Sri Lanka donates Sinhalese-language book on Che to Cuban institution

Havana, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The Sri Lankan ambassador, Admiral (R) Nishantha Ulugetenne, donated a book on Ernesto Che Guevara in Sinhalese language on Friday to the Center for Studies that preserves the life and work of the legendary Argentine-Cuban guerrilla.

November 22, 2024
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In the framework of the 65th anniversary of relations between Sri Lanka and Cuba, the ambassador visited the valuable institution where he held a friendly meeting with its director, Aleida March, who was the wife of the revered revolutionary leader, to whom he gave the book “My Son Che,” as a gesture of tribute and friendship between the two countries.

The original book was written by Ernesto Guevara Lynch, Che’s father, and was published in Sri Lanka in Sinhalese language under the name “The Young Che.”

The initiative is part of the activities organized by the embassy to commemorate the establishment of official ties between Colombo and Havana on July 29, 1959.

Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to establish relations with revolutionary Cuba.

In its incipient revolutionary diplomacy, the government of then Prime Minister Fidel Castro entrusted Che with leading a delegation that visited all ten countries of the Bandung Pact, including what was then called Ceylon, now Sri Lanka.

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