Solidarity Pan-Africanists in Barbados to celebrate the Triumph of the Haitian and Cuban Revolutions.
Members of the Solidarity Movement with Cuba, in particular the Pan-Africanist Coalition, chose a humble Barbadian community in Haynesville, St. James, to celebrate two momentous historical events for the Caribbean region on January 1: The independence of Haiti, led by Toussaint-Louverture, and the triumph of the Cuban Revolution led by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro. As is tradition every year on this island, the last day of the festival dedicated to highlighting the African cultural heritage, known as Kwanzaa, is chosen.
A comprehensive debate held in Barbados on the legacy of Fidel Castro.
In a panel discussion broadcast live on state television in the CBC's Channel TV 8 People's Business program, several Barbadian opinion leaders debated with the Cuban Ambassador various facets about the life of the Commander-in-Chief , Fidel Castro Ruz, and the legacy of his work for both the Cuban Revolution and for the region and the world. Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert Morris, prominent advocate and social activist Robert "Bobby" Clarke, prominent intellectual Dr. Tennyson Joseph of the University of the West Indies UWI-Cave Hill Campus, And the Cuban Ambassador, Dr.
Thank Giving’s Barbadian friends devoted to Fidel
Summoned by the Pan-African Movement, the Mass was held at the Christ Church Baptist Church, hosted by Reverend Doyre Onkphra Welch, President of the Panafricanist Coalition of Barbados, presided over by Bishop Malcolm Babb. Social segments express their messages in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution and its historic leader. The Cuban Ambassador, accompanied by all the members of the Cuban State Mission, thanked for the special show of solidarity, highlighted several important aspects of the Commander-in-Chief's legacy.
Commander Fidel “attended for a while to the Mass" in Barbados.
Thus Fidel was dismissed on December 4 in Barbados, before arriving to his sacred site in St. Iphigenia, in Santiago de Cuba. The solidarity movement´s friends made him, like his brother in the struggle Chavez, the two undefeated Commanders, not to go, as "he was attending for a while to the Mass." In the Baptist Spiritual Apostolic Church, in Ealing Grove, Christ Church, Bridgetown, a second Book of Condolences was also signed.
Raúl deposits the remains of Fidel in Saint Iphigenia.
In a solemn and intimate ceremony, Cuban President Raul Castro deposited the cedar urn with the ashes of the Commander in Chief in a coffin of high historical symbolism: a stone about 4 meters high from the Sierra Maestra, where the A historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, fought the guerrilla struggle that led to the revolutionary triumph of January 1, 1959. There they will rest for ever, alongside those of the National Hero José Martí, Father de la Patria, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, and Mariana Grajales, the legendary mother of the Maceo´s heroic legion.