Vientiane January 30, 2023. The Day for the 170th anniversary of the birth of the National Hero "Jose Martí" was celebrated at the "Laos-Cuba Friendship" Secondary and Pre-University School in Dongbang, in the capital Vientiane. The act was attended by leaders of the Party, the Ministry of Education and Sports and the educational center, where more than 800 students study, representatives of the collaboration and Cuban residents.
The Cuban Ambassador Enna Viant Valdes highlighted the celebration of the event "For the balance of the world" and ideas expressed by Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel when he said that "the solidarity that Cuba has given and received, as an inalienable value and principle of the Revolution, It could not be blocked, just as the conscience of the peoples cannot be annulled”. The diplomat then expressed that Laos and the school, which treasure the bust of Jose Marti and his ideas, is venerated with respect and constitutes an example of perennial friendship and solidarity.
Both the reception and the farewell at the school were emotional, particularly the act where a review of his life and work by a student as well as the notes of the beautiful song Guajira Guantanamera with simple verses by Jose Martí in the Lao language, intoned by the Spanish students of the Lao National University. In the same way, flowers were placed at the foot of her bust facing the sun, as he always wanted.
Embassy of Cuba