A forum on Cuban foreign policy will bring together lectures on Fidel Castro’s impact on the struggle for peace, the unity of peoples, and revolutionary diplomacy.

The forum on Fidel and public health will address his influence in that sector and the development of the Cuban biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry.

In the area of education, the leader’s impact on professional training and literacy will be analyzed, and his educational work will be highlighted as a benchmark for social justice, solidarity, and human development.

The philosophical and ideological foundations of Fidel Castro’s thought, his political ideas, ethics, social leadership, and his contributions to the legal sector will also be debated.

The leader’s oratory and political communication, his revolutionary praxis, political power, and social leadership are also among the issues to be analyzed by more than 1,500 delegates attending the Colloquium.

The key aspects of Fidel Castro’s thinking regarding political strategy and regional integration, the role of youth and student movements, and the relationship between Marti and Fidel in the construction of Our America will also be examined.

The leader’s influence on science, culture, communication, agriculture, anti-imperialism, and the women’s movement will be a focus of attention, highlighting his legacy as a symbol of social justice, sovereignty, and international cooperation.

The First International Colloquium “Fidel: Legacy and Future” opened on Monday at this capital’s Conference Center and will continue until August 13, marking the 100th birthday of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution.

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