Skerrit receives Order of José Marti

HAVANA (CMC):

Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit was awarded the Order of José Marti on Tuesday night, noting that the Cuban revolution is no longer one of guns but one of ideas, “which seeks to elevate the dominant principle of our world as the dignity of the human person”.

The Order of José Marti is named after the Cuban national hero, who became the symbol of Cuba’s struggle for independence, and Skerrit, who ended a two-day official visit here, praised Havana for “holding fast to the ideas and ideals of Jose Martí, to the revolutionary spirit of Ché Guevarra, and to the vigour and vision of Comrade El Presidente Fidel.

“Through the example of the Cuban people, the world has seen that size is no bar to excellence or global leadership; that determination is the greatest driver for success; and that the human spirit is indomitable in its quest for dignity and freedom,” Skerrit said, adding that “I sense that revolutionary spirit still in this land”.

Skerrit receives the Order of José Marti from President Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez at the end of his two-day official visit to Cuba on Tuesday night

He said the Cuban revolution has shown the world that despite the global contention of war and trial, there is reward in the desire for, and pursuit of, peace; and that on the landscape of underdevelopment and poverty, nation states can offer citizens equity and inclusion; that against bitter oppression, countries must stand on the side of social and economic justice.

“The world has witnessed the failings of the naked idolisation of capital, but Cuba’s voice has been firm and consistent in insisting that first and foremost, must be the prioritisation of the human person.”