Former Minister of Germany, Wolfgang Tiefensee, will be awarded the Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Accepted Masons of Germany

Saturday, 5 October 2013

Dortmund, Germany. The Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Accepted Masons of Germany (United Grand Lodges of Germany) will present the "Prize for Humanity" to the Association "Against forgetting - for democracy." The award worth 10,000 euros is given by the Grand Lodge to keep alive the memory against dictatorship and promote civic and political engagement dissociated from extremism.

The event will take place on October 16, 2013, in Dortmund. The prize will be handed to former Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee. Grand Master Axel Pohlmann believes that this year's prize will be awarded to a person worthy and honorable as Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee is. The prize is awarded by the Grand Lodge since 1969 and highlights individuals and associations for outstanding humanitarian actions.

Governor Aury Socorro Guerrero Bowie attended the conference organized by the Grand Lodge of the Andes

Bucaramanga, Colombia. On 4 October 2013, the Grand Lodge of the Andes held a public debate on the repercussions of the decision of the International Court in The Hague regarding the rights of the islanders and racial communities.

At the event was invited the Governor of the province of San Andrés y Providencia Santa Catalina, Ms. Aury Socorro Guerrero Bowie, who pleaded for the cause of Colombia who lost by decision in The Hague, 75 square kilometers in the Caribbean in favor of Nicaragua.

The XI Scottish Congress and meeting of Women Freemason took place in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Argentina. From 2 to 4  October took place the XI Scottish Congress organized by the Supreme Council of Argentina with the support of the Grand Lodge of Argentina. The same support was received by the Women's Grand Lodge of Argentina which organized the first International Congress of FAMAF (American Federation of Women's Freemasonry) event in which Romania was represented by the Women's Grand Lodge of Romania.

Sovereign Grand Commander of Cuba went on a 28-day tour in the United States of America

Havana, Cuba. From Washington to Miami, Sovereign Grand Commander of Cuba went on a 28-day Masonic tour in the United States. He had several meetings with Cuban political dissidents residing in the United States and held talks with Cuban Freemasons in exile.

On September 7, 2013, he participated in a historic event: the merging the Grand Lodge of the Antilles with the Grand Lodge of Cuba in the Exterior (in exile). This is a first step towards the unification of Cuban Freemasonry.

It was founded the Grand Lodge of the State of Tlaxcala

Tlaxcala, Mexico. The Grand Lodge of the State of Tlaxcala has recently emerged as the first independent Grand Lodge of the Mexican state. The main architect of the founding of the Grand Lodge was the United Grand Lodge of Mexico led by Grand Master Anselmo Juárez Ronquillo.