Victor Schoelcher, a Parisian whose campaign to abolish slavery in France's colonies succeeded in 1848, was elected deputy governor of Guadeloupe.
The 39th edition of the Caribbean Festival will be held from July 3 to 9 in Santiago de Cuba, with Uruguay as guest country, and so far 23 nations have confirmed their attendance.
The Uruguayan ambassador in Cuba, Eduardo Lorier Sandro, said in the meeting with directors of the Casa del Caribe in Santiago, that solidarity is cultivated in different ways and one of the most important is through the culture that unites people, and in this regard he said that there will be much to exchange.
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Brazil, Bahamas, Venezuela, Colombia, Curacao, Mexico, Bolivia and Spain, among other countries until completing 23, have confirmed that they will attend the Festival.
The agenda of this event also known as Fiesta del Fuego includes the Colloquium The Caribbean that unites us, the Meeting of poets from the Caribbean and the Jesus Cos Cause world, dance workshops, religiosity and natural and traditional medicine, and the expected parade of the snake, with the evolution through the streets of the artistic groups attending.
There will also be a tribute to the slave rebellion, as it is traditional in the Al Cimarron monument, said Daniela Anaya, deputy director of the Casa del Caribe.
Created in April 1981, on the initiative of writer and researcher Joel James Figarola, physically disappeared, and other figures of Santiago's intelligentsia, the Fiesta del Fuego, in addition to being a cultural event, constitutes a space for anti-hegemonic reflection and resistance where diverse cultural expressions converge,
Victor Schoelcher, a Parisian whose campaign to abolish slavery in France's colonies succeeded in 1848, was elected deputy governor of Guadeloupe.
