Georgetown, Guyana. January 28th, 2022 “José Martí, poet of the finest sensitivity, one of the most important intellectuals and writers in Latin America and the Caribbean, creator of an enormous work, due to its volume and lucidity; a sensitive chronicler of his time, a journalist who enjoyed great recognition in New York at the end of the 19th century; a man seduced by love and seducer and giver of beauty, of human kindness”.
With these words, the official of the State Mission in Guyana, Mayra de la Caridad León Pérez, began the tribute for the 169th Anniversary of the Birth of our National Hero, José Martí.
There were present officials from the Embassy, members of the Board of the Medical Brigade in this country, and a representation of the collaborators of the BMC in Georgetown.
“How come someone likes him, who advocated for peace and made respect for others, an art of life, was able to devote the last years of his short existence to organizing a war, which he called necessary, for the independence of Cuba? How come a man, without military training was able to summon and lead to the major war for the sovereignty of Cuba, to generals from previous wars and a people that ended up being forged under the cry of freedom and the temper of machetes? A people who it is worth to remember that learned not to give up in the defense of its sovereignty and self-determination”, emphasized the official.