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In Suriname commemoration of Che Guevara and closing of solidarity campaign for the Cuban Five heroes

SURINAME, October 15, 2007.- In Suriname the 40th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara in Bolivia was commemorated in an event organized by the Friendship Committee Suriname-Cuba.

Nadia Raveles, President of the Friendship Committee stated that the example set by the heroic guerilla fighter is present in the courage of the Cuban Five heroes, prisoners in North American jails.

She also said that the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the death of Che is dedicated to these five fighters against terrorism, and to the international campaign of solidarity for their release.

The world wide solidarity campaign for the Cuban Five started on September 12 and in Suriname it concluded with this Che commemoration. At the end of her speech Nadia recited the poem ‘Cuba, que Linda es Cuba’ of the national poet of Suriname, Robin Ewald Raveles (Dobru), written in April, 1975 in Havana.

The commemoration ended with the showing of the documentary ‘Che. Love, Politics and Revelry’, of Teresita Gomez based on the book of the Italian journalist Lilliana Bucellini, who narrates the life of Ernesto Che Guevara until his murder in Bolivia.

The commemoration was presided by the ambassador of Cuba in Suriname Andrés González Garrido, and the ambassador of Venezuela in Suriname Francisco Simancas and was celebrated in the Venezuelan Institute for Culture and Cooperation.

Also present were the personnel of the embassies of Cuba and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Suriname, members of the Surinamese parliament, members of the Friendship Committee Suriname-Cuba, and members of the Medical Brigade in Suriname and Operation Miracle, former students of Cuban institutions, Cuban residents in Suriname and many Surinamese citizens. (Cubaminrex-Embacuba Suriname)

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