Barbados Events to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Fidel Castro
PRESS RELEASE
The Barbados- headquartered Caribbean Chapter of the International Network In Defense of Humanity, the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba and the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will be joining forces with the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) and with the University of the West Indies' Department of Government, Sociology and Social Work to commemorate the life and legacy of the late Fidel Castro by staging two major public educational events in Barbados on Thursday 23rd, and Friday 24th February 2017.
The first of these events will be an International Panel Discussion on the theme of "Reflections on Fidel", scheduled to be held at the NUPW Auditorium, Dalkeith, St. Michael at 6PM on Thursday the 23rd of February.
The Panel will consist of outstanding scholars and activists from Cuba, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands, Canada and Barbados.
This event will also feature a performance by Barbados' Cultural Ambassador, Anthony Gabby Carter, and the presentation of a special award to Mr David Denny in appreciation of his long standing and exemplary solidarity with the Government and people of Cuba.
The second event consists of an all day Colloquium on "The Life and Contribution of Fidel Castro" which will be held at the Quadrangle, Faculty of Humanities, Cave Hill Campus of UWI ,commencing at 9AM on Friday 24th February 2017.
A team of international and local scholars will address such themes as:-
1. Who is Fidel Castro and why is he so important to us?
2. Jose Marti and Fidel's Revolution
3. Fidel's Cuba and the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean
4. Cuba and the African continent
5. National Sovereignty, anti-Imperialism and Independence in the Thought and Practice of Fidel Castro
6. The Cuban Political System: How it Works
The team of scholars who will be contributing to the two events will include:
Dr. Francisco Fernandez (Cuban Ambassador to Barbados)
Dr. Aaron Kamugisha (Faculty of Humanities, Cave Hill Campus)
Dr. Marlen Sanchez (Caribbean Studies Department, University of Havana)
Dr. Carmen Bohorquez (Head of the Venezuelan Chapter of the International Network in Defense of Humanity)
Dr. Richard Goodridge (History Department, Cave Hill Campus) ;
Mr. David Abdullah (Veteran Trade Unionist of Trinidad & Tobago)
Dr. Tennyson Joseph (Department of Government, Cave Hill Campus)
Mr. Bobby Clarke (Senior Attorney-at-Law, Barbados)
Mr. Cikiah Thomas (Chairman of the Global Afrikan Congress)
Dr. Idalmis Brooks (Department of International Relations, Communist Party of Cuba)
Dr. Chenzira Kahina (Caribbean Studies Centre, University of the Virgin Islands)
Mrs. Cynthia Barrow-Giles (Political Science Department, Cave Hill Campus).
Students and members of the public are invited to attend both of these events which are free of cost.
DAVID COMISSIONG
Coordinator
CARIBBEAN NETWORK IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY
CNIDOH/AO
