On May 29 and May 30, 2024, Cuban Ambassador to the United States Lianys Rivera Torres and Cuban Embassy Second Secretary David Rivera Alvarez visited Seattle. They were welcomed to the Emerald City and held several meetings with the community, public officials and civic and labor organizations.
The Seattle/King County community gives a warm welcome to Ambassador Torres Rivera and Secretary Alvarez at the Southside Commons Auditorium in SE Seattle.
King County Executive Dow Constantine meets with Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera.
King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (pink jacket) meets with Ambassador Torres Rivera and Secretary Alvarez.
King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda meets with Ambassador Torres Rivera, Secretary Alvarez, and U.S. Women and Cuba Collaboration chair Cindy Domingo.
* Special thanks to Cindy for arranging all the Seattle meetings with Ambassador Torres Rivera, great work! *
Ambassador Torres Rivera and Secretary Alvarez and Washington State Labor Council labor leaders.
Cuban Ambassador and Second Secretary with Gabriel Prawl, President of the A. Philip Randolf Institute, King County Chapter.
Ambassador Torres Rivera and Second Secretary David Ramirez Alvarez meet with University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce (purple jacket).
Cuban Ambassador and Second Secretary with members of A Legacy of Equality Leadership and Organizing (LELO) and U.S. Women and Cuba Collaboration.
The Ambassador visiting Seattle public school teacher Carlos Lazo and the Puentes de Amor family. (Puentes de Amor is a non-profit American organization that seeks to build bridges of love between the people and the United States and the people of Cuba).
The Ambassador enjoys singing and eating with Seattle public school teacher Carlos Lazo and the Puentes de Amor family.
Finally on May 30, Amb. Torres-Rivera & the Second Secretary met with South Seattle Emerald reporter Agueda Pacheco Flores for an interview, which was subsequently published by that neighborhood newspaper.
Thank you Ambassador Torres Rivera and Second Secretary Alvarez for visiting our city. We hope that your brief visit strengthened the bonds between your beautiful, courageous nation and our forward-thinking community. Please come back and see us again!
Seattle/Cuba Friendship Committee
E-mail:
Website: www.seattlecuba.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/seattlecubafriendship/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seattlecuba/
Embassy of Cuba in U.S.A.: https://misiones.cubaminrex.cu/en/usa/embassy-cuba-usa
U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration: https://www.womenandcuba.org
A Legacy of Equality Leadership and Organizing (LELO): https://lelo.org/
Puentes de Amor: https://x.com/puentesdeamor1?lang=en