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Cuban president calls UNESCO official’s visit “very significant”

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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  • Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel described UNESCO Deputy Director-General Lidia Arthur Brito’s visit as “very significant” during a meeting in Havana.
  • Díaz-Canel emphasized historical ties with UNESCO and criticized what he called cultural colonization plans and the tightening U.S. blockade.
  • Arthur Brito said UNESCO and Cuba reviewed their cooperation, including plans for solar-powered, climate-focused work in five “green” schools.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel called the visit of UNESCO Deputy Director-General for Priority Africa and Foreign Relations Lidia Arthur Brito “very significant” as she began her agenda in Cuba.

State media said Díaz-Canel highlighted the “historical ties” between the island and UNESCO. He also said the organization’s principles coincided in many respects with those defended by the Cuban Revolution. “We are defending our culture against the threats of all the cultural colonization plans that the empire wants to impose on us,” he said.

Very significant

· Miguel Díaz-CanelThe Cuban president used the phrase to describe Lidia Arthur Brito’s visit during their meeting in Havana.

Díaz-Canel said his government had not abandoned universal, inclusive and free education, health care and culture. He made the remarks as the new school year began in general education and higher education under what he described as an “extremely complex” situation, citing the tightening U.S. blockade and what he called an energy blockade.

We are defending our culture against the threats of all the cultural colonization plans that the empire wants to impose on us.

· Miguel Díaz-CanelDíaz-Canel framed Cuba’s cultural policy while discussing the country’s relationship with UNESCO.

He also praised UNESCO’s encouragement and its support for Cuba during natural disasters. Arthur Brito congratulated the president and the country’s leadership for maintaining the school year despite difficult conditions in education. She described the meeting as an opportunity to review cooperation with Cuba and said the UNESCO Regional Office would work with the Education Ministry in five “green” schools on solar energy, environmental conservation and climate adaptation. She said the organization was “ready, as always, to work with Cuba.”

Arthur Brito is scheduled to meet officials from the education, higher education, communications, and science, technology and environment ministries, as well as other senior officials. Her visit follows the 79th anniversary of Cuba’s admission to UNESCO on August 29, which Havana described as the beginning of a “historic and uninterrupted” relationship.

Ready, as always, to work with Cuba.

· Lidia Arthur BritoThe UNESCO deputy director-general expressed support for continued cooperation with the Cuban government.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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