Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, Mar 2.- In the central Pigneto neighborhood of the Italian capital, the political-cultural festival Cuba: Memory, Culture and Solidarity took place, in support of that country amidst the growing pressures from the United States it faces today.
The event, organized by the PromotoraTimbalaye, an artistic project created and directed by Ulises Mora and Irma Castillo, Cubans residing in Italy, was attended by the ambassador of the island, Jorge Luis Cepero, as well as Arasay D'Angelo, first secretary of that diplomatic mission in charge of consular affairs.
The activity also featured the participation of Marco Papacci, president of the National Association of Friendship Italy-Cuba (Anaic, for its acronym in Spanish), as well as prominent researchers, including Italian anthropologist Elena Zapponi and renowned economist SilvanoFalocco, director of the Ecosistemi Foundation.
This festival, held the day before at the Sparwasser center, local headquarters of the Italian Association for Social Promotion (ARCI), served to bring the numerous attending public closer to different expressions of the culture of the Caribbean country, "to the soul of that people, source of their resistance," as expressed by Castillo in statements to Prensa Latina.
The director of that ARCI facility, Francesco Pellas, expressed that "we are very close peoples, and from Italy the feeling of those who reject the United States blockade against Cuba, which has been going on for over 60 years and is getting worse every day, is majority."
"It is important to highlight the resistance of the Cuban people, who fight and defend themselves against aggressions without ever taking a step back, in defense of their ideals, and that's why Long live Cuba!" he exclaimed.
Mora pointed out that the objective of this type of initiative is to strengthen in Italy, through the art of the island, the unity of the forces that support its Revolution and its people, at a time when the criminal US economic, commercial and financial blockade and the threats of aggression against Cuba are intensifying.
The president of Timbalaye recalled the ideas of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, who pointed out that in that process culture is the first thing that must be saved.
For his part, Papacci reaffirmed the importance of raising solidarity with Cuba at the present time, and referred to projects such as Energy for Life, which that organization is currently promoting, together with ARCI, the National Association of Partisans of Italy (ANPI) and the General Confederation of Italian Workers (CGIL).
The president of Anaic referred to the importance of Cuban culture, because an approach to it, he said, is like listening to the roar of a drum, that of the heart of Cuba that beats untamed against the chains forged in Washington.
A Collective Mural was made, in which the participants used painting as a tool to shape reflections and testimonies about Cuba today.
The Cuban ambassador thanked the wide presence and particularly Timbalaye, "because what they do is also a show of resistance, in this world that so often wants to silence Cuba, and promotes an approach to our culture, which also helps to increase closeness to our country, the friendship between our peoples." (PL) (Photo: Taken from Internet)
