New York, United States.-Diplomats and activists of solidarity with Cuba have conducted an evening here to remind revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on his 91st birthday, an event in which they described his legacy as immortal.

More than 100 people, including ambassadors and officials from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and Europe accredited to the UN, attended the Downtown Community Television Center (DCTC) in Manhattan, to pay tribute to the commander-in-chief, who was born on August 13, 1926, and passed away on November 25, 2016.

‘We celebrate the life of a man who gave his own life to serve the cause of the common good, the cause of the dispossessed of the world; a man who taught us that the principles are not negotiable and we should uphold them whatever the sacrifice might be (…),’ Cuban ambassador to the United Nations, Anayansi Rodriguez, said.

In this first Fidel’s birthday without his physical presence, to the feelings of pain and sadness, the pride of coinciding in time with a human being who invites with his life and work to raise our voice against injustice and discrimination should be imposed, not give up, but to fight for unity, the diplomat said.

During the ceremony that ended on late Monday night, DCTC founder, American journalist and documentary maker, Jon Alpert, screened a film about the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, particularly on his contact with the island’s people.

We will see a man who has inspired many people in the world, said the laureate reporter, who accompanied Fidel Castro in 1979 on his trip to the UN, immortalized experience in a documentary film.

For the representative of the solidarity movement with Cuba, Frank Vergara, and the revolutionary leader is an inspiration and a symbol for struggle.

Activist Julio Pabon highlighted the legacy of the commander-in-chief that nothing is impossible when fair causes are defended.