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The Friendship Association is a non-profit, volunteer organization whose objectives are to establish, promote and foster a spirit of friendship with
the citizens of Baracoa, Cuba, and neighboring communities in the province of Guantanamo through meaningful people-to-people educational exchanges. Baracoa is a small town on the easternmost point of Cuba, visited by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Like St. Augustine, it is the oldest continuously inhabited Spanish settlement in Cuba. St. Augustine and Baracoa are historically and culturally linked because of their shared Spanish heritage. We live in a world fraught with the anxiety produced by international friction and political confrontation. Faced with this troubling environment, the Friendship Association strives to foster better awareness and understanding between the citizens of each city through a relationship of mutual concern and respect. In St. Augustine, the Friendship Association will promote unique and stimulating cultural and educational activities related to Cuban culture and history and the historical relationship between St. Augustine and Baracoa.
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