{"id":2518,"date":"2020-08-01T23:01:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T23:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2020-08-01T23:05:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T23:05:30","slug":"cuban-government-decrees-official-mourning-for-eusebio-leal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuban-government-decrees-official-mourning-for-eusebio-leal\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Government decrees official mourning for Eusebio Leal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/la-habana-villa-san-cristobal-500-aniversario-1-580x329-1.jpg?resize=580%2C329&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/la-habana-villa-san-cristobal-500-aniversario-1-580x329-1.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/la-habana-villa-san-cristobal-500-aniversario-1-580x329-1.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/la-habana-villa-san-cristobal-500-aniversario-1-580x329-1.jpg?resize=388%2C220&amp;ssl=1 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day of official mourning was decreed in Cuba on Saturday as a tribute to eminent intellectual and Havana Historian Eusebio Leal, who died on Friday at the age of 77.<br>The Presidency of the Republic issued an official press release in which it decreed 24 hours of official mourning, from 00:00 hours to 11:59 hours on Saturday, August 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the official mourning, the national flag will be hoisted at half-mast in public buildings and military institutions, the communiqu\u00e9 says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The funeral of the prominent intellectual will be held at the National Capitol once the Covid-19 pandemic is controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the wish of Leal&#8217;s family, his ashes will be preserved so that the Cuban people can pay him deserved tribute for his invaluable work in favor of the rescue, conservation and promotion of Havana&#8217;s and the nation&#8217;s historic values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plenglish.com\/index.php?o=rn&amp;id=58426&amp;SEO=cuban-government-decrees-official-mourning-for-eusebio-leal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Prensa Latina<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day of official mourning was decreed in Cuba on Saturday as a tribute to eminent intellectual and Havana Historian Eusebio Leal, who died on<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuban-government-decrees-official-mourning-for-eusebio-leal\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2538,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/eusebio-leal-spengler-one-of-the-most-real-and-useful-cubans-of-our-times\/","url_meta":{"origin":2518,"position":0},"title":"Eusebio Leal Spengler: One of the Most Real and Useful Cubans of our Times","author":"Editorial Team","date":"August 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I can assure you that on few occasions have I felt as sad as I did this Friday. 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