The vice president of ColombiaFrancia Márquez, begins her first official visit to Cuba this Thursday, where she will attend the International Book Fair in Havana, although it is also presented as an “invaluable opportunity” to “strengthen the ties of friendship” in “the new era of political relations” between both countries.
This was explained by the Vice Presidency in a release where he details the agenda of the vice president, who will be on the island from today Thursday until Saturday to “build alliances around common objectives such as regional integration, racial justice, environmental justice, gender equality, economic reactivation through tourism, air and sea connectivity, culture and peace”.
#OnAgenda ? | The Vice President @FranceMarquezMwill develop, between February 9 and 11, his first official visit to Havana, Cuba, within the framework of the Havana Book Fair #FILCuba2023, where Colombia will be the guest of honor. ?????? https://t.co/CYG2HAh46s
– Vice Presidency Colombia (@ViceColombia) February 9, 2023
“Returning to Cuba as Vice President of the Republic of Colombia, after having come a few years ago as a member of the table of victims in the peace talks between the Colombian State and the FARC, is evidence that in Colombia we are making our desire come true. of total peace”, alleged the vice president.
In addition, among the tasks of Márquez, who is expected to be the first to occupy the Ministry of Equality, is to lead the Africa-Caribbean strategy to “build political, diplomatic, cultural and economic bridges with African countries and also with the insular region of the American continent.
Her agenda in Havana will begin this Thursday with a visit to the Martin Luther King Memorial Center (CMMLK), where she will meet with members of the Afro movement in Cuba, Afro-Cuban social organizations and a group of Afro-Cuban women.
Later, he will officiate a floral offering in memory of Cuba’s national hero, José Martí, in the Parque 13 de marzo.
In addition, the official inauguration of the Havana Book Fair will be at the center of her visit, where she will offer a speech in the presence of the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and will be accompanied by the Minister of Culture, Patricia Ariza, detailed the Vice Presidency. .
Colombia arrives as a guest country at this literary event with “25 writers of different genres, regions, ages and cultures; a bookstore with the most representative of Colombian literary production; a strip of cinema and an artistic exhibition”.
During Francia Márquez’s stay on the island, a Memorandum of Understanding for Binational Cooperation in Cultures, Arts and Heritage will also be signed.
On Friday night, Márquez will attend an opening gala at the National Theater of Cuba where artistic presentations by both Colombian and Cuban groups will take place.
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