As part of an official working visit, a delegation led by nine MEPs belonging to the European Left Party toured this town and showed their support for the Cuban Revolution in this historic site in the country.
Yander Roche Miralles, director of the Korimakao community art group, an institution located in the south of this region. first site visited by MEPs, explained that art is a way to express the feelings of a people, it means a lot to Cubans that people from around the world show their solidarity with the nation.
Martin Schirdewan, German MEP, co-president of the left-wing group of the European Parliament and head of the delegation, said that getting to know the Ciénaga de Zapata constitutes an immense pleasure because of how much this municipality represents for the cultural and historical heritage of the Island.
Cuba is not alone and this is how we make it known with our presence, fighting for the end of the inhuman blockade of the United States becomes one of the objectives of the presence of MEPs here, he said.
The co-president of the leftist group of the European Parliament pointed out that knowing more about Cuban history shows the achievements that the Revolution has despite the US blockade and what better place than Ciénaga to see these social advances.
Manuel (Manu) Pineda Marín, vice president of the Parliamentary Group of friendship with Cuba in the European Parliament, noted that there are many in the world who, side by side, fight for the rights of the Cuban people and who will never stop supporting an island that is rich for the love he professes.
The blockade affects not only Cuba, since there are achievements of the nation’s medicine that others in the world would use to save lives, which is impossible due to that North American monstrosity that limits a significant number of treaties and conventions in dissimilar spheres. social.
Pineda Marín said that starting with the largest and least populated municipality in Cuba, the organization chart of activities in the country demonstrates the interest of each MEP for the tradition and history that it treasures, including being the place where the first great defeat of Yankee imperialism took place. in Latin America, 1961 as a result of the invasion of Playa Girón.
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Accompanied by Julio Amorìn, historian of the Ciénaga de Zapata, during the tour the MEPs visited the Library Memorial 50th anniversary of the coal dinner with Fidel, a place where they exchanged with Nemesia Rodríguez, victim of the mercenary invasion, in addition to appreciating the history viva that the Museum of Playa Girón shows.
