Works by Top Cuban Painters Presented in Tokyo

HAVANA, Cuba - A collective exhibition of paintings from Latin America and the Caribbean in Tokyo included works by notable Cuban painters Servando Cabrera, Manuel Mendive, Rene Portocarrero and Nelson Dominguez. The exhibition’s curator was renowned Japanese professor Takeshi Kanagawa and its 70 pieces excelled for their excellent portrayal of the vast and rich culture of the region and its various artistic trends, the www.cubaminrex.cu Web site reported.

Over 5,000 visitors enjoyed the exhibition, organized by the diplomatic missions of Latin America and the Caribbean accredited to Japan and located at the popular mirador on the 42nd floor of the Metropolitan Government building.

Also in that capital, Cuban ambassador to Japan, Jose Fernandez de Cossio, held a fraternal meeting with the vice-president of the Japanese Communist Party, Yasuo Ogata, and deputy Akira Kasai, whom he explained the main elements of the Draft Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution.

The Japanese communist leaders took an interest in knowing the scope of the recent measures adopted by the US government towards Cuba, with regard to which the diplomatic clarified that they don’t modify the illegal and punitive nature of the criminal blockade.

He set out how that this siege, imposed on the island for almost half a century now, is designed to cause the greatest difficulties and shortages possible to the people in their daily life, trying, in this way, to undermine the social base of the Revolution and destroy it. (acn)