CELARG inaugurated the Fidel Castro Chair for its centenary

Published at: 04/03/2026 10:30 AM

Last Tuesday, March 3, the Fidel Castro Free Chair was installed in the auditorium of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Rómulo Gallegos (CELARG), with a lecture by Professor Judith Valencia, as part of the commemorative campaign for the centenary of the birth of the leader of the Cuban Revolution.

The initiative was organized by the Embassy of Cuba in Venezuela and CELARG, with the purpose of deepening the geopolitical thinking of Fidel Castro Ruz, according to a note from the Ministry for Culture .

During the event, the president of CELARG, Pedro Calzadilla, welcomed the attendees and highlighted the historic importance of the political moment in Latin America.

“This house is joyful, moved and excited to host and to be inaugurating today together with the Cuban embassy in Venezuela the Fidel Castro Ruz chair, which was created with the purpose of being a vigorous space for reflection, study, debate and dissemination of the historical performance of the enormous quarry that is Fidel's thought,” he said.

He also pointed out that this space must contribute to deciphering the dynamics that underlie the current complex time of humanity, marked by the renewed eruption of contradictions between antagonistic historical forces, war and peace, together with the teachings of Fidel.

For his part, the ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in Venezuela, Jorge Mayo Fernández, stated that the arrival of the Cuban leader disrupted not only the history of Cuba, but also in Latin American and global geopolitics.

“Fidel built a new humanism and a new concept of Nation, with a profound cultural revolution that embodied the essence of an entire people. Fidel was a man of culture, with him you couldn't improvise; he was a man of great reading spirit and knowledge to know how to face difficulties. He always acted with nobility and solidarity, the sharpest and most knowledgeable of the reality of his time,” he said.

Mazo News Team