As part of the ceremony, a floral offering in honor of the martyrs was placed before the bust of Cuba’s national hero, Jose Marti, in the patriotic corner of the Embassy.

The offering, in the colors of the Cuban flag, consisted of 32 red carnations, one for each fallen Cuban, as well as blue and white roses.

The Cuban ambassador, on behalf of his country, expressed his gratitude for this beautiful gesture of solidarity from the delegation of the National Association of Cuban Journalists (ANAIC), headed by its national president, Marco Papacci.

The delegation represented the sentiments of those in this European nation who support and defend the most just causes.

The thousands of members of this association, founded in 1961 and organized into hundreds of chapters throughout Italy, sent a message of solidarity to the Cuban people.

“Let us raise our fists in a sign of eternal respect!” “With their supreme sacrifice, they showed the courage of those who do not fear confronting the enemy,” the members of that organization stated in their condolence note, representing the Italian people who support the Cuban Revolution.

“Their death has not been in vain: it is a beacon illuminating the path of the anti-imperialist struggle,” and of “internationalism, the glorious fruit of the Cuban Revolution,” to which “we reiterate our unwavering solidarity,” the statement reads.

“Eternal honor and glory to the fallen,” the members of ANAIC expressed in the document, assuring that “other combatants will take their place, continuing the battle for sovereignty and justice, faithful to the principles embodied in the revolutionary slogan ‘Homeland or Death!

We shall overcome!

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