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The Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples), known by its acronym as ICAP, was founded December 30, 1960 to promote and enhance solidarity throughout the world, in accordance with the principles of the Cuban revolution.
According to the First Declaration of Havana, “Every people should show solidarity with peoples under oppression, colonization, exploitation and aggression, no matter where they are and no matter how far away from one another.” To this end ICAP maintains relations with Cuban friendship groups abroad, coordinating visits to Cuba (for example, voluntary international work brigades) and providing support for foreigners living in Cuba.
Historically the Institute has been committed to other tasks such as welcoming and helping thousands of Latin American exiles who fled to Cuba to escape military dictatorships in their native countries. It has also aided the nearly 35,000 foreign students from Latin America, Asia and Africa who have attended Cuban schools and universities, as well as thousands of technicians and specialists from former socialist countries who came to Cuba to aid in its economic development.
ICAP was originally a national institution based in Havana, but there are currently offices in each province and on the Isle of Youth, where thousands of Third World students closely linked to ICAP have studied. For management purposes ICAP is divided into six political divisions: Latin America and the Caribbean; Asia; Africa and the Middle East; Europe; North America, Puerto Rico and the Cuban community; and the Community of Independent States and Baltic area. Other divisions are: Donations (in charge of organizing, receiving and distributing foreign material aid), Press, Management, Foreign Residents and Protocol among others.
Since 1990 ICAP has been headed by Sergio Corrieri Hernandez, a deputy to the National Assembly of People’s Power (the Cuban parliament) and a well known figure in Cuba’s political, cultural and social life.
ICAP estimates that today’s international solidarity with Cuba movement comprises over 1500 groups in around 120 countries.
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