AN entity born and bred with the
Revolution, fruit of the initiative the leader of
the Revolution Fidel Castro, the Cuban Institute of
Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), commemorated its
50 years of existence this Tuesday with an event in
the presence of Vice President Esteban Lazo
Hernández.
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Outstanding ICAP
workers awarded
distinctions on the 50th anniversary
of the institution. |
"When the revolutionary government
created ICAP on December 30, 1960, our heroic
resistance was amazing the world. The Revolution
became a constant incitement to human curiosity in
all corners of the earth," affirmed Ricardo Alarcón,
president of the National Assembly of People’s Power.
From that time the wall of silence
collapsed and people began to come together from all
over the world to share just one ideal: to divulge
the truth about Cuba.
In that context, ICAP President
Kenia Serrano stated that the international
solidarity movement has grown stronger, with more
than 2,000 organizations of friendship with Cuba in
152 countries.
During the event, ICAP 50th
Anniversary of ICAP Distinctions were awarded to
outstanding workers in the institution. Friends of
Cuba who, from overseas, have resisted hostility and
have not yielded to threats, were also honored.
"ICAP’s commitments today include
condemning and confronting the blockade imposed by
the United States, a country in which a number of
solidarity brigades, like Pastors for Peace, are
taking risks to break that policy of siege," Serrano
commented.
