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Athens, 24 November. An Act of tribute was held to Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, on the third anniversary of his departure, organized by Cuba's friend Velissarios Kossivakis, with the contribution of his resident Cuban wife Leticia Suarez, and the Embassy of Cuba in Greece, at the Cinema theater Studio of the company New Star Art Cinema. The Cuban Ambassador to the Hellenic country Zelmys María Dominguez Cortina, the Professor of Modern History at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Thessaloniki Giorgos Margaritis, presented by Velissarios Kossivakis, took the floor at the event. In addition, the documentary "The Merit is to Be Alive" by Oto Miguel and Guzmán Guerrero was screened, and excerpts from historical speeches by Fidel Castro.
The event had extensive media coverage, before, during and after it on national TV, radio, internet, print and digital media. Articles on Fidel Castro were also published in the KKE newspaper and other alternative print and digital media.
A press interview was conducted before the start of the event to KKE Secretary General Dimitris Koutsoumpas, the Cuban Ambassador and Professor Margaritis, by ERT (National and Digital TV), Eurokinissi digital media and KKE newspaper Rizopastis and the radio station 902.gr.

Athens, November 19th. Several members and supporters of the José Martí Cultural Association of Solidarity with Cuba, the group Todos Somos Venezuela, PAKS (Panhellenic Coordination of the Anti-War Movement) and the publisher House Diethnes Vima marched with a banner calling "the end of the U.S. blockade against Cuba," on November 17, as part of a tide of more than 20,000 participants in a mass act and a march from the Athens Polytechnic to the US Embassy, which recalled the 46th anniversary of the so-called events of Polytechnic.