The words of Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro, spoken last April at the 7th Party Congress, were reaffirmed during the Military Review and March of the Combatant People, today January 2, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the heroic uprising in Santiago de Cuba and the Granma expedition's landing - Revolutionary Armed Forces Day - in honor of Fidel and Cuba's youth
Kuwait, January 2, 2017. In an event held at the diplomatic mission of Cuba in Kuwait, the 58th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution was commemorated. The activity was dedicated to the legacy of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, historical leader of the Revolution, who died on November 25.
The words of Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro, spoken last April at the 7th Party Congress, were reaffirmed during the Military Review and March of the Combatant People, today January 2, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the heroic uprising in Santiago de Cuba and the Granma expedition's landing - Revolutionary Armed Forces Day - in honor of Fidel and Cuba's youth
Rashtrapati Bhavan, 31.12.2016, New Delhi, India. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Republic of Cuba on the eve of their National Day (January 1, 2017).
The city of Karaj was the seat of a new tribute to Fidel and to the 58th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. This time, Iran-Cuba Friendship Association convened its affiliates there to receive members of the Cuban diplomatic mission, with the purpose of offering them their solidarity after the physical loss of the Commander-in-Chief and to commemorate a new anniversary of the 1959’s revolutionary triumph.
Students at Imam Sadegh University in Teheran paid tribute to the memory of the Cuban Revolution's historic leader, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz. The Cuban Ambassador Vladimir Gonzalez Quesada was between the speakers at the event. Heads of missions and diplomats from other ALBA-TCP member countries represented in the Persian nation, attended as guests.
Speech by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of the Councils of State and Ministers, during the Eighth Period of Ordinary Sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power VIII Legislature, in Havana's International Conference Center, December 27, 2016, Year 58 of the Revolution
(Council of State transcript / GI translation)
Ulan Bator, December 26, 2016. The principal dancer of the National Ballet of Cuba, Ginett Moncho, was the special guest of the interpretation of the well-known ballet "Nutcracker" on December 24 and 25 in the Academic Theater for the Opera and Ballet of Ulaanbaatar. Directed by the first dancer of Mongolia D. Altankhuyag the presentation was a success and in it participated children and young students of ballet of the national school of Ballet of Mongolia and of the Company of Ballet Altan.
The Cuban Ambassador Vladimir Gonzalez Quesada was welcomed by the new president of the Iran-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Mohammad Reza Mansouri, whom he praised on his appointment to the post. Gonzalez also delivered letters of congratulations from the president of the International Relations Committee at the National Assembly of People’s Power, Yolanda Ferrer Gomez, and the president of the corresponding Cuba-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group, Pedro Victor Simon Rodriguez.
