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• South America
• 10 / 11 / 2007

Next year will be International Year of Che in Rosario, Argentina, Santa Fe Gov. Jorge Obeid announced on Tuesday at a gathering paying tribute to Ernesto Che Guevara on the 40th anniversary of his assassination.

Obeid said that activities scheduled to commemorate Che"s 80th birthday (June 14) will pay tribute to one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humankind.

It will also be a recognition for the government, the State and the people of Cuba, because Che fought for a Revolution that became reality, made progress and remains, despite the US blockade, military actions and discrimination.

Obeid presented two copies of the Che Year Proclamation to Cuban Embassy Political Consul Francisco Delgado, one of them to be given to President Fidel Castro.

"This is for Commander Fidel Castro, with the hope that, by the way he"s been recovering from his illness, next year we may have him here, too," he told journalists.