The event was co-organized by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations, the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association and the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam, in the context of Cuban historic transition.
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"Cuban Identity in Butterflies" is the name Antonio Guerreo Rodriguez gave his watercolor paintings collection portraying 12 of the 25 endemic butterflies living in rural and urban areas, Cuba.
Artist Antonio began drawing butterflies from early March 2011 and ended on June 11. When completing his work, Tony said "It’s almost a dream for me, a dream has come true". He hopes these works will fulfill their mission of introducing Cuba's natural history to the world.
One of 12 works exhibited at the exhibition (Photo: Ngoc Tran)
Also in the painting exhibition, Antonio Guerreri Rodriguez introduced to his Vietnamese friends the book "The truth calls my name". This is a collection of poems written during Antonio's detention in the United States Prison. The book was translated to Vietnamese by two translators Luu Van Kha and Khanh Nguyen from Spanish.
Author Antonio Guerreo Rodriguez (Photo: TV)
Antonio Guerreri Rodríguez was born on October 16, 1956 in the United States. Immediately after birth he with his family returned to Cuba. He is an airport engineer, a poet and one of five revolutionary men who infiltrate terrorist groups in Miami, the feeding place of the Mafia groups against Cuba who organized attacks on Cuba. In late 1998, he was arrested by FBI under accusation of espionage charges.
He was released on December 17, 2014 as part of a humanitarian deal reached between the governments of Cuba and the United States.
While imprisoned, he spent time writing poetry and painting. He has 11 poetry collections published, many of which have been translated into many languages, including "The truth calls my name." On painting, he organized 13 exhibitions on a variety of subjects, including themes of Cuban revolutionary women, Cuban historical people, and Cuban nature with birds, butterflies and flowers./.
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