On its 50th visit to Cuba, this Brigade is made up mostly of young Europeans and sought to commemorate the 170th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle of Cuban Independence José Martí, the 64th of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and the 70th of Rebellion Day National.

Although the fundamental activities of the Brigade took place between July 17 and 30, these five young people from the Spanish Communities of the Basque Country, Valencia and Catalonia decided to stay longer in Cuba and tour cities to learn about the reality that the Cubans.

These young people will then visit Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, the Monument to Che Guevara in Santa Clara and places of historical and cultural interest in Havana.

“The blockade is not only commercial, it is also cultural and communicative, because the reality is that if you do not come to Cuba to learn about its reality here, you will only see what the big media publish, which are not interested talk about solidarity in Latin America or Africa”, said the young Catalan Marina Oro Arbonez.

After the last EU-Celac Summit, the importance of the People’s Summits that are held in parallel was seen more, since there the solidarity movements and civil society can meet and debate outside the politicized agendas by law, pointed out the young man educated in Philosophy.

The young members of the Brigade debated with the members of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples in this south-central province of Cuba about the importance of pedagogy in the teaching of patriotic values in young people, as an element to save the cuban revolution.

In addition, they were interested in the current economic and social changes and the development of the Cuban economy despite the measures of the US economic and commercial blockade against Cuba.

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