Havana, (RHC-ACN)-- Cuba’s permanent and historical commitment to the struggle of the Puerto Rican people prevails in the campaign of solidarity that began on Friday and will run until September 23rd all over the country.

During a press conference, Basilio Gutierrez, Vice-President of the
Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) highlighted that a marathon has been scheduled for Sunday in central Ciego de Avila province, which will be followed by the placing of a wreath at the monument to Puerto Rican poet and patriot Francisco Gonzalo Marin (Pachin Marin).

Visits to the Puerto Rico Libre School and the Che Guevara Memorial in Santa Clara city are also among the activities programmed as part of the national campaign, as well as a conference at the Pedro Albizu Campos Faculty of Medicine and a meeting with the diplomatic corps accredited in Cuba.

Likewise, there will be a Political Workshop on Puerto Rico’s colonial reality, and a visit to the Maria la Gorda beach and other places related to the landing of Puerto Rican patriot Juan Rius Rivera and his meeting with Cuban General Antonio Maceo in western Pinar del Río province, during the days of Cuba’s 19th century independence wars.

On the 23rd, the Cuban people will recall the assassination of Puerto Rican leader Filiberto Ojeda four years ago, and a wreath will be laid by the allegorical plaque located at Havana’s Jose Marti Anti-imperialist Tribune.

Emma Beatriz Rosado, Filiberto Ojeda´s widow, thanked the Cuban people and government for their solidarity with Puerto Rico.

Edwin Gonzalez, representative of the Puerto Rican Mission in Cuba, said that this campaign, which has been carried out over the last 40 years, is one of the most important of its kind in the world, and reiterated Puerto Ricans sacred duty of continuing their struggle until Puerto Rico gains complete independence.