A sculpture by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer symbolizing the Cubans' struggle against US hegemony
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- 01 / 30 / 2008
A sculpture by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer symbolizing the Cubans' struggle against US hegemony was erected at the Information Sciences University, on the outskirts of this capital.
"I dedicate this monument to Cuba in its struggle against the imperialist monster," stated Niemeyer in a message sent for the opening ceremony and read Monday in the activity.
For Brazilian Dominican friar and outstanding academic Frei Betto, the occasion was used to honor a man "we all admire and revere,"
because to be a contemporary of him is a gift and privilege.
Niemeyer is a man who has never betrayed his convictions of fighting for a world without oppression, said Frei Betto, one of the special participants in the gala along with others attending the Second International Conference for World Equilibrium.
The sculpture symbolizes the Cuban struggles against Washington hostility, and the island's independence and sovereignty, noted Melchor Gil, rector of the higher educational center.
The work is technically incomplete, because it includes a theater with a capacity for 1,200 people, already has 21,527 square feet of concrete and a water mirror where the steel bar structure is situated.
The sculpture represents a Cuban man with a flag facing a monster with its mouth open.
(PL)
"I dedicate this monument to Cuba in its struggle against the imperialist monster," stated Niemeyer in a message sent for the opening ceremony and read Monday in the activity.
For Brazilian Dominican friar and outstanding academic Frei Betto, the occasion was used to honor a man "we all admire and revere,"
because to be a contemporary of him is a gift and privilege.
Niemeyer is a man who has never betrayed his convictions of fighting for a world without oppression, said Frei Betto, one of the special participants in the gala along with others attending the Second International Conference for World Equilibrium.
The sculpture symbolizes the Cuban struggles against Washington hostility, and the island's independence and sovereignty, noted Melchor Gil, rector of the higher educational center.
The work is technically incomplete, because it includes a theater with a capacity for 1,200 people, already has 21,527 square feet of concrete and a water mirror where the steel bar structure is situated.
The sculpture represents a Cuban man with a flag facing a monster with its mouth open.
(PL)
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