Out of 118 nations invited to participate, 76 nations have already confirmed their presence at 17th  World Festival of Youth and Students, to be open in 24 days in Pretoria.

International Organizing Committee sources reported that the number of participants amounts to nearly  17 thousand delegates delegates and guests, this Committee was established since mid October in this southern African country, including two Cuban representatives in its staff.

Preparatory national committees from Venezuela, Brazil, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Algeria, Syria, Russia, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Viet Nam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are among the first to announce sending delegations to the Festival.

The peoples of Palestine and West Sahara will be also represented and young delegates from all over the world will raise their voices as a support for their legitimate rights, aspirations and historical reivindication support the legitimate rights and the historical demands.

This festival is specially dedicated to two relevant personalities in the contemporary history, Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro.  This meeting will also be a platform and a trench for the defense of Cuba´s most demanding causes, as well as the end of f the blockade imposed by the US Administration for nearly half a century.

According to news updates from South Africa, Pretoria,  one of the nations´s three most important cities,  will be the Festival major venue, scheduled  from  December 13th through December 21st, under the slogan: Let’s defeat Imperialism! For a world of Peace, Solidarity and Social Transformation!

The University of South Africa, a public institution also known as UNISA, will be the host for most of scheduled activities, such as seminars, conferences, workshops, solidarity and sectorial meetings, the Anti-Imperialist Court and the Friendship Fair, in which each country will have a stand.

Translated by: Daysi Olano

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