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21/02/2011 09:26:26

During a conference at the Casa de las Americas, in the framework of the XX International Book Fair Cuba 2011, Marie Laurence Jocelyn Lassègue, Minister of Culture and Communication of Haiti, has thanked the Cuban cooperation in various sectors, especially the Cuban health teams who struggle every day against the cholera epidemic in Haiti.

She reiterated the importance of this international book fair that promotes the contacts between readers and writers and which allows to think about a future better.

Present at this event to strengthen cultural ties between Haiti and Cuba, the Minister stated that "for the first time in Haiti, the culture is included as a priority and have thought about what is essential to promote the national development [...] efforts are essential to artistic creation and safeguarding of tangible and intangible cultural heritage"

She stressed the importance of creating spaces in Haiti for the dissemination of different forms of art, while taking into account the deterioration of many historic buildings and documents following the earthquake of January 2010.

HL/ HaitiLibre