Will celebrate Cuba the International Day of Nelson Mandela

Havana. The Commission of External Relationships of the National Assembly of the Popular Power of the Republic of Cuba agreed, in extraordinary session, to take place every year July 18, as International Day of Nelson Mandela.

The decision responds to the call of the General Assembly of United Nations, November 10, 2009, to commemorate internationally the famous southafrican patriot`s birthday , for his exceptional contribution to the elimination of the regimen of the Apartheid in his country, and to the liberation and the unit of África.

The Cuban Parliament's document highlights the resistance example and Mandela's unbroken spirit that could not be given in for who contained during 27 years, under the most difficult conditions, in the prisons of its country, and also its exemplary life dedicated to the humanity's service.

It also picks up the meaning that has for the town of the bigger than the Antilles the legendary African leader's figure who has always demonstrated special sympathy toward the Island and a beloved friendship with the Commandant in Boss Fidel Castro, forged in the common fight by the noblest causes.

In an separates with the press, the deputy Magalys Llort, Fernando González`s mother, one of the Five Cuban Heroes imprisoned wrongly in United States, affirmed that Mandela constitutes an inspiration for his son and his partners.

It is a light in the road after 12 years of torture for the imprisonment of our children, three of those which gave their contribution to the liberation of África, affirmed.

The parliamentarian urged the North American president, Barack Obama, of who said has African roots, to be inspired by Mandela's example and to liberate Fernando, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, René González and Gerardo Hernández. (Ernesto Vera Mellado)