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Cuban President congratulates Brazil on Independence Day

Havana, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Thursday congratulated the people and Government of Brazil on the X social network on the occasion of the 201st anniversary of the Ipiranga Cry, which proclaimed Independence Day on September 7, 1822. On that social network, previously, the Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales, had congratulated the Brazilian people, and expressed Cuba's will to continue to build brotherly relations.

Brazil declared its emancipation from Portugal on September 7, 1822. Prince Pedro I of Brazil (Don Pedro) was in charge of proclaiming the Cry of Independence that day on the banks of the Ipiranga river, in the state of Sao Paulo.

Brazil celebrates the date on Thursday with the theme Democracy, sovereignty and union, and a huge parade in the capital’s Esplanade of the Ministries.

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