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Award Name (English/Spanish) Date of creation Award criteria Hero of the Republic of Cuba Héroe de la República de Cuba: 10 December 1979 "Awarded to members of the Armed Forces and to any Cuban citizen or from friendly countries, for extraordinary merits and feats carried out in the defense of the homeland and the conquests of the Revolution or for exceptional contributions to the cause of ...
Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of Cuba" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Medal of the City of Buenos Aires Argentina: 26 May 2003 Prize of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. For "being an emblem of the ideals of liberty". [66] [67] Commemorative Medal 50th Anniversary of the July 26th Cuba: 26 July 2003 First person awarded. [68] Labor Hero of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea: 11 December 2006
The honorary title Hero of the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Héroe de la República de Cuba) is the highest decoration awarded by the Republic of Cuba. It is equivalent to other hero titles common in the Socialist Bloc .
The Friendship Medal (la Medalla de la Amistad) is conferred by the Council of State of Cuba on foreigners for their solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, or who have contributed to peace and the progress of humankind. The medal is gold colored with the word "Amistad" (Friendship) in the center (with a single star above the writing).
The first recipient was the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who travelled to Cuba to receive the award on 26 July 1961, the Day of the National Rebellion, from President Osvaldo Dorticos, just over three months after becoming the first human in space. [3] All recipients of the Hero of the Republic of Cuba also receive the Order of Playa Girón. [4]
The medal was created to recognize service during the United States occupation of Cuba from 1906 to 1909. [1] To be awarded the Cuban Pacification Medal (Army), a service member was required to serve in the United States occupation force, garrisoned on the island of Cuba between October 6, 1906, and April 1, 1909.
Raúl Martínez was a well-rounded designer, as he was successful in just about every art form he pursued: from the early abstract paintings to the later representative ones; from photography to college; from screen printing movie posters to freelance graphic design for government institutions such as the ICAIC.