On its X profile, the Foreign Ministry ratified Cuba’s will to continue to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation that unite both nations.

The anniversary recalls the 213th anniversary of Paraguay’s independence from the Spanish rule, after the May Revolution, as the events of May 14 and 15, 1811, are known.

It also commemorates the country’s refusal to become part of what were called the United Provinces of Río de la Plata and years later, the Argentine Confederation, which sought to include Paraguay as a province.

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