The 5th Continental Solidarity Conference in Windhoek, capital of Namibia, not only left stories of solidarity, personal efforts and evidence that Cubans and Africans are one.
During the last day of its official activities, the medal for the 60th Anniversary of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), awarded by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba, was given for the first time on the African continent.
The distinction was received by the Cuban ambassador in Namibia, Giraldo Mazola Collazo, in recognition of his revolutionary career, begun before 1959, and for his continued work in favour of the Cuban Revolution.
Commander Víctor Dreke Cruz (known as Moya by the Africans for being the name he had in the contingent headed by Che in former Zaire), president of the Revolutionary Combatants Association of Havana and President of the Friendship Association Cuba-Africa, who is in the country as part of the Cuban delegation, imposed the decoration on the Ambassador.
During the ceremony were also present government figures such as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah; Parliament Speaker Peter Katjavivi, the Deputy Ministers of International Relations and Cooperation, Peya Mushelenga and Maureen Hinda, of Environment Tommy Nambahu, Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga among other officials as well as members of the Namibia - Cuba Friendship Association.
On the Cuban side, Fernando González Llort, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), participated along with other representatives who attended to the V Continental Conference of Solidarity.