27 April 2018 PRESS RELEASE
Today Cuba joins all South Africans in celebrating Freedom Day, the 24th anniversary of the country`s first non-racial democratic elections. This was the first time all South Africans of all races voted to determine their future.
18 April 2018
Dear Comrades and friends,
Thank you very much for the invitation to make a presentation on Cuba to this meeting.
Before referring to my country, I think it is important to make some comments on the current international situation. Let me just mention a few statistics.
815 million persons in the world suffer today from chronic hunger, tens of millions more than in 2015. Every day 18 000 children die of poverty and 760 million adults are illiterate.There are 22.5 million refugees.
On April 19, the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of Swaziland and the 50th birthday of King Mswati III were celebrated in the city of Manzini. The Ambassador of Cuba in that country, Rodolfo Benítez Verson, participated in the celebrations, accompanied by Dr. Raquel Toledo, Chief of the Cuban Medical Brigade in the African reign.
STATEMENT BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY ON THE ELECTION OF A NEW PRESIDENT OF CUBA
The South African Communist Party (Sacp) congratulates the Communist Party of Cuba, the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban people for the properly managed, unifying and democratic leadership transition marked on Wednesday, 19 April 2018 by the election of Comrade Miguel Mario Díaz Canel Bermúdez as the President of the Council of State.
