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Kingston, Canada - The
academic conference on the 50th anniversary
of the Cuban Revolution closed Saturday
after three days of debates on a wide
variety of topics concerning the Cuban
political system and the Caribbean island
reality.
The event under the title "The Meaning of
the Cuban Revolution 1959-2009:
understanding the past and pondering the
future" sessioned at Queen's University,
was closed today by the president of the
National Assembly (parliament), Ricardo
Alarcon.
The parliament leader considered discussions
developed in a constructive atmosphere.
In his speech before the over 200
academicians of 14 countries attending the
fórum, Alarcon extolled the achievements of
the Revolution in education, health and the
selfless cooperation offered to other
peoples.
He discarded the impact of recent measures
announced by the president of the United
States, Barack Obama relative to Cuba,
considering them insufficient, simply a
setback to the times of preceding president
George W. Bush.
Obama tried to make much noise about what
simply is a partial return to the time prior
to 2004, asserted Alarcon.
The academic debates covered from the Cuban
economy, politics and government,
international relations, cultura, racial and
gender relations, sexuality, education and
health including religión and the
environment.
In the opinion of Josefina Vida, director of
North America of the Cuban Foreign Ministry,
the conference was extraordinary.
There was an in-depth analysis of the
Revolution�s achievements and the
insatisfactions that we Cubans have relative
to our country's development, but always
with the intention of perfecting this
process, assured the official to Prensa
Latina.
The event was organized by Queen's
University in this city on the Banks of Lake
Ontario, together with the University of
Havana and Chapel Hills University of North
Carolina in the United States.
Parallel to the event a week of Cuban
culture took place in Kingston, only
Canadian city which is twinned with a city
of the island, in this case with Cienfuegos. |
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