Cuba, February 3rd, 2010.Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, presented the Ambassador of the Honduran constitutional government to Cuba Juan Ramón Elvir Salgado the Friendship Medal, a distinction awarded by the Cuban Council of State. During the act, held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Honduran diplomat, Juan Ramón Elvir Salgado, thanked the Cubans for their friendship and regretted not having concluded the matters of bilateral cooperation, due to the coup d´etat on June 28, which plunged Honduras into unconstitutionality. Elvir Salgado, ambassador since 2007, recalled different cooperation projects created by both legitimate Honduran president Manuel Zelaya and Cuba, such as literacy, energy saving and healthcare programs. Salgado assured that the imperial domain and its local allies are coming to an end, "we have no doubt about that" Likewise, Salgado noted that this Central American country urgently needs to revise the Constitution so that all sectors are included. "Honduras should be for all Hondurans, and not for just a few of them." Attending the ceremony were the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee, Jorge Martí, the first vice-president of the Institute of Friendship with the Peoples Enrique Román, among other representatives and members of the diplomatic corps accredited in the country. (Cubaminrex- Granma) |