Nicosia, Cyprus, August 5, 2026.- On the morning of this Wednesday, Vera Policarpou, Head of International Relations and European Affairs of the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) and secretary of the Cyprus-Cuba Friendship Association, departed for Cuba. She will participate as a representative of the Mediterranean island in the “1st International Fidel Colloquium: Legacy and Future,” an event organized on the occasion of the Centenary of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution.
Charged with emotions and multiple expectations for the event and, one hundred years after the birth of Fidel Castro Ruz, the Commander in Chief continues to be for Vera and for many compatriots of Cyprus whom she represents, a source of inspiration and "that beacon of anti-colonial thought, of resistance and of struggle for a more just world". as is the Call for the event that will welcome them in the capital of all Cubans, from August 10 to 13 of this year.
Because “his legacy challenges us in the present and illuminates the paths of the future,” with this motivation, the Fidel Castro Ruz Center, together with Cuban academic and cultural institutions, will host at the Cuba Convention Palace “historians, political scientists, economists, sociologists, legal experts, researchers, politicians, diplomats, journalists, information science specialists, professors, students, artists, social leaders, committees of solidarity with Cuba, and friends of the Cuban Revolution from around the world, who will gather in a space for critical and plural debate on the contributions of Fidel Castro Ruz to contemporary thought.”
Embassy of Cuba in Cyprus.