tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81123661029444592642024-03-05T23:29:29.641+11:00Sydney ACFSThe Australia Cuba Friendship Society - SydneyAustralia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-88509622389373416332017-07-14T05:54:00.000+10:002017-07-14T05:54:01.572+10:00Castro, Communism and Cuba - A free talk by Robert Austin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ObhGvSnrHeBmyrecmsZVbJ9OurK0PKpb_2VaDQptFIBixQL2Y5xuSjiOWhomva9rXzTJe6rwXCE4GiUPl9lwbvMcQjvTufrn0r-rfbSBv_Q9ksm1ETES1M68EDJXRaWPHeVwtDx15Q/s1600/Robert+Austin+talk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ObhGvSnrHeBmyrecmsZVbJ9OurK0PKpb_2VaDQptFIBixQL2Y5xuSjiOWhomva9rXzTJe6rwXCE4GiUPl9lwbvMcQjvTufrn0r-rfbSBv_Q9ksm1ETES1M68EDJXRaWPHeVwtDx15Q/s640/Robert+Austin+talk.jpg" width="453" height="640" data-original-width="1132" data-original-height="1600" /></a></div>Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-5427001671833181582016-11-21T21:54:00.001+11:002016-11-21T21:54:45.771+11:00Fidel is Fidel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJEFGpFepkG2W6eRbMKDmam7cPTOM-hZ8d28GKqN652jVjpB0FMNtDlnkSJhcSZZVJV_rnDiHKVQ_jq7JDLICy-qt6SCTR-MP7E0teKmTUJpVbseITMNRWgIprAI6dD8OeUaF4ubgBA/s1600/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJEFGpFepkG2W6eRbMKDmam7cPTOM-hZ8d28GKqN652jVjpB0FMNtDlnkSJhcSZZVJV_rnDiHKVQ_jq7JDLICy-qt6SCTR-MP7E0teKmTUJpVbseITMNRWgIprAI6dD8OeUaF4ubgBA/s640/001.jpg" width="465" height="640" /></a>Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-77770593459641392402016-07-18T15:20:00.000+10:002016-07-18T15:20:42.544+10:00Upcoming event!<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9L3pz9QjwwhMUtLUlF6clhMQU0/preview" width="640" height="905"></iframe>Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-11183717289372458762016-05-10T22:42:00.000+10:002016-05-10T22:42:59.198+10:00ACFS Sydney remembers John Kaye<iframe height="900" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9L3pz9QjwwhQ1ZTYVZHa1hGWDQ/preview" width="640"></iframe>Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-79126118456188854122016-05-04T22:17:00.002+10:002016-05-04T22:17:39.763+10:00Join the Cuba Brigade!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Registrations are now open to join the 34th annual Southern Cross Brigade to Cuba. As a participant, or brigadista, you will learn about the every day realities of living in Cuba and meet with doctors, teachers, urban agriculturalists, farmers and government workers. This is the most informative and exciting way to visit Cuba! <br />Please don't hesitate to contact us for more information.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-25477850395393286052016-05-04T21:52:00.000+10:002016-05-04T21:53:33.459+10:00Clarification on the state of the US blockade on Cuba<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9L3pz9QjwwhWEFhSFBlTHlERjg/preview" width="640" height="900"></iframe>Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-62720543624610445392016-02-28T13:29:00.000+11:002016-02-28T13:29:38.288+11:00More information about the 'Yes, I Can' Adult Literacy Campaign in Australia:<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>In anticipation of the upcoming event on Thursday 31 March 2016 (see below post), here are some interesting links to give a bit of background for the Cuban 'Yes, I Can' Adult Literacy Campaign in Australia:</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Literacy for Life Foundation is the organisation behind the running of the campaign in Australia. You can visit their website at: </span><a href="http://www.lflf.org.au/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">http://www.lflf.<wbr></wbr>org.au/</a></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Listen to Professor Jack Beetson speaking on Radio National Breakfast on 24 Feb 2016 at:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/inaugural-cuban-awards-celebrates-australians/7194700" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">http://www.abc.net.<wbr></wbr>au/radionational/programs/<wbr></wbr>breakfast/inaugural-cuban-<wbr></wbr>awards-celebrates-australians/<wbr></wbr>7194700</a></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Listen to this Green Left Weekly interview with Bob Boughton 27 June 2013 at</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwtoX-MeNZE" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>watch?v=hwtoX-MeNZE</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Read the article 'From Cuba with love' by Chris Ray, published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 19 July 2014:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/from-cuba-with-love-20140713-3bvp5.html" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/<wbr></wbr>national/from-cuba-with-love-<wbr></wbr>20140713-3bvp5.html</a></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Read the article 'Cuba’s program for Aboriginal literacy expands in Australia' by Ron Poulsen and Manuele Lasalo, published</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in The Militant on 21 Sept 2015: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.themilitant.com/2015/7933/793306.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.themilitant.<wbr></wbr>com/2015/7933/793306.html</a></span></li>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Why has a Cuba-inspired campaign achieved such outstanding success
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">José Chala Leblanch</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> is a Cuban educator</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"> from the
Cuban Institute of Pedagogy for Latin America and the Caribbean</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> and is advisor to the ‘Yes, I Can!’
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Yexenia Calzado</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> is<b> </b>from the Asia & Oceania department
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mary Waites</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> is a Ngemba woman and is the Campaign Coordinator in Brewarrina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">Up to 60% of
Aboriginal adults living in rural and remote areas have functional illiteracy
in English. The ‘Yes, I Can!’ (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #545454; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">Yo,
Sí Puedo!) Aboriginal Adult Literacy Campaign, organised by the Literacy for
Life Foundation, began in Wilcannia in 2012 with Cuban advisor, José Chala. Already,
after the first pilots of the campaign, more than 100 Aboriginal adults from
the Murdi Paaki region in western NSW have graduated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">The campaign
draws on the successful mass literacy campaign in Cuba in 1961 as part of the popular
social revolution there from 1959. The ‘Yes, I Can’ campaign has been used in
29 countries to help 8 million people develop basic literacy skills. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Marce Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339699632687498324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-45254866838837920342015-02-02T22:22:00.001+11:002015-02-02T22:22:06.132+11:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ACFS MONTHLY MEETING THURSDAY FEB 5</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dear ACFS members and supporters,</span><br />
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<li style="line-height: 17px;">The Cuban Five are free!</li>
<li style="line-height: 17px;">US-Cuba talks on restoring diplomatic relations are under way</li>
<li style="line-height: 17px;">Obama says he'll urge Congress to end the 'embargo'</li>
<li style="line-height: 17px;">We have a new Cuban ambassador in Canberra</li>
<li style="line-height: 17px;">Sydney will host the ACFS National Consultation on June 6-7</li>
<li style="line-height: 17px;">Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) president Kenia Serrano will attend the Consultation </li>
<li style="line-height: 17px;">Southern Cross Brigade participants have returned to Australia </li>
<li style="line-height: 17px;">Chela and Matthew are back from Cuba and elsewhere</li>
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THIS THURSDAY February 5</div>
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NSW Teachers Federation Building</div>
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4 mins walk from Central Station</div>
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(I need to confirm this venue - please check email/Facebook)</div>
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The proposed agenda is: </div>
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1) President's report (focus on ACFS National Consultation)</div>
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2) 2014 Brigade highlights and impressions</div>
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2) Cuba visit slideshow by Chela and Matthew</div>
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Hope to see you there.</div>
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In solidarity,</div>
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Marce Cameron</div>
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Marce Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339699632687498324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-82909354456810315372014-12-18T15:17:00.001+11:002014-12-18T15:17:26.121+11:00Dear ACFS members and supporters,<br />
ALL FIVE OF THE CUBAN FIVE ARE NOW BACK IN CUBA, REUNITED AT LAST WITH THEIR LOVED ONES!!<br />
The Cuban streets have erupted in celebration. The US and Cuba will resume normal diplomatic relations and it looks like the beginning of the end of the US blockade. This is a BIG VICTORY for the Cuban Revolution and for the global solidarity movement. The US empire will now try to destroy the Cuban Revolution by other, less confrontational means: Obama said as much in his speech. The Cuban Revolution and our solidarity now enter a new phase with new challenges. For now, the blockade remains largely intact.<br />
You can watch Obama's and Raul Castro's announcements here:<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q_Oxq9k-jg<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyw1iKif9Zs<br />
All friends of Cuba are invited to celebratory drinks and toasts<br />
WHEN: this Saturday, December 20 from 7pm<br />
WHERE: Bank Hotel beer garden, 324 King Street Newtown (very close to Newtown train station)<br />
Long live socialist Cuba!<br />
End the US blockade now!<br />
Hope to see you on Saturday night,<br />
Marce Cameron<br />
President, Sydney ACFSMarce Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339699632687498324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-90244254703663604412014-09-08T12:33:00.001+10:002014-09-08T12:33:26.732+10:00Dear ACFS members and supporters,<br />
please note these upcoming events.<br />
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In solidarity,<br />
Marce Cameron <br />
President, ACFS (Sydney)<br />
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CUBAN FIVE SOLIDARITY SPEAK-OUT<br />
International Month of Solidarity with the Cuban Five<br />
Saturday September 13<br />
12 noon Town Hall, Sydney<br />
Organised by the ACFS (Sydney)<br />
Contact Maria Hilario on 0431 275 434<br />
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ACFS FILM SCREENING<br />
"The Trial: The Untold Story of the Cuban Five"<br />
Thursday September 25<br />
7pm (Venue to be confirmed)<br />
Contact Maria Voukelatos 0432 710 123<br />
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ACFS MONTHLY MEETING<br />
Thursday October 2<br />
6.30 - 8.30pm<br />
NSW Teachers Federation, Level 1<br />
33 Mary Street Surry Hills<br />
Contact Marce Cameron 0413 158 480 <br />
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VENEZUELA: THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES<br />
Solidarity Conference<br />
Monday October 6<br />
9am-6pm Redfern Town Hall, 73 Pitt Street Sydney<br />
Organised by the Venezuelan Embassy and solidarity groups<br />
Supported by the ACFS (Sydney)<br />
Contact Ana Cecelia Mendez (02) 6290 2967<br />
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DON'T MISS THIS SPECIAL CUBA SOLIDARITY EVENT IN SYNDEY<div>
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER AILI LABANINO, DAUGHTER OF RAMON LABANINO, ON OF THE "CUBAN FIVE" POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE US</div>
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SATURDAY EVENING AUGUST 16 - CLICK ON THESE JPEG FILES FOR DETAILS<br /><br /></div>
Marce Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339699632687498324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-20555624293391113292014-04-20T00:23:00.002+10:002014-04-20T00:23:29.534+10:00Esta Vida Cubana - This Cuban Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;">“Cuba is a melting pot of music, soul, colour and heart!”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;">Ralf and Louise spent a month in Cuba over December 2013 / January </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;">2014. They travelled across Cuba from Havana to Santiago de Cuba and back - by road, and visited Trinidad, Cienfuegos, Camagüey, Sancti Spiritus and Viñales. For Esta Vida Cubana, they present their photographic survey of the people, the places and the soul of Cuba.<br /><br />Join Louise and Ralf for a Cuban themed opening event on Saturday 17 May 3-5pm featuring a demonstration by Moro from Buena Vista Dance Cuban Academy. All welcome. Free Entry.</span>Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-6631508008360463202014-04-08T21:30:00.001+10:002014-04-08T21:30:48.036+10:00ACFS Art Exhibition and Auction to raise money for project in Cuba<h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><b>I Will Die as I Have Lived - 15 prison paintings for 15 years in US Gaols for the Cuban 5 by Antonio Guerrero - </b>Reproductions of Antonio's paintings from behind bars to raise awareness of the plight of the Cuban 5.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">Opening event - </b><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">Friday 9 May 2013 - 6:30 pm</b><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"> - Special guests include:</span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">Cuban Ambassador to Australia, Pedro Monz</span><span style="color: #545454; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">ón, </span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">The opening event will highlight the</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #161515;"> Literacy for Life Campaign in Australia, which</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial, mspゴシック, 'ms pgothic', 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">has been established to address very low literacy levels in Aboriginal Adults in Western NSW. It</span></span><span style="color: #161515; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"> is based on the ‘Yes I Can’ model established in Cuba and expanded to teach more than 6 million people to read in 28 countries around the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><b>'Maestra' - Film Screening and Q&A - Saturday 10 May 2013 - 2:00 pm </b>- 'Maestra ' tells the story of 9 Cuban women who, as young girls, participated in the massive Cuban literacy campaign of 1961.</span></div>
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<br />Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-25780094340815839492013-08-08T22:18:00.002+10:002013-08-08T22:18:29.827+10:00Sydney Supports the Cuban 5 - Saturday 14 September<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-77084829687548329882013-05-04T15:14:00.001+10:002013-05-04T15:14:34.940+10:00René González to stay in Cuba!René González, one of Cuba's five national anti-terrorist heroes, will stay in Cuba. A judge approved this change (after the US Government did not object) in exchange for him giving up his US citizenship. Welcome home René!<br />
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Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-1274054573497920582012-10-08T22:55:00.000+11:002012-10-08T22:55:14.246+11:00MARIELA CASTRO'S TOUR TO AUSTRALIA CANCELLEDMARIELA CASTRO'S TOUR TO AUSTRALIA CANCELLED
Due to a serious health issue relating to severe lower back pain, doctors have told Mariela that she cannot travel to Australia.
This is sad news for the Cuba solidarity movement in Australia, which was looking forward to hearing Mariela speak on many important topics in contemporary Cuba.Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-11823937046186501802012-09-01T13:01:00.002+10:002012-09-01T13:01:34.631+10:00MARIELA CASTRO in SYDNEY: sexual, gender and women's rights in CUBA today<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Tuesday, 16 October Mariela Castro</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Espín, director of Cuba’s National Centre for Sex Education (CENESEX), will give a public lecture on sexual, gender and women's rights in Cuba today. This once-only event will be held in the Eastern Avenue Auditorium from 6:15pm to 8:30pm.</span></span></div>
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Australia Cuba Friendship Society - Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479027204953205763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112366102944459264.post-20221382955388325262012-08-08T18:21:00.001+10:002012-08-08T18:21:40.118+10:00Fidel in the 21st Century<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">On Saturday 18
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life, thought and legacy of Fidel Castro. Titled “Fidel in the 21st Century”
the conference will develop on his contribution and ideas for a better world. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The
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