SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE FOR CUBA THIS WEEKEND

St. George's, October 10, 2008 -- Amigos de Cuba and the Cuban Embassy in Grenada are holding a Solidarity Conference for Cuba on Saturday October 11, 2008 at the GBSS auditorium.

The conference starts at 3:00 PM with an exhibition highlighting the cooperation between Cuba and Grenada. At 4:00PM, there will be speeches and solidarity messages from persons representing a wide cross section of the Grenadian society.

Among the officials addressing the conference are Foreign Minister Peter David; Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Keith Mitchell; Cuban Ambassador, Her Excellency Margarita Delgado and Senator Chester Humphrey.

Among the organizations invited to express solidarity with the Cuban people at the conference are the Trade Union Council, the Technical & Allied Workers Union (TAWU), the Grenada /Cuba Friendship Association, the Grenada United Labour Party (GULP), the People’s Labour Movement (PLM) and the NGO’s.

The conference comes at the heels of the two hurricanes which devastated wide sections of Cuba. It is also happening at a time when the Cubans are preparing to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Revolution which triumphed on January 1, 1959.