Cuban lawmaker pays tribute to Fidel Castro in Moscow

Moscow, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) The Vice President of the Cuban National People's Power Assembly (Parliament), Ana Maria Mari Machado, paid tribute in Moscow on Sunday to the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, at the monument built in his honor in this capital's Sokol district.

September 22, 2024
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The Cuban Council of State vice president, escorted by her delegation and Cuban Ambassador to Russia, Julio Garmendia, laid a wreath at the foot on Fidel’s statue, which was inaugurated on November 22, 2022.

The three-meter-high sculpture, unveiled by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, represents the late Cuban leader as an upright and defiant figure in military fatigues, as a tribute from Russian architect Andrey Beliy and sculptor Alexey Chebanenko.

Ana Maria Mari Machado is in Moscow after leading the Cuban delegation at the 4th Eurasian Women’s Forum held in St. Petersburg on September 18-20.