From the 4th to the 11th of February, the president of Canary Islands (Spanish Autonomous Community), Ángel Víctor Torres, makes his first official visit to Venezuela.
During his stay in the country, he will hold meetings with institutional representatives, with members of the Spanish embassies, as well as informative and cultural meetings with Canarian residents in the country.
Schedule in Venezuela
According to the schedule, in Venezuela the President of the Canary Islands has scheduled several institutional meetings with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yvan Gil, as well as with the Governor of the State of Miranda, Héctor Rodríguez.
The itinerary indicates that in Caracas, Torres will visit the Delegation of the Government of the Canary Islands, the Spain Health Foundation and the Venezuelan Canarian Home, where there will be meetings with the Council of Spanish Residents in Venezuela and the presidents of the Canary Islands entities.
La Guaira, Maracay and Valencia
In the municipality of Vargas, in the state of La Guaira, President Ángel Torres will visit the Unión Canaria de Venezuela and its medical center, financed by the Government of the Canary Islands, where he will hold a meeting with the Spanish community to find out first-hand about their situation.
In Maracay and Valencia, he will visit the Hogar Hispano, another of the places with the largest Canarian community, there he will learn first-hand about the care programs for the emigrant population installed in that town.
Likewise, he will travel to Cagua, where he will meet with the members of the Nuestra Señora de las Nieves de Cagua Foundation, dedicated mainly to welcoming Canary Islands men and women in vulnerable situations.
The tour of Venezuela will end in Villa de Cura, where Torres will inaugurate the Meeting of Canary Traditions, in which there will be exhibitions of autochthonous island sports and folkloric groups.
According to a note from Canarian Radio TelevisionTorres will also make a visit to Cuba to address the same issues regarding the Canarian population that lives on the island.
The purpose of the visit of the President of the Canary Islands to Venezuela and Cuba is to hold meetings with the resident Canarian population, where the Government of the Canary Islands maintains assets, in order to improve the programs and help lines to attend to Canarian residents and their descendants.
Likewise, with the purpose of learning about the situation of the Canarians residing in the two countries, President Ángel Torres will visit the homes and cultural venues of the Canary Islands where academic and cultural activities and various meetings will take place.
Relations Venezuela – Spain
Ángel Torres’ trip to Venezuela comes after he recently Venezuela and Spain they will strengthen their bilateral relations, by drawing lines of work to develop projects of multilateral interest in the Ibero-American scenario.
At the beginning of February, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, through his account on the social network Twitter, reported that he had a “productive meeting” with the Spanish ambassador to the country, Ramón Santos Martínez.
«Productive meeting with the Ambassador of Spain in our country, Ramón Santos Martínez, with whom we trace lines of work in order to strengthen matters of bilateral and multilateral interest in the Ibero-American scenario, as instructed by our President @NicolasMaduro“, published the Chancellor on Twitter.
His passage through Cuba
In Havana, Cuba, the president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Torres, will hold meetings with the foreign minister and head of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez; with the Deputy Prime Minister, Ricardo Cabrisas, and with those responsible for Foreign Trade, Culture and Tourism of the country.
In Havana, Torres will visit the Casa Canaria and will inaugurate, at the San Gerónimo University College, the conference “Making history of the Canary Islands-Cuba”, a project in which the Government of the islands and the Canarian Museum participate.
The official trip to Cuba will also take place in Cabaiguán, considered the capital of Canarian emigrants in the country, where he will hold a meeting with the local authorities and with the Canarian population residing in that municipality.
You will enjoy in Cabaiguán a folkloric exhibition of the “Danza Isleña de Pozas”, a cultural group with more than 90 years of tradition.
Venezuela and Cuba: largest Canary Islands colonies
It is important to note that the largest Canarian colonies residing in America are concentrated in Venezuela and Cuba, according to a statement from the regional government of the Canary Islands, which is why President Torres is interested in visiting both nations to learn more about the situation of these Spanish colonies. , both in Venezuela and Cuba.
In this regard, data from the latest Register of Spaniards Resident Abroad (PERE) suggest that in Venezuela there are 55,885 canaries and in Cuba there are 65,377.
Citizens from Santa Cruz de Tenerife reside in greater numbers in Venezuela (49,889) and, in second place, in Cuba (38,525).
On the other hand, those from the province of Las Palmas reside mostly in Cuba (26,852) and in second place in Venezuela (5,996).
A total of 153,494 canaries reside in the American continent, according to the figures handled by the PERE.
