Havana, Mar 14 (RHC) The Venezuela-Cuba Friendship and Mutual Solidarity Movement acknowledged Cuban journalists on Cuban Press Day on Tuesday.

In its message, the Movement recalled that “Patria” (Homeland), founded by Cuban National Hero Jose Marti on March 14, 1892, was the first newspaper published. Cuban Press Day was established in 1992 on the 100th anniversary of that newspaper.

The publication aimed to unite and organize what Marti called the Necessary War against Spain and to contribute as a spokesperson for the ideas of the Cuban Revolutionary Party, founded by Martí on April 10, 1892, just one month after Patria newspaper.

On its first issue, Marti noted that the newspaper’s purposes were “to unite and love, and to live in the passion of truth (…), in the hour of danger, to watch over freedom, to be an invincible force for unity, and to prevent the enemy from defeating us again due to our disorganization.” (Source: PL)