[NYTr] Cuba to Host International Symposium on Masonry

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Cuba to Host International Symposium on Masonry

Havana, Nov 29 (acn) The First International Symposium on Latin 
American and Caribbean Masonry will take place in Havana from December 
5-8.

In a meeting with reporters on Wednesday, Esther Lobaina Oliva, Deputy 
Director of the Havana-based Don Fernando Ortiz Center of Studies, 
recalled that masonry had a great influence on the independence, 
culture and formation of states in Latin America and the Caribbean.

She added that with this premise and with the goal of promoting further 
studies on this topic, they made the call for this first symposium that 
will be attended by specialists from Spain, France, Portugal, Costa 
Rica, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Aruba.

Lobaina also recalled that Cuban independence heroes such as Jose 
Marti, Ignacio Agramonte and Antonio Maceo were linked to masonry and 
also recalled preparatory meetings led by Fidel Castro at the Masonic 
Logia of Artemisa prior to the attack on the Moncada garrison in 1953.

The opening conference of this symposium will be delivered by historian 
Eduardo Torres Cuevas on December 5 at the Main Hall of the University 
of Havana while the working sessions of the event will take place at 
the Solidarity Hall of the Habana Libre hotel.

The opening day of the event will coincide with the 148th anniversary 
of the creation of the Great Logia of Cuba.

Attending the symposium will be Spanish Antonio Ferrer, a renowned 
specialist on the topic.