The Acting Director of the Africa and Middle East Division of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Yahimí Rodríguez Flores, made a working visit to Ghana from October 15 to 21, where she completed an extensive program of activities, including meetings and interviews with the representatives of the Campaign of Solidarity with Cuba in the country.
Under the emblem "The Cuban culture sword and shield of our nation", the 7th Cuban Meeting of Cuban Living in Ghana and the 3rd Meeting of Children and Youth were held at the T-Havana Parks, on the "Cuban Culture Day". The meeting was attended by 52 people, including Cuban residents, children and other relatives.
The meeting was conducted by Yovanna Cobas and Beatriz Roll, Coordinator and Vice-Coordinator of the Association of Cubans Living in Ghana, who emphasized the importance of both meetings in a month where important historical dates are celebrated.
The Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana, Mr. Pedro Luis Despaigne González, presented the Cuban Report on Resolution 72/4 of the UN General Assembly, entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba".
A delegation from the International Association of Students of Agriculture and Allied Sciences (IAASP) of the "Kwame Nkrumah" University of Science and Technology, headed by its President, Mr. Richard Adu, visited the Embassy of Cuba; they were received by the Cuban Ambassador, Pedro Luis Despaigne González.
As part of the program for the 92nd anniversary of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, the First Secretary of the Cuban embassy, Julio César Sánchez Martínez, delivered a Conference on the Life and Work of Fidel to Ghanaian students of Spanish language from the University of Ghana.