[NYTr] In Santa Clara, Cubans Pay Tribute to Che Guevara Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:06:58 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit In Santa Clara, Cubans Pay Tribute to Che Guevara Havana, Oct 8 (acn) The people of the Cuban central province of Villa Clara, on behalf of the island's people and headed by Cuban first vice President Raul Castro, paid homage to legendary guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara in occasion of the 40th anniversary of his assassination in Bolivia. "The validity of the economic and political strategy of Ernesto Guevara is manifested in Cuba as the society's driving force of development across the country," said Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdez Menendez at the end of the ceremony. Valdez also reviewed the 10-year period since Che Guevara's remains arrived in Cuba to today. He stressed the resistance of the Cuban people which has kept on offering humanitarian aid and cooperation in different fields to numerous countries despite the reinforcement US aggressive policy over the last few years. During the activity, 210 children who begin elementary school this course received their blue bandanna and committed themselves to follow Che Guevara's example. President of the juvenile organization, Miriam Yanet Martin Gonzalez, said the Cuban children are taught Che Guevara's ideals which will give them the opportunity to approach that model of man that Ernesto Che Guevara represents. Cuban first vice president Raul Castro, members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party Jose Ramon Machado Ventura and Abel Prieto, and several government officials laid a wrath on the monument to Che Guevara in the city of Santa Clara. The ceremony was also attended by members of the Council of State, and relatives and comrade-in-arms of Ernesto Che Guevara. -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Ingles mailing list Ingles@ain.cu http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================