Raul and Diaz Canel send wreaths for the death of a prominent Cuban journalist

HAVANA, Cuba, June 7 (ACN) To pay tribute to Cuban journalist, critic and intellectual Pedro de la Hoz Gonzalez, who passed away on Wednesday, wreaths were laid at Sala Villena of the Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (Uneac , by the Spanish company). acronym) by Army General Raul Castro Ruz, leader of the Revolution, and Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic.

Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Organizing Secretary of the PCC, and Ines Maria Chapman Waugh, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, attended the honors for this outstanding teacher.

Miguel Barnet Lanza, writer, ethnologist and honorary president of Uneac, in his farewell words recalled his connections with journalist De la Hoz in the 1970s, newly arrived from Cienfuegos, who “brought a glimmer of light bright in the eyes and a profession that won. his time because he was the architect in Cuba of a critical and committed journalism”.

For Pedro, literature and music were his most cherished preferences, however, he was a trained journalist, a perceptive critic, profound and unrestrained, because he courageously imposed his criteria above any academy, any school, he added.

Barnet Lanza noted that De la Hoz was the most cultured, the vocation musician who did not turn his back on the service orchestra and did not surrender to convention or circumstantial whims.

The Honorary President of Uneac emphasized that De la Hoz also placed his profession in favor of the truth and did not let anyone lie to him.

Pedro was always aware that racism was a barbarity to be eradicated, Barnet Lanza stated and concluded by saying: Dear Pedro, to die is to continue the journey.

The tribute to Pedro de la Hoz was also attended by Alpidio Alonso Grau, Minister of Culture, as well as members of the national presidency of Uneac, the Hermanos Saiz Association (AHS), the Casa de las Americas, the Nicolas Guillen Foundation and the Cuban Association. Book Institute, which laid wreaths and honored his memory and legacy.

The renowned journalist and intellectual was a member of the Cultural Editorial Office of the Granma newspaper, where he worked for 36 years.

He has received notable awards, including the Jose Antonio Fernandez de Castro Cultural Journalism Award (1999), the Jose Marti National Journalism Award (2022), the Replica of the Maximo Gomez Mask (2022), and the status of AHS Youth Master (2023), among others.