Fidel

Santiago de Cuba, Dec 3(Prensa Latina) President of the Association of Combattants of the Cuban Revolution (ACRC in Spanish) , José Antonio Carrillo, asserted today that the best way to render tribute to Fidel Castro is to maintain unity between youths and veterans.

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.

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.

The Association of Cuban Residents "Martyrs of Barbados" signed the Book of Condolences on the death of the Leader of the Cuban Revolution and presented the Ambassador with a statement of solidarity with a touch of special distinction. Led by its President, Colbert Belgrave, they attached the poem "Canto a Fidel", written by the famous Carilda Oliver, which culminates: "Thank you for being truthful / thank you for making us men / thank you for looking after the names of the Thank you for your dignity / Thank you for your faithful rifle / for your pen and your paper / for your male groin.