Only few hours after the death of prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, personalities and institutions around the world have used social media to send their condolences to Cuba and the ballet.

Josep Borrell Fontelles, minister of foreign affairs, the Europe Union and Cooperation of the Spain Kingdom, who is on an official visit in Cuba, wrote on Twitter to be surprised in this country with “the loss of the dance legend Alicia Alonso, a unique and universal person who represented as no one before the artistic talent of Cubans.”

The national dance company of Mexico issued a statement regretting the sad loss of the ballerina, who created the Cuban National Ballet and is considered a legend of classic ballet; “we join dance community, family and friends in their sorrow”, it concludes.

The national institute of Arts and Literature of Mexico published on Twitter that classic dance is mourning because of the loss of prima ballerina Alicia Alonso, who collaborated with the national dance company regarding her chorographical version of Giselle.

Besides, the renowned Cuban dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta, on his official Twitter account, wrote an emotional message, just in few words he expressed what Alicia’s death meant for him: “mom is gone, the greatest star. Alicia Alonso…Immortal! ”.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, president of the republic of Cuba, few minutes after the news was published, wrote on Twitter his regrets for the loss of Alonso, expressing that “she left a great hollow but an insuperable legacy; she enabled Cuba’s position on the best of world dancing; thanks Alicia for your immortal work”, he twitted from Mexico, where he is on an official visit.

Iroel Sánchez, a Cuban engineer and journalist, wrote on this social web that, even as a world star, the prima ballerina assoluta remained in Cuba, she bet for her homeland and Revolution, then she offered her talent and disposal to serve her people, to whom she gave a universally prestigious ballet school with the Cuban soul as its core.

Meanwhile, Luis Morlote Rivas, president of the Cuba’s writers and artists union, expressed that with profound grief Cuban writers and artists say good-bye to the great Alicia Alonso, member of honor of this organization, who will be always remembered.

Moreover, the vice minister of foreign affairs Rogelio Sierra, reminded in the digital web what the Revolution leader Fidel Castro Ruz once said about the Cuban culture icon, who he named as “the silk hand that awakened the sleeping genius at the bottom of our people's soul.”

The IV meeting of Cuban residents in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Mexico from October 18th until the 20th. So far, about 100 delegates from around 15 countries have confirmed their attendance.

As published by Prensa Latina today, the call for the appointment implies that it will take place "with a commitment to defend our nation and cultural identity, always moved by Martí’s and Fidel’s ideology."

Moreover, it is anticipated that it will be a forum of great patriotic sentiment, for peace and Cubanness, whose program includes holding discussion rounds, keynote lectures, cultural shows, and a tribute to personalities that contributed to the Revolution triumph, among other activities.

Cubans will arrive to give life to the encounter from nations such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Uruguay, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Mexico, where they are residents.

The so-called "Dialogue of 78" was an initiative of the Cuban government to promote the strengthening of relations between nationals residing abroad and their homeland, a process that is proclaimed as continuous and irreversible.

Subsequently, three editions of La Nación and La Emigración conferences (1994, 1995 and 2004) and three other thematic meetings were held, the first of which Cubans were against the Helms-Burton Act, in January 1997.

In March 2008, the appointment was named “Cubans living abroad against the embargo and terrorism and in favor of freedom for the five heroes”; then, two years later, in January 2010, the call was to rise against the US siege and in defense of national sovereignty, according to Prensa Latina.

According to Granma newspaper, there are 157 associations of Cuban Residents Abroad (CRE) constituted in 72 countries. In addition, national and regional meetings of Cubans living abroad are held periodically and links between Cuba and those nations where Cubans reside are strengthened.

On the other hand, the website Cubadebate published that Cubans reside temporarily or permanently in more than 120 countries worldwide. This implies creating their families also abroad; however, the vast majority of descendants of these Cubans residing abroad declare themselves of Cuban nationality for their family and cultural ties, an invisible thread of idiosyncrasy that cannot be denied.

The University of Holguín, more than half a century old,  has a special area where various research programs are developed, including what will be the science and technology park, which is currently in project phase in order to expand its links with local businesses in the territory.

The PhD Ana de Lourdes Torralbas, general director of the economic area of ​​the educational institution, stressed the main objective of the facility is to work as a mediator among the academic, governmental and productive sectors, for advice and management of local development projects and commercialization of results in the investigations.

The center has several plans, among other programs, aimed at researches related to sport development so as protection of electrical connections of refrigeration equipment with the collaboration of the provincial company of local industries and that of engineering and technical services.

The facility will also enable to develop other researches such as the manufacture of metal molds to speed up the housing construction process, with the engineering company and technical services, besides the creation of a computer system to improve the management of rent houses in the eastern province of Holguín.

The scientific association is located at the university branch Oscar Lucero Moya, where the projects for the premises of the research park have been accomplished, whose construction value is estimated at around half a million pesos, mentioned the director.

Currently, in the areas provisionally chosen for that purpose, there are concentrated engineering majors, and they have for now the required infrastructure for scientific and technical development considering the different educational programs.