Cuba removes actor Mario Palmaseda (+ photos)

Cuba pays tribute to actor Mario Palmaceda Photo: Endris Correa Vaillant/Granma

Floral offerings from Army General Raul Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Party and President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and other cultural institutions arrived today at the National Theater of Cuba, where Cubans paid tribute to him. The first actor was Mario Palmaseda.

From ten o’clock in the morning, artists, relatives, friends and members of the public flock to this iconic institution for the funeral. First Cuban creator to receive National Theater, Television and Film AwardsHe died last Saturday.

Rogelio Polanco Fuentes, member of the party’s central committee secretariat and head of its ideological department; Alpidio Alonso, Minister of Culture and Luis Morlot, President of UNEC, among other directors.