Tribute in Guyana to the Martyrs of Barbados
Georgetown. October 6th, 2020. This morning of October 6th, at the headquarters of the Cuban Embassy of this capital, it was held an event to pay tribute to the victims of the terrorist attack against flight CU-455 of Cubana Aviación, which is completed today 44 years. The event was presided by Ambassador Narciso Reinaldo Amador Socorro and officials from the Cuban diplomatic mission and a representation of the Medical Collaboration Brigade that provides services in the Guyanese sister nation.
The Ambassador and the Chief of the Medical Brigade, Dr. Grechel Chaveco, laid a wreath by the plaque that perpetuates the memory of the fallen in that horrendous act of terrorism that claimed the lives of the seventy-three people who were there on board: 57 Cubans, 11 Guyanese, including 6 young people who were going to Cuba to study medicine and engineering and 5 Korean citizens.