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The Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution said that Fidel Castro’s decision to neither aspire to nor accept the Council of States Presidency ennobles him.

In a message published by Granma daily, the ACRC lauded the Commander in Chief´s determination as “far reaching, legitimate, and honorable.”

We convey our support and decision to keep up our struggle along the people and Raul Castro, elected by the sovereign will President of the Council of States and of Ministers, adds the document.

The Association pledged to brace the unity of which the revolutionary leader taught them, backing every action of solidarity with the five Cuban anti-terrorists imprisoned in the US since 1998.

Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez were imposed abusive terms ranging from 15 years to double life term for fighting terrorism.

“We hope you continue the battle on the field you chose, as the brightest soldier of the motherland, where you may still rely on your top ranking troop,” as you called us in the letter pricing the ACRC foundation in 1994.

Your message touched the deepest of our revolutionary feelings, adds the letter, which reminds of Fidel Castro’s involvement in the struggle for the triumph of the Revolution and its defense.

Among the key such events are the assault of the Mondaca barracks in 1953, then the second military fortress, that marked the beginning of the armed struggle against Fulgencio Batista’s regime.

The letter also highlights his leadership in resisting the attack at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs), in 1961, and the Missile Crisis 12 months later, that brought the world to the verge of nuclear confrontation.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa will travel to Havana next Monday to attend the 10th International Meeting on Globalization and Development Problems, official sources confirmed.

Accompanied by Foreign Minister Maria Isabel Salvador, several ministers and officials, the statesman will speak in the meeting, to be run March 3-7 with the attendance of 1,000 experts from 52 nations.

This is the second time Correa will participate in an event like this in Havana. The first was in 2006.

His agenda here also includes meeting with Ecuadorian youth studying medicine free in Cuba.

His return to Ecuador is slated for Monday night.

The 13th Mexican Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, in session in Acapulco, paid homage to former president of ICAP (Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples), Sergio Corrieri, who died in Havana recently.

A proposal in this regard, made by coordinator of the Mexican Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, Jesus Escamilla, was approved in a plenary session by 573 delegates from all over the country.

Escamilla extolled the work carried out by Corrieri in favour of Cuban culture and his performance as president of the entity in charge of developing friendship and solidarity with all the peoples.

Standing, delegates observed a minute”s applause for the ICAP leader.

Cuba and Peru’s intense relations experienced two significant events Monday, the inauguration of a new house of friendship and a welcome for Cuba’s contribution to the development of education.

La Casa de la Amistad in the populous Lurin municipality in Lima was inaugurated with the attendance of Cuban Ambassador Luis Delfin Perez, who congratulated the leadership, led by journalist and historian Augusto Rivas.

The diplomat urged the leaders of the brand-new house, to work in favor of strengthening bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation between both countries.

He emphasized the transparent and comprehensive character of the houses of friendship, dedicated to support and promote those ties in all areas, apart from all internal political activity.

He gave a historic overview of the Cuban revolution and reviewed its successes in the areas of education, health and social security, in contrast to the Cuban situation before the revolutionary triumph of 1959.

The ambassador was also the guest of honor at the closing ceremony of the second International Antonio Encinas Congress of Pedagogy that honors this Peruvian educator, with the participation of high level educators from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador and other countries.

The 13th National Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba in Mexico starts Saturday in this beach resort city, with representatives from several social and political organizations of the country.

The agenda of the event, to be run until Sunday, includes four panels and three work tables, the organizing committee informed.

Issues of the work groups include tasks and perspectives of solidarity with Cuba, youth work in that direction, exchange of experiences, national coordination and union activities.

Panels include Commander Ernesto Che Guevara’s relevance in occasion of his 80th birth anniversary, Cuba’s solidarity worldwide and its social programs, and youth’s role in today’s Cuba.

Also included is a report on the situation of five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unfairly imprisoned in United States and the struggle for their release.

A Havana delegation attending the meeting will speak on Cuba faced with the new challenges.

The Mexican Committee of Solidarity with Cuba stated that the island has been a hope for 50 years to all peoples of the planet, especially those that fight daily for a better world.

“We must galvanize efforts to end the brutal US economic blockade, free the Cuban Five and commemorate Che Guevara’s birth and the 50th anniversary of the Revolution,” the organizing group stated.