Cuba Awards Brazilian
Revolutionary Writer
Cuba's Council of State
awarded Brazilian
revolutionary and writer
Marilisa Guimaraes with
the Friendship Medal, in
recognition for her
active participation in
the promotion and the
Cuban culture ands
politics in Brazil.
Guimaraes was decorated
lat night in Havana by
Cuban Culture Minister
Abel Prieto, during a
ceremony also attended
by the vice president of
the Council of
Ministers, Jose Ramon
Fernandez.
The Council of State
declaration sustains
that Guimaraes also
deserves the medal for
"her great affection for
Commander in Chief Fidel
Castro, and the Cuban
Revolution."
Musicians, academicians,
artists, and Cuban
friends took part in the
homage as well.
First Deputy Culture
Minister Rafael Bernal
affirmed the Brazilian
writer and revolutionary
is a meeting point
between two cultures:
Cuba, which has welcomed
her, and Brazil, where
she faced harassment, a
mined field, and
underground life.
Visibly overcome by
emotion, Guimaras said
she could summarize her
gratitude in three
words: "I love you." |
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