uba’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Ernesto Soberon, highlighted Fidel's qualities and vision, as well as the relevance of his thinking.

Representatives of several US solidarity organizations paid tribute to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, at Cuba's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in this city.

The program not only seeks to provide material support but, also, to spread a message of empathy and international solidarity.

“Fundraising to support Cuba continues to grow, ” Vietnam Red Cross stressed, at the time it announced that more than $11 million has already been raised, and that much more will come as the campaign will be running until October 16.

The Chinese people can always count on the support of the Cuban Revolution, said the island's Foreign Minister.

"China and Cuba are united in a common path of revolutionary struggle to achieve full independence and sovereignty, facing aggression of all kinds," said Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, member of the Political Bureau and Cuban foreign minister, on Thursday during his speech at the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the global anti-fascist war.

The Birán ceremony sets the tone for 12 months of commemorations leading to August 13, 2026.

Under the shade of century-old carob and cedar trees that once sheltered his birth, Cuba launched nationwide commemorations for what would have been Fidel Castro's 100th birthday during an emotional ceremony Wednesday at the revolutionary leader's birthplace.