Honors from international organizations
The Hungarian youth awards him during his visit to the World Democratic Youth Federation head office, June 5,1972.
State honors
The President of the Council of States of the Democratic Deutch Republic (DDR), Walter Ulbricht awards the Order Great Star of Friendship with the Peoples, the highest distinction of that country, June 13,1972.
State honors
The Government of the Republic of Czechoslovakia confers the White Lion Order (first class with chain), the highest distinction of the government, June 21, 1972.
Academic honors

The University “Carolinum” of Praga, Czechoslovakia, bestows the Title Doctor Honoris Causa in Legal Sciences, June 22, 1972.

State honors

The USSR government grants for the second time at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, the Lenin Order, highest award of the USSR, June 27, 1972.

State honors
The delegation of French parliamentarians in visit to Cuba, grants a silver medal on which the symbols of the French Revolution and of the Republic of France are carved, September 20, 1972.
Honors from international organizations
The World Council of Peace grants the Federico Joliot-Curie Medal, highest award of that Council, October 13, 1972.
State honors
Chile’s President Salvador Allende Goznes awards the Chile’s Great Collar Merit during his visit to Cuba, December 13, 1972.
State honors

He receives the decoration “Giorgy Dimitrov” granted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bulgaria. Standing next to him Osvaldo Dorticós and Juan Almeida Bosque.

State honors
The Government of the Republic of Poland bestows the Poland’s Order Restituta in the Great Cross degree, one of the highest awards of the government, granted for outstanding achievements in the fields of education, sciences, sports, culture, arts, economy, defence of the country, social work, civil service or to promote good relations with another country, April 24, 1973.
State honors
The Army General of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Vo Nguyen Giap, confers the hallmark of Combatant Dien Bien Phu, in a visit to that brother country, after attending the 4th Non Aligned Conference, September 13, 1973.
State honors
The José Martí (OPJM) Pioneers Organization bestows the April 4 Distinction in the central for the children’s day, carried out in Havana’s Lenin Park, July 6, 1974.