Cuban professor holds meeting with President Geingob.
The professor of the University of Medical Sciences in the Cuban province of Ciego de Ávila, Yaniska Martinez Días, held an interview with the President of Namibia, Hage Geingob. The meeting was held as part of a visit by the Cuban teacher to this country, invited by SWAPO, to interview the surviving Namibians of the Cassinga Massacre.
These testimonies, along with those of Cuban combatants who helped the Namibian civilians who were in that place, will be included in a book by the Cuban educator, which should be published in May next year.
In the friendly meeting, the teacher obtained the impressions of the Namibian leader on the attack by South African apartheid regime forces at the civilian camp in Cassinga. Likewise, the President, as usual, expressed his solidarity with Cuba and thanked for Cuban cooperation in his country.
Professor Yaniska also met with other prominent Namibian figures, including the Founding Father of the Nation, Sam Nujoma, retired generals Martin Shalli and Charles Namoloh and the Inspector General of the Police - who graduated in Cuba - Sebastián Ndeitunga.
Cubans and Namibians celebrate 64 Anniversary of the Assaults to the Barracks Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes.
Cuban collaborators who serve in Windhoek, members of the Cuba-Namibia Friendship Association, resident Cubans and Namibian authorities gathered at the Embassy of Cuba to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada Barracks and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes.
The commemoration was favorable to remember our Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, on the first anniversary of this significant action without his physical presence. In this sense, those present coincided with the need to keep alive the example of Fidel, specifically, through the solidarity work that is done in this country.
It was also recalled that the Moncada began our last stage of struggle for permanent independence and stressed the importance of taking into account all those who gave their lives for the freedom of our country.
The event was highlighted by the national television network NBC in a report with wide diffusion and excellent reception.
On the other hand, in the north of the country, Cuban collaborators, members of solidarity and local authorities also celebrated this important event in Cuban history.
Declaration of the Patria Association of Cubans in Namibia
Last Friday, June 16, 2017, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, in a speech full of rhetorical hostility, returned to the times of open confrontation against our country, announcing the new policy of his government towards Cuba, which reverses all the progress made during the past 2 years after the US. and Cuba announced in December 2014 the restoration of diplomatic relations and began a process for the gradual normalization of bilateral relations.
The measures announced by Trump, for example, impose additional obstacles to the already restricted business opportunities of US citizens to trade and invest in Cuba and go against the majority of the American people who want a normalization of relations between both Countries and the elimination of the so unjustified economic, financial and commercial blockade maintained by that government against Cuba.
We, Cubans living in Namibia, denounce the new measures announced by Trump and his new government, which are aimed at destroying the revolution but fail to do so, because the resistance of Cubans is more than proven against any type of aggression, being this demonstrated from the same triumph of the Cuban revolution.
We will not renounce all the achievements of our people and reiterate our commitment to our Cuban brothers to continue denouncing and repudiating any act that threatens our sovereignty and our principles.
Rafael Ramírez
President
Declaration of the Namibia Cuba Friendship Association
On Friday, June 16th, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, decided to reverse some of the steps taken as part of the process of normalization of relations between Cuba and his nation, initiated by the administration of Barack Obama. The US president makes these changes by ignoring the public opinion of his country, the Congressmen and Senators and most of the Cubans living in the United States.
Again, Miami's ultra-right has kidnapped US foreign policy related to Cuba. The stage and company chosen for this ad could not be more grotesque. The audience was composed of terrorists and counterrevolutionaries of Cuban origin, who do not represent the feeling of the vast majority of the island's community in the United States, much less the interests and desires of the Cuban revolutionary people.
President Trump's remarks are a new interference in Cuba's internal affairs. In addition, the resurgence of the Blockade will only affect the Cuban people more, as this represents the main obstacle to their full development.
The Namibia Cuba Friendship Association reaffirms its unconditional support for the Cuban people and its legitimate representative: the Revolutionary Government.
In addition, we would like to recall the words of the late deceased Comrade Andimba Toivo and Toivo, Hero of Namibia and Patron until his death of this Association, at the opening of the 5th African Conference on Solidarity with Cuba, which describe the true spirit of Cuban Revolution:
"We have come here to discuss how to intensify African-Cuban solidarity and to continue the legacy of Fidel and Che. That is a legacy of love for humankind, an unshakeable belief that a better world is possible and a commitment to join together with the peoples of the world to make this belief a reality. Cuba has shown that it is possible to build a society without poverty, where children are not malnourished and can grow to achieve their human potential, where justice is not limited to a privileged few, and where the expansion and refinement of democracy is a never-ending process that is owned by the people. "
"It is because of all that Cuban has done and what it represents, especially to the sovereign peoples of the world who are struggling to establish a free world of poverty, exploitation and war, that the United States of America continues to Punish the Cuban people by maintaining their illegal blockade and the illegal occupation of Guantanamo. We look forward to our discussions in the next days on how to join together on this continent, and with the peoples of other continents, to bring an end to the blockade and to restore Guantanamo to the people of Cuba. "
The Friendship Association, in line with the Final Declaration of the Conference, approved by 183 delegates from 26 African countries, and in full correspondence with the thought and work of our beloved Master, condemns the criminal Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade of the Government of The United States against Cuba; Requires the return of territory illegally occupied by the Guantánamo Naval Base; Supports the Cuban people in its inalienable right to choose the most appropriate political and social system for its development; And demands that Cuba's independence and self-determination be respected.
Viva Namibia !!!!
Viva Cuba !!!!!
Long live the friendship between Cuba and Africa!!!!
Namibia Cuba Friendship Association.
Windohek, June 18th, 2017.
Message of Condolences sent by the Hero of the Republic of Cuba and President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples Fernando González Llort for the death of Andimba Toivo ya Toivo.
To relatives and friends of Cuba's legendary friend Toivo Ya Toivo:
With great consternation we received the sad news of the physical disappearance of the legendary friend of Cuba Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, icon of solidarity with Cuba and Patron of the Namibia-Cuba Friendship Association, with whom we had the privilege of sharing important moments only two days before his passing away.
Since he was young, Toivo dedicated his life to the struggle for just causes, with an extensive political trajectory. He was the founder of the SWAPO (South West African People's Organization Party). He fought against the opprobrious apartheid regime and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, of which he served 16 on Roben Island with Nelson Mandela. Following the independence of Namibia, he continued firm to its political principles, looking over the future of a free and independent Namibia as it is today. He became a political figure with great prestige and very respected in his country.
He maintained excellent relations with Cuba and he always demonstrated his unconditional support and solidarity towards the Cuban Revolution, its leaders and people in general. For his attitude and consistency in the work of Solidarity was worthy of the Medal of Friendship granted by the Council of State on the proposal of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples.
He participated actively in all the activities in support of Cuba and its people, not only in Namibia but also in others international sceneries. He was the promoter of the International Campaign for the Liberation of the Five in his country during their 16 years of unjust imprisonment as well as other Cuban causes that we continue defending.
He was received in Cuba and ICAP on several occasions. He accompanied us at the III Regional Conference of Solidarity with Cuba held in Angola and honored us with his active presence in the recently finished V Continental Conference. We will always keep great memories about our friendship and his support to the Cuban delegation participating in the last Event of Solidarity held in Namibia.
Our dear friend Toivo is an example to follow for present and future generations, a dignified and revolutionary man, who accompanied Cuba until the last days of his life.
Cuba is honored to have had Toivo Ya Toivo as one of his most faithful friends and today with sincerely regrets his loss, with the conviction that he will always live in the heart of Namibians and Cubans.
Our most sincere condolences to his family, friends and his beloved Namibian people.
Fernando González Llort
President