“Journalism is a permanent guerrilla war, and we arrive at newsrooms ready to conquer the world,” said Rafael Mena Brito, a second-year journalism student, at today’s tribute to Cuban patriot and journalist Juan Gualberto Gómez.
At the Colón Cemetery in Havana, in front of the tomb that holds the remains of Juan Gualberto Gómez, the young student, who also works in the cultural section of the Granma newspaper, said it was an honor to speak at the event that kicked off the day’s activities for Cuban Press Day.
As is tradition every year, young people pay homage to Juan Gualberto, the independence fighter and journalist who was a trusted confidant of José Martí and founder of the newspaper Patria on March 14, 1892.
“Why young people? Why us? Why insist on this tradition? I encourage you to find the answer in a very simple reflection, since it is well known that in these times there is an abundance of young people in this profession. Many are recent graduates, and others, even from their first year of studies, already have the privilege of being part of the profession,” the student explained.
He remembered Martí, the internationalist Pablo de la Torriente Brau who died in the Spanish Civil War, and Fidel Castro, who, with a shared vision, saw journalism as a unifying force and a weapon in the fight for just causes.
Ricardo Ronquillo Bello, president of the Union of Journalists of Cuba (Upec), led the pilgrimage to the tomb of the renowned Cuban intellectual, along with a group of professionals, who despite the difficult context, came to reaffirm that in complex times unity becomes unbreakable.
IMAGE CREDIT: Bárbara Vasallo / Photos: Luis Jiménez
[ SOURCE: AGENCIA CUBANA DE NOTICIAS ]
