A painting exhibition was held in Hanoi on April 24 to introduce the Cuban identity through butterflies’ image and a poem collection by Cuban Hero Antonio Guerrero Rodriguez to Vietnamese people.
Cuban Hero Antonio Guerrero Rodriguez addresses the event (Source: dangcongsan.vn)
Hanoi (VNA)– A painting exhibition was held in Hanoi on April 24 to introduce the Cubanidentity through butterflies’ image and a poem collection by Cuban Hero AntonioGuerrero Rodriguez to Vietnamese people.
The event drew CubanAmbassador to Vietnam Lianys Torres Rivera, deputy head of the Communist Partyof Vietnam’s Central Committee for Commission for External Relations NguyenTuan Phong, representatives from the embassies of some Latin Americancountries, and the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association, and Cuban alumni.
According to VicePresident of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association Nguyen Duy Cuong, theevent aims to introduce paintings and poems of Cuban authors to Vietnamesepeople, thus increasing Vietnamese people’s understanding of the land, cultureand people of Cuba as well as the friendship and solidarity between the twocountries.
Cuong said thatAntonio Guerrero Rodriguez is one of the five anti-terrorism heroes of Cuba. Inthe jail, he composed poems and painted. He has published five collections ofpoems, many of which were translated into many languages, including the “Thetruth names me” collection.
He has also organised13 painting exhibitions with various themes, including the “Cuban identitythough butterflies’ image” which features 12 paintings of some typicalbutterflies of Cuba.
Addressing the event,Antonio Guerrero Rodriguez said that thanks to the Vietnam-Cuba friendship andsolidarity founded by Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro, he has a chanceto introduce his art works in Vietnam.
He said that painting butterfliesreminds him of his childhood and butterflies he saw on Santa Maria beach, whichmakes he feel free and full of love for his country and people. Butterflies havealso inspired many artists of Cuba, he added.-VNA
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Cuban Hero Antonio Guerrero Rodriguez addresses the event (Source: dangcongsan.vn) 
