Port of Spain, April 19. - The political event in commemoration of the 56th Anniversary of the Victory of the Bay of Pigs was convened by the association "Friends of Cuba in Trinidad and Tobago", a solidarity movement with the Cuban People and Revolution. In the act that gathered about a hundred people, was headed by Guillermo Vázquez Moreno, ambassador of Cuba; Coromoto Godoy Calderón, ambassador of Venezuela; Clyde Callender, President of Friendship Association and David Abdulah, political leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) party, as well as leaders and affiliates of the main Trinitarian trade union movements, Trinidadian graduated in Cuba and an important representation of Cuban health collaborators that work in the country.
The opportunity was propitious for the Trinidadian people, in the voice of several leaders of the working class, to remember the historical importance of Bay of Pigs Victory for the future of the Caribbean progressive forces. It was also recognized the role and reaction of the Cuban people willing to defend with their life their revolutionary project, as well as the masterful leadership and example of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro during the whole battle.
The anniversary of the epic event that took place in April 19, 1961, when the Cuban people in 66 hours managed to repel the mercenary invasion of the United States, coincided in this opportunity with a sensitive moment of the struggle of the Venezuelan People and Government in defense of its sovereignty and the legitimacy of its political system, a fact that was highlighted several times by the speakers who made use of the word in the emotive act. In this regard, the Cuban Ambassador remarked in his speech that the best way to honor the martyrs of Playa Giron was to show loyalty and solidarity with the Revolution of Chavez and with the revolutionary and internationalist thinking of Fidel.
The Venezuelan Ambassador thanked for the continuous demonstrations of solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution received by the Cuban State Mission, as well as for the Trinidadian People in moments in which its country faces a new external and mercenary attack with objectives and characteristics similar to the one which 56 years ago put to the test the incipient Cuban Revolution. The Ambassador showed images of the Venezuelan people overflowing the main avenues and cities of her country, in support of the Bolivarian Revolution and its president Nicolás Maduro.
Those present approved a declaration of support for Cuba and Venezuela.
The political - cultural evening included the screening of the Cuban documentary "66 hours" in which the story of the events was amiably and didactically reviewed, which was grateful for the audience.
(Cubaminrex-Embacuba Trinidad and Tobago)