The Fidel Castro Ruz Center has convened the First International Colloquium on Fidel's Legacy and Future, to be held August 10-13 at Havana's Convention Center, on the eve of his centennial birth anniversary. The gathering proposes to examine his actions in political, social, internationalist, and human dimensions, while debating his impact on national liberation movements and the Global South.
The Fidel Castro Ruz Center, in conjunction with Cuban academic and cultural institutions, has convened the First International Colloquium on Fidel's Legacy and Future. The event is scheduled for August 10-13 at the Convention Center in Havana, on the eve of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro's centennial birth on August 13, 1926.
As stated on the center's website, "the meeting proposes to analyze his actions in the political, social, internationalist, and human dimensions; to debate his influence on national liberation movements, the Global South, and the geopolitics of the 20th and 21st centuries; to reflect on the relevance of his ideas in the struggle against imperialism, inequalities, climate change, and for peace and the sovereignty of peoples; and explore the reception, interpretation, and projection of his legacy in art, culture, education, and science."
René González Barrios, director of the organizing institution, issued the invitation via his social media to historians, political scientists, economists, sociologists, jurists, researchers, politicians, diplomats, journalists, information science specialists, teachers, students, artists, social leaders, Cuba solidarity committees, and friends of the Revolution worldwide. The aim is to foster critical and pluralistic debate on the historic leader's contributions to contemporary thought.
The program features a meeting of the Fidel Castro Ruz Chairs, a symposium on the Cuban Revolution, and sectoral forums on youth, women, the network of artists and intellectuals, social movements in defense of humanity, the anti-fascist international, and parliamentary matters, among others. Participation formats include keynote and thematic lectures, round tables, panels, presentations, book launches, documentaries, or related cultural projects.