Book by Chinese-Cuban generals: 'A practicalexample of how to fight, win, and defend gains'
- Submitted by: admin
- Arts and Culture
- Literature
- 11 / 19 / 2006
The following remarks by Mary-Alice Waters were given at an October 20 presentation in Santiago de Cuba of Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution. Waters is president of Pathfinder Press and editor of the book, which is available in both Spanish and English.
Also on the panel were Gen. Moisés Sío Wong, one of the three authors, and Iraida Aguirrechu, a senior editor of Editora Política, publishing house of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party. An article on Sío Wongs remarks appears on the facing page.
The meeting was part of a speaking tour of seven Cuban cities to discuss and promote Our History Is Still Being Written. Sío Wong, Aguirrechu, and Waters spoke at similar events in Ciego de Avila, Holguín, and Bayamo. Gen. Armando Choy addressed meetings in Quemado de Güines and Corralillo in the central province of Villa Clara. And all three authors"Sío Wong, Choy, and Gen. Gustavo Chui"spoke along with Aguirrechu and Waters at a meeting in Havana. Each event was hosted by the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution along with the municipal government and the Cuban Communist Party in the province.
Source: The Militant
Comments