Caracas, October 31 (RHC-ACN)-- Cuban collaborators of all the social missions in the Venezuelan capital celebrated 16 years since the signing of the Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement between Cuba and Venezuela. 

A cultural event was held at Caracas' Teatro Principal, featuring Cuban music, dance and poetry. Cuban professionals from the health, education, sports, culture and other sectors celebrated the ties of friendship between two revolutions evidenced by bilateral cooperation offering concrete benefits to both peoples.

Cuban Ambassador to Venezuela, Rogelio Polanco, described the solidarity demonstrated by the thousands of Cuban collaborators who offer the best of their knowledge and skills to improve the quality of life of Venezuelans as admirable, noting that Cuba’s internationalism has seen the island gain global prestige and resulted in victories such as the worldwide support during the recent UN vote to lift the U.S. blockade.

Víctor Gaute, coordinator of the Cuban missions in the South American country, stressed that beyond the direct contribution of collaboration in health, sports, culture and virtually all sectors of economic and social life of Venezuela, the Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement has also provided training for Venezuelans to maintain the socialist programs of the Bolivarian Revolution.

This past Sunday, October 30, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, through its official Twitter account, described 16 years of the Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement as a symbol of the strength of relations between the two nations.