{"id":202859,"date":"2019-07-23T17:57:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T21:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=202859"},"modified":"2019-07-23T17:57:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T21:57:09","slug":"diaz-canel-receives-u-s-actor-danny-glover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/diaz-canel-receives-u-s-actor-danny-glover\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00edaz-Canel receives U.S. actor Danny Glover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel received this Monday in Havana U.S. actor Danny Glover, who was an active member of the solidarity campaign for the freedom of the 5 Cuban agents\u2015Five Heroes\u2015imprisoned for more than fifteen years in United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

Glover has been in Cuba since Saturday to attend as a guest the graduation ceremony of the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), among which there are 10 students from the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome dear friend Danny Glover. See you soon,\u201d D\u00edaz-Canel wrote on his Twitter account after the arrival in Havana of the actor, also known for his stand as a human rights activist.<\/span><\/p>\n

D\u00edaz-Canel and Glover talked about \u201cthe importance of promoting artistic exchanges between Cuba and the United States, based on existing historical and cultural links,\u201d said the state-run Cuban News Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Caribbean island\u2019s president expressed to Glover his “concern about the negative impact this area has suffered, as a result of the rollback in bilateral relations.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Estudios Revoluci\u00f3n.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

D\u00edaz-Canel also reiterated Cuba’s will to “advance” with the broad sectors that in the United States favor the improvement of ties between the two nations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Danny Glover was accompanied at the meeting by the director of Cultural Studies and Communication at the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies at the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington DC, James Early, the Councilmember of the city of Sacramento, California, Allen Warren, and Dr. Luther Castillo, a Honduran doctor who graduated from ELAM.<\/span><\/p>\n

The vice president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Noem\u00ed Rabaza, and the island\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs US director general for the United States, Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez de Coss\u00edo, also participated in the meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a joy to be spending my birthday in Cuba! https:\/\/t.co\/XQl2W3x2sl<\/a><\/p>\n

— Danny Glover (@mrdannyglover) July 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n