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CLARA ELLEN: ALWAYS A CUBAN
Monday, May 20, 2013
Clara Allen was born in Havana in 1926. In 1950 she decides to move to the United States with her Russian born husband. One year later she gives birth to a girl and remains in California for 14n years. She arrives in England in 1964 where she has lived for almost 50 years.
In spite of living abroad for more than 60 years she maintains the Cuban identity and bounds with her homeland which she has visited in several occasions. Clara has attended countless meetings with Cuban community residing abroad in Havana and has also been involved in numerous political cultural and solidarity events organized in the United Kingdom.
You can watch an interview with Clara made by the “CUBANOS EN UK”.
http://cubanos en uk
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“CIGARS WOMEN” 2ND ANNIVERSARY HOSTED BY CUBAN AMBASSADOR IN UK.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The Cuban Ambassador to the United Kingdom Esther Armenteros hosted a reception for the “Cigars Women” organization, which gathers business women associated to the cigar industry or just cigar aficionado ladies who enjoy a good Havana cigar.
The group was established two years ago and though it is made up mainly by UK residents its membership includes women from Europe, Asia and Africa.
The attendees smoked Cuban cigars while a representative from Hunter and Frankau, distributors of Cuban cigars in the United Kingdom, provided insights on the Cuban cigar industry and brands . The invitees also enjoyed Cuban cocktails, cuisine and music.
During the gathering the Cuban representative of Havanatur in the United Kingdom talked about Cuba´s tourist product and invited the participants to the hold the 3rd anniversary of the organization in 2014 in Havana in the framework of International Cigar Festival to be held in the Cuban Capital city.
Embassy of Cuba in UK
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CUBANS LIVING IN THE UK TAKE PART IN INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY PARADE
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Cubans living in London joined the celebration for the International Workers Day sponsored as every year by the May 1st Committee in the UK. Hundreds of trade unionists, socialists, solidarity organizations with Latin America marched from Clerkenwell Green to Trafalgar Square, some of them wearing t-shirts with Che Guevara’s picture and Cuban flags
May fisrs used to be a holiday in Britain until the labor government replaced the celebration in 1970 changing it for the first Monday of May, a Bank Holliday in the United Kingdom.
Embassy of Cuba in UK
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CONFERENRENCE ON THE LEGACY OF HUGO CHAVEZ HELD IN LONDON
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
A conference was held in London under the title “The Legacy of Hugo Chavez. An alternative for the 21st Century”. The presentation was organized by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign and was attended by over 100 persons. Important personalities from British politics and culture and Latin America participated in different panels to commend the works and the intellectual legacy of Chavez. The Commercial Counselor of the Cuban Embassy, Carlos Alfaro participated in the panel “Overcoming the legacy of slavery and colonialism in Venezuela. The struggle against racism and the support for social development in the Caribbean”.
During his presentation the Cuban diplomat highlighted the priority given by President Chavez to social issues in his political thinking as well as in his work. An example of this is the implementation of social programs aimed at assisting the low income population and those neglected for decades. The fact that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was declared an illiteracy free country by UNESCO is proof of this. Likewise the programs to improve the health and living conditions of the least favored communities where in most cases aboriginal and persons of African descent make the bulk of the population; it is an example of the struggle waged by Venezuela in the field of social justice. Cuba has contributed and will continue to these social programs which propose is to improve the standards of living of the Venezuelan people, just as Cuba has done it in the rest of the Caribbean, Africa and other Latin American countries.
Cuban Embassy in the UK
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Solidaridad EN
PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS SUPPORT RESULTS IN VENEZUELAN ELECTIONS
Monday, April 22, 2013
Summoned y progressive Latin American movements in the United Kingdom, among them Cubans in solidarity with Venezuela stood in vigil in front of the Embassy of Venezuela in London to defend it against the anti-Chavez groups opposed to acknowledge Nicolas Maduro´s victory.
The demonstration was held as a response to mobilizations orchestrated by supporters of the defeated opposition candidate Henrique Capriles who besieged the Venezuelan consulate in London on the 16th of April by harassing its staff and blocking their exit.
That day about 80 supporters of the Bolivarian Revolution managed to arrive to the consulate and with bravery made resistance to the aggressive frustration of the Venezuelan right residing in the city (about 400 persons) shouting anti.chavez slogans. Furious by the solidarity and the Latin American flags the rightists turned their backs and went away until the only slogans heard were those of solidarity with the Venezuelan Revolution.
With songs, music and dancing the progressive activists ended the demonstration willing and ready to defend the sovereignty of Venezuela and the legacy of Commander Hugo Chavez.
Embassy of Cuba in UK
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