During the funeral service, the first honor guard was led by José Ramón Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Party Central Committee and vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers.
The Cuban people paid posthumous tribute this Tuesday, September 29, to devoted revolutionary Jorge Risquet Valdés-Saldaña. The Veterans’ Pantheon at the Colón Cemetery is Havana, saw a moving tribute by family, friends, compañeros and important leaders of the Party and government.
During the funeral service, the first honor guard was led by José Ramón Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Party Central Committee and vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers; member of the Party Political Bureau Miguel Díaz-Canel, first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers; and the Ministers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frías; and the Heroine of the Republic of Cuba, Brigadier General Teté Puebla.
Other figures and friends also guarded the ashes of the prominent internationalist and founder of the Communist Party of Cuba, next to which were placed floral wreaths on behalf of the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro and Army General Raúl Castro, President of the Councils of State and Ministers.
Similarly, wreaths were sent by the ambassadors of Algeria, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Benin, among others, as an undeniable sign of affection and consideration on the part of these African countries, which Jorge Risquet defended throughout his life.
His ashes will be transferred to the Mausoleum of the Frank País Second Eastern Front at a later date.