Fraternal meeting of Aleida Guevara with Cubans and Latin Americans in Cyprus.
Nicosia, July 3, 2017.
During the weekend, Dr Aleida Guevara maintained an intense program of activities in Cyprus. In the morning of Saturday 1, at the Acropolis club in the city of Nicosia, a meeting was held with Cubans and Latin Americans residing in Cyprus, in which representatives of Cyprus, Spain and other countries were also present. After a tour of the installation, a lively exchange took place, answering several questions from the participants.
Later in the afternoon, there was hold a tour in the city of Dherynia, in the Famagusta region, where she was received by the mayor and leaders of the women's organization, POGO, and developed an extensive program of contacts and exchanges with other leaders and officials of the city, which also included residents, children and young people that offered an emotional tribute with their musical bands, as well as members of civil society’s organizations in. Very sensitive was the act performed in the amphitheater of the city, full of admirers of Cuba and Che.
On Sunday 2th Aleida Guevara attended in the village Asgata (Limassol) to an act commemorating the independence of Venezuela, a strong demonstration of solidarity with the brother Venezuelan people and their heroic struggle. In her words, Aleida recalled the figure of Commander Chavez and all the work done by the Bolivarian Revolution to improve the living conditions of Venezuelans and made a call to strengthen solidarity with the Venezuelan people, victim of a real media war and invited all the presents to fight against the disinformation about the real situation in South America.
The event was attended by leaders of the AKEL party, the president of the Pan-Cypriot organization of Women, POGO in the city of Limassol, members of the accredited diplomatic corps, as well as Cubans and Latin Americans residing in Cyprus.
Embassy of Cuba