Spain to Celebrate Fidel Castro’s Birth Centennial in Galicia

On August 13, Spain will commemorate the birth centennial of Fidel Castro, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, during a special event in Láncara, Galicia.

The venue for the commemoration will be the Ángel Castro House Museum, which currently functions as the Galician Emigration Interpretation Center in Láncara, Lugo. The museum is located at the ancestral property from which Ángel Castro, father of Fidel and Raúl Castro, originally emigrated to Cuba.

Opening remarks will be delivered by Antonio Sobrado, president of the Láncara-Cuba Friendship Association and promoter of the museum. His introduction will be followed by an address from Francisco Sebio, president of the "Francisco Villamil" Galician-Cuban Association, alongside a musical performance.

Bárbara Marín Prada, president of the Federation of Associations of Cuban Residents in Spain, will speak about the project "Martí Illuminates Fidel's One Hundred Years". Subsequently, Tania Chinea, president of the "Xuntos Con Cuba" Association of Cubans in Lugo, and Luis Paz Esquivel (Papillo), director of the Havana-based Ibero-American Center of the Décima and Improvised Verse, will recite a poem from the book "One Hundred Decimas to Fidel".

The program will also include addresses by regional Galician authorities, concluding with closing remarks by Marcelino Medina, the Ambassador of Cuba to Spain. Before the event closes with a final cultural showcase, a bust honoring José Martí, the apostle of Cuban independence, will be formally unveiled.