Tegucigalpa, April 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today honored in this capital the firm stance of the government of Honduran President Xiomara Castro in favor of the unity and integration of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Díaz-Canel, who is in Tegucigalpa to participate in the 9th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), praised the socioeconomic and political transformations implemented by Castro’s progressive administration in just three years of administration.
The dignitary made these remarks during a fraternal meeting with members of the Honduran solidarity movement with Cuba, members of the island’s medical and educational brigades, and staff from Havana’s diplomatic mission in the Central American nation.
Referring to Honduras’s first female president, the president praised her determination to work for the well-being of her fellow citizens by implementing numerous initiatives to end decades of poverty and inequality.
Xiomara Castro’s administration is focused on its people, and that, he asserted, is one of the main reasons for the presence of our health and education professionals in this country, contributing our modest experience in these fields, he emphasized.
Despite the United States government’s furious attacks on Honduras’ medical and educational collaboration with more than 50 other nations, Díaz-Canel emphasized the courage of Honduras and other nations in the region to maintain these specialists.
Improving the health indicators of the Honduran people and teaching literacy, as we have done in more than 52 countries, is the sole purpose of this selfless cooperation, the president emphasized.
“What can we say about the solidarity of the people of this country with Cuba, which responds to historical reasons,” ties that are impossible to break, he asserted.
During her speech, she acknowledged the defense of the Cuban people’s causes by the solidarity movement and the Castro administration, whom she described as a sister, a friend of the Caribbean nation, and a “true lineage of Latin American women” in the struggles of Latin America and the Caribbean.
“You have a woman with qualities we greatly appreciate, one of the Latin American leaders who decided not to attend a summit because of Cuba’s exclusion,” the president emphasized, also thanking Castro for denouncing the U.S. blockade against the island in all international forums.
Díaz-Canel stated that his presence in Honduras—for just a few hours and the first visit by a Cuban president—was necessary due to Cuba’s commitment to “our sister President Xiomara Castro” and to CELAC, to which we bring a message of peace, he specified.
“Rest assured that the Cuban Revolution will emerge victorious from these imperialist attacks, and that the people of Honduras can always count on our unconditional support,” concluded the head of state, who will participate tomorrow in the summit of the largest regional coordination mechanism.
During the emotional meeting, attended by several Honduran ministers, Díaz-Canel was accompanied by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Havana’s ambassador to Tegucigalpa, Juan Loforte.
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