Monrovia, October 6, 2023 - The Cuban Embassy in Liberia commemorates the Day of the Victims of State Terrorism, a date that commemorates the terrorist attack committed 47 years ago against a Cubana de Aviación plane off the coast of Barbados and whose perpetrators were never prosecuted for the crime.
The event, known as the Crime of Barbados, took the lives of the 24 members of the youth fencing team, who were returning to their country after successfully competing in the IV Central American and Caribbean Championship of that sport, held in Venezuela. A total of 57 Cubans, 11 Guyanese and five Koreans died.
That attack provoked international repudiation, especially in Cuba, where millions of people joined in the multiplied grief, with an energetic and virile demand for justice.
Embacuba Liberia.