09:00 – 09:30 |
Registration |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Documentary film: “66 Hours” – The True Story of Bay of Pigs.
Directed by Otto M. Guzmán, MUNDO LATINO |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Introduction by Jack McGinley, Chair of the SIPTU Solidarity with Cuba Forum. |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Historical significance of the Bay of Pigs Victory.
Speakers: Víctor Dreke, Deputy Chairman of the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs veteran and Irish speaker. Moderator: Gerry Grainger, Workers Party Q&A |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Coffee |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Validity of the Cuban Revolution 50 years after declaring its socialist character.
Speaker: Reinaldo Taladrid, journalist and political analyst Moderator: Eugene Mc Cartan, Communist Party of Ireland Q&A |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 16:30 | Solidarity with Cuba Presentations and adoption of Plan of Action
The US blockade. Speakers: Simon McGuinness and Dr. David Hickey, Cuba Support Group and María Aleida del Riego, Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples. EU Common Position on Cuba. Speakers: Barbara de Brun MEP and Teresita Trujillo, Cuban Ambassador to Ireland. The Miami Five. Speakers: Reinaldo Taladrid, Finian McGrath TD and Jimmy Kelly, UNITE. |
16:30 |
Closing remarks. Adoption of the Final Declaration.
Speaker; Jack O’Connor ICTU. |
| 17:00 | Laying of wreath at the memorial to Commandant James Connolly by Cuban veteran |
| 18:00 |
Internationale |
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