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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Reflections on Fidel Castro\u2019s Internationalism in Cuba on ICAP\u2019s 65th Anniversary</h1>
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<p>By Iliana García Giraldino on December 29, 2024</p>
<div id="gmail-attachment_33070" class="gmail-wp-caption"><p><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-33070" src="https://i0.wp.com/resumen-english.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/12-29-IMG_0928.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" width="225" height="300" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></p><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-33070" class="gmail-wp-caption-text">240 reps from 240 countries gather in Havana on 65th anniversary of ICAP</p></div>
<p>Some 240 activists and representatives of solidarity organizations
and movements with Cuba from 32 countries highlighted today the
internationalist thought and action of the historical leader of the
Revolution, Fidel Castro.<span id="gmail-more-33069"></span></p>
<p>Gathered at the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples
(ICAP), the participants reflected on the legacy of the institution\u2019s
founder, which will celebrate its 65th anniversary on December 30th,
having promoted and coordinated international support for the causes of
the world\u2019s peoples.</p>
<p>Speaking on the panel, René González, director of the Fidel Castro
Ruz Center, emphasized that Cuba\u2019s commitment to solidarity arose and
was strengthened in the struggles of Latin America and Cuba for
independence, with the participation, commitment and solidarity of Latin
American patriots in those struggles.</p>
<div id="gmail-attachment_33071" class="gmail-wp-caption"><p><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-33071" src="https://i0.wp.com/resumen-english.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/12-29-IMG_0940.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="225" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></p><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-33071" class="gmail-wp-caption-text">ICAP President Fernando Gonzalez Llort</p></div>
<p>These values, González pointed out, are part of the humanist essence
of the Cuban Revolution, which drew on the thought of Cuba\u2019s National
Hero José Martí and the ideology of Fidel Castro, who stated that \u201cTo be
an internationalist is to repay our own debt to humanity.\u201d</p>
<p>For her part, the center\u2019s deputy director, Sissy Abay, recalled that
Cuban solidarity was expressed from the very first moments of the
revolutionary triumph on January 1, 1959, through concrete actions in
various parts of the world, and today Cuba is a recipient of that
support.</p>
<p>According to the president of ICAP, Fernando González, solidarity is a
fundamental pillar of Fidel Castro\u2019s thought and action, and is
understood here as a human duty and an unrenounceable principle of the
Revolution, which continues to manifest itself in a practical and
consistent internationalism.</p>
<p>At the event, representatives of solidarity organizations and
movements from the United States, Australia, Europe, Asia, and several
Latin American nations presented the actions they are taking to support</p>
<p>Cuba in the face of its complex economic situation and the unprecedented intensification of the blockade and U.S. aggression.</p>
<p><strong>The main event was attended by Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel</strong></p>
<div id="gmail-attachment_33081" class="gmail-wp-caption"><p><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-33081" src="https://i0.wp.com/resumen-english.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/12-31-IMG_1195.jpeg?resize=300%2C222&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="222" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></p><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-33081" class="gmail-wp-caption-text">Medal recipients that included Rosemari Mealy, Ed Newman, Cheryl Labash, Nesbit Crutchfield, Onye Sanwu and 17 others.</p></div>
<div id="gmail-attachment_33080" class="gmail-wp-caption"><p><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-33080" src="https://i0.wp.com/resumen-english.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/12-31-IMG_1226.jpg?resize=288%2C301&ssl=1" alt="" width="288" height="301" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></p><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-33080" class="gmail-wp-caption-text">President Miguel Diaz Canel</p></div>
<p>The President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba,
attended the main and final event on Monday afternoon During Monday\u2019s
ceremony, where he presented the commemorative seal for ICAP\u2019s 65th
anniversary to international solidarity movements with Cuba, including
the Cuba-Italy National Association, the International Committee for
Peace, Justice and Dignity of the Peoples, the Brazilian Movement of
Solidarity with Cuba, and the Antonio Maceo Brigade.</p>
<p>Once again the keynote speaker was ICAP president Fernando González
Llort, who stated that \u201c65 years after that December 30, 1960, the Cuban
Institute of Friendship with the Peoples not only endures, but is
renewed in fulfilling the same mission for which it was conceived: to
build bridges, unite wills, and cultivate peace, friendship, and
solidarity among peoples.\u201d</p>
<p><img src="https://i0.wp.com/resumen-english.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/12-29-IMG_1261.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="300"></p><p>He
emphasized that ICAP has been \u201ca witness to and active participant in
the history of the Cuban Revolution: welcoming people from all over the
world interested in learning about the transformations driven by the
revolutionary process; encouraging the creation of solidarity committees
with Cuba on all five continents; hosting important events; and
promoting, from within our society, Cuba\u2019s support for the just causes
of the world\u2019s peoples.\u201d<br>
He recalled that for 65 years the Institute has marched alongside \u201cthe
unwavering support of a solidarity movement that has grown immensely in
the most difficult moments: in the defense of Cuba\u2019s right to be a free,
independent, and sovereign country, in the denunciation of hostility
and aggression against our country.\u201d</p>
<p>short video of yesterday\u2019s event. <a href="https://cubaenresumen.org/2025/12/30/65-anos-de-amor-por-cuba/">https://cubaenresumen.org/2025/12/30/65-anos-de-amor-por-cuba/</a></p>
<p>Photos: Bill Hackwell</p>
<p>translation: Resumen Latinoamericano \u2013 English</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.siempreconcuba.org/en-el-icap-conmovedora-y-comprometida-evocacion-del-pensamiento-solidario-de-fidel/">Siempre con Cuba </a></p>
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