Polanco made the statement in response to those who wonder about the reasons for so much mutual love, and pointed out that they cannot understand the existence of intangible reasons that transcend diplomatic formalities and intergovernmental agreements.
When blood is offered for a brother, everything is said, noted the diplomat, who expressed his pride in being able to pay tribute to the Cuban independence hero from a Tao Dan park-garden in the heart of Hanoi, and from a heroic Vietnam.
The Cuban diplomat recalled that Martí was the first “who took us on a tour of this sister land and described with unparalleled beauty those who live on fish and rice and dress in silk, far away in Asia, by the seashore.”
He also taught us to admire those who fought like the bravest and of whom he predicted that they would fight again, because they have known how to die, thousands upon thousands, to close the way to the foreign invader, Polanco added.
“Here we are, Apostle, together with the kind, hard-working and heroic people who, almost a century after your marvelous evocation, finally achieved victory, reunited the nation and began to build a Vietnam ten times more beautiful,” he said.
The apostle of Cuban independence, ideologist of the necessary war against colonial power, architect of the unity of the insurrectional forces, forger of a Party to make the revolution, Major General of the Liberation Army, precursor and innovator in letters and in revolutionary action. José Martí is all of this and much more, he pointed out.
The Cuban ambassador recalled Martí’s sentence that “the world is a beautiful temple, where all men of the earth fit in peace,” and emphasized that this peace, achieved with the colossal sacrifice of the nation, is the supreme guarantee to preserve the high values that inspired so many generations of Vietnamese.
For that beautiful temple that the world should be, there is still much to be done, he pointed out, adding that wars, conflicts, ambitions, plundering and blockades continue to be the scene of the planet, while the human race resists domination and submission.
“That is why the history that unites our peoples is so valuable,” Polanco stressed, and praised the fact that in 2025, it will be 65 years since Vietnam and Cuba formalized a bond that was already woven by Martí with his eloquent prose and that Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro and President Ho Chi Minh forged in the anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist and socialist struggle.
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