Peruvians Pay Homage to Cuban Revolution

HAVANA, Cuba, March 12 (acn) The 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution was marked during the Congress of Peru, with a ceremony organized by the Peruvian Parliamentary League of Friendship with Cuba.

During the meeting, several delegates spoke about the Cuban revolutionary war and ratified that its triumph in 1959 changed the history of Latin America and of the rest of the world, reported Prensa Latina news agency.

Cuba's ambassador to Peru, Luis Delfín Perez, noted that the room in which the ceremony was held carried the name of Raul Porras Barrenechea, Peru's Foreign Minister who rebelled against the orders of his government in 1961 and opposed Cuba's expulsion from the Organization of American States.

The Cuban representative thanked the Congress for the homage to his country. Among participants were members of solidarity organizations, diplomats, legislators and other personalities.

In highlighted the achievements of the Cuban revolution, Delfin noted that the Cuban people and government had resisted the U.S economic and military hostility and in particular the blockade that has been imposed on Cuba by Washington almost since the beginning of the Revolution.

Victor Mayorga, president of the Peru-Cuba Parliamentary League and poet Arturo Corcuera, awarded with the Cuban Casa de las Américas cultural Prize were among speakers in the homage.

For his part, Gustavo Espinoza, president of the Peruvian Committee in Solidarity with the Cuban Five, said it was a universal and pressing need to end the blockade by the U.S and achieve freedom for the Cuban revolutionaries imprisoned in the U.S, known as the Cuban Five.

(Rinden homenaje a Cuba en Congreso peruano)