Emilio Perez Tourino - La Habana, Cuba
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The plaque commemorating President Emilio Pérez Touriño's visit to Havana is located on the wall of Restaurante Café del Oriente, Plaza de San Francisco de Asis in La Habana, Cuba.
Waymark Code: WMV72F
Location: Cuba
Date Posted: 03/06/2017
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Emilio Pérez Touriño; born 8 August 1948 is a Spanish politician and economist. He is the former secretary general of the Socialists' Party of Galicia and, from August 2005 to March 2009, former president of the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain). Namely, he was president of the executive branch, the Xunta de Galicia. His political views are socialdemocratic and Galicianist.
The plaque reads:
"Adios, rios; adios fontes;
Adios, regatos pequenos;
Adios, vista dos meus ollos,
Non sei cando nos veremos.
Cantares gallegos.
Fragmento del poema "Adios, rios, adios fontes"
Rosalia de Castro (1837 - 1885)
En recuerdo de la visita del Presidente de la Xunta de Galicia D. Emilio Perez Tourino, a La Habana.
7 de diciembre de 2007"
Translation:
"Goodbye, rivers; goodbye sources;
Goodbye, small brooks;
Goodbye, seen from my eyes,
I do not know when we'll see each other.
Galician songs.
Fragment of the poem "Adios, rios, adios fuentes"
Rosalia de Castro (1837 - 1885)
In memory of the visit of the President of the Xunta de Galicia, Emilio Perez Tourino, to Havana.
December 7, 2007"
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Plaza de San Francisco de Asis
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