 . Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom highlighted Cuba´s solidarity and the new times and developments experienced by Latin America, during a key lecture he gave at the University of Havana.
Colom gave his lecture titled “Social Development in Guatemala,” in the presence of Cuban health minister Jose Ramon Balaguer, professors, diplomats and students from his country and Cuba.
The Guatemalan President said the two nations have boosted a relationship based in solidarity. He said that the Cuban doctors in Guatemala have offered millions of medical consultations in the most remote areas and have returned or improved the sight of thousands of Guatemalans.
After stating that he has never doubted the Cuban friendship, Colom
extended his apologies to Cuba for the fact that his country was used to launch the mercenary invasion on Bay of Pigs in 1961.
" It wasn't us (the current Guatemalan government), but it was our territory." And I want to officially apologize to Cuba as president and head of state, and as commander in chief of the Guatemalan army.”
Previously, the rector of the University of Havana, Ruben Zardoya, gave the Guatemalan president a plaque, which marks the 280th anniversary of that higher education center, in recognition of his work as president and for his friendship and support of the Cuban revolution.
The Manuel Galich Honorary Department of the Philosophy and History Faculty of the University of Havana was also inaugurated today in the presence of Alvaro Colom. The department will serve as a venue for lectures, post-graduate courses and for scientific and educational exchange between Cuba and Guatemala.
(Presidente de Guatemala: Cuba es ejemplo de solidaridad)
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