Cuban president Díaz-Canel paid tribute to Karl Marx grave in London

In a symbolic gesture, during his stay in London, the President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez visited today the grave of one of the greatest thinkers of human history, Karl Marx.

Visiting Highgate Cemetery, the Cuban president deposited a bouquet of flowers in the name of the people of Cuba before Marx's tombstone where it reads: "Proletarians of all countries, unite". 

"We pay tribute to one of the great thinkers of humanity, Karl Marx, before his grave in Highgate Cemetery, for Cuba, in  the year of his birth's Bicentennial and the 135th anniversary of his physical disappearance", wrote the Cuban President in his twitter account. 

Rendimos tributo a uno de los grandes pensadores de la humanidad, Karl Marx, ante su tumba en el cementerio Highgate, por #Cuba, en el año del Bicentenario de su natalicio y el 135 aniversario de su desaparición física.

— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) 14 November 2018

.@DiazCanelB rindió tributo a uno de los más grandes pensadores de la humanidad, Karl Marx. Ante su tumba en el cementerio Highgate, fueron colocadas flores a nombre del pueblo de #Cuba, en el año del Bicentenario de su natalicio y el 135 aniversario de su desaparición física. pic.twitter.com/hLq0kgpEXo

— Cancillería de Cuba (@CubaMINREX) 14 November 2018

This year marks the 200th anniversary since the birth of the legendary philosopher and the 135th anniversary since his death.