The Vice President of the Republic of Cuba, Salvador Valdes Mesa, yesterday paid tribute to the Angolan hero, Agostinho Neto, at Independence Square in Luanda, on the occasion of the centenary of his founding, which is celebrated today.
“In addition to being a fighter and revolutionary, he was a great intellectual who made contributions to the eventual decolonization,” said the Cuban leader to Prenca Latina, referring to the father of Angolan independence; Which also noted his friendship with Fidel, Raul and Che, as well as his commitment to decolonizing the African nation.
The Cuban Vice President also dedicated a tribute to Commander Raúl Diaz Arguel, head of the Cuban military mission in 1975.
Valdes Mesa, who traveled to Angola to attend the presidential office of João Lourenço, who was re-elected on August 24, in the framework of the visit, met with Cuban diplomatic staff accredited in Luanda and several collaborators from social missions, who explained to them the PL explained that the national economy, the successful control of the COVID-19, energy problems, food and fuel shortages, caring for vulnerable families and neighborhoods, and the gradual recovery of agriculture.
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