Guantánamo – The First Workshop on Natural and Traditional Medicine, “The Great Indo-Cuban Family,” is being held over two days at the Encanto Cinema-Theater in Baracoa, Cuba’s first city, organized by the Office of the City Historian.
Nearly one hundred people from various sectors of society were welcomed by Alejandro Hartmann Matos, Baracoa historian and director of the Office of the City Historian.
Participants include representatives of the Indo-Cuban community, Public Health, Heritage, associations for people with disabilities, cultural promoters, and the government, among others.
At the start of the first day of work, delegates and guests enjoyed a screening of the documentary “My Brother Fidel,” by filmmaker Santiago Álvarez, a tribute to the Commander-in-Chief on the ninth anniversary of his death.
The presentations include lectures, audiovisuals, artistic performances, and other initiatives aimed at exploring the importance of herbal medicine and its uses in the daily lives of Baracoa residents and inhabitants of other regions of the country as part of a cultural heritage.
The event is sponsored by the Network of Offices of the Historian and Conservator of Heritage Cities of Cuba, the National Association of Italy-Cuba Friendship, the Plenty Foundation Canada, the Antonio Núñez Jiménez Foundation for Nature and Humanity, and the World and Pan American Health Organizations.
PhD. Anselma Betancourt Pulsán, Heroine of Labor of the Republic of Cuba and full professor at the University of Medical Sciences of Guantánamo, lends credibility with her presence to the workshop held in the First Town of Cuba.
