Prior to the National Rebellion Day, commemorative events are held in the municipalities that, due to their comprehensive results, have deserved the provincial headquarters
Photo: Pastor Batista
Yesterday, hundreds of inhabitants of the municipality of Diez de Octubre celebrated, on behalf of all Havana residents, the political-cultural act in salute to the 72nd anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks, an exceptional moment that the people of Espiritu also experienced, with the added motivation of having been an outstanding province.
The members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Party, Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister of the Republic, and Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, presided over the central activities in the capital municipality; while the member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee and head of its Department of Services, Yudí Mercedes Rodríguez Hernández, accompanied the day in Sancti Spíritus.
As usual in these spaces, recognition was given to personalities, organizations and institutions whose contribution has been decisive for the main advances and results in the economic, political and social fields.
Once again, the majority support of the people to their Revolution was evidenced.
Almost 500 friends from 23 countries, including the United States, are the number of participants who confirmed their attendance to the act of solidarity with Cuba in Ciego de Ávila, on July 26th
Caimanera, Guantanamo. -The demand for the U.S. usurper to return the portion of Cuban territory that it maintains occupied without legal or moral support was ratified yesterday in the first anti-imperialist trench of the nation, venue of the provincial act for July 26, in the easternmost of the Cuban provinces.
“We demand that it be returned to us now!”. In reiterating the demand, Yoel Pérez García, first secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Party in Guantánamo, recalled that the occupation of that part of patriotic soil attempts against the sovereignty and development of the country.
Cubans always faithful to the example of Fidel and the Centennial Generation. Photo: Pastor Batista
Hundreds of inhabitants came to the square of this town of salt miners and fishermen. With loud applause and cheers to the heroes and martyrs, they ratified Guantánamo’s support to the Cuban Revolution that had a milestone in the events of July 26th, 1953.
“Work hard and united, on the basis of established priorities and policies”, such is the decision in the Upper East. “The moment is challenging, and we must triumph,” said Pérez García.
Minutes later, the cutting of a ribbon inaugurated a commercial telecommunications office, which is among the fifty or so works of direct impact on the residents of the town. In the ten municipalities of Guantanamo there will also be inaugurations in the coming days, in the heat of the Moncada anniversary.
FRIENDS OF SOLIDARITY IN CUBA, TO CELEBRATE THE 26TH
Almost 500 friends from 23 countries, including the United States, have confirmed their attendance to the act of solidarity with Cuba, to be held at the Giraldo Córdova Cardín sports center in Ciego de Avila, on the morning of July 25.
According to Tania María Companioni Olivares, delegate of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) in the province, the number of attendees is one of the largest received in Cuba for the occasion, and confirms the response of the broad international movement of solidarity with the Island, which has more than 1,700 organizations in 153 countries.
He affirmed that several solidarity projects will be present, among them the Venceremos brigades from the U.S., the José Martí Cultural Association and a European brigade that also bears the name of Cuba’s Apostle.
The serious economic limitations have not stopped all investments
Despite the marked economic limitations faced by the country, whose impact is reflected daily in the development strategies of all social and economic sectors, priority objectives have been determined in the Economy Plan 2025, which are, in turn, an expression of the Government Program to correct distortions and re-drive the economy
Important investments were dedicated to the hydraulic sector in the first half of the year. Photo: José Manuel Correa
Despite the marked economic limitations faced by the country, whose impact is reflected daily in the development strategies of all social and economic sectors, priority objectives have been determined in the Economy Plan 2025, which are, in turn, an expression of the Government Program to correct distortions and boost the economy.
Aimed in this period at meeting the prioritized payments (food, fuels, support, recovery and creation of new senate capacities, medicines, defense and national security), their operational management continues to be extremely complex in a context of crisis management.
This was described by Joaquín Alonso Vázquez, Minister of Economy and Planning, in the recently concluded 5th Ordinary Period of Sessions of the National Assembly of People’s Power in its 10th Legislature, when he explained that, in spite of these circumstances, results were achieved in some programs and investments of the first order.
Regarding food production, he detailed that the assembly of 12 irrigation systems was concluded to benefit the grain, miscellaneous crops and coffee programs, and a rice dryer with a capacity of 9,620 tons began to operate.
In addition, 17 hectares of aquaculture ponds were put into operation; 20 cattle ranches were rehabilitated, five of them for the recovery of 2,000 head of cattle, and the rest in actions aimed at infrastructure and livestock genetics.
In the area of tourism, Alonso Vázquez commented that work was done on the recovery of out-of-order rooms, to conclude the semester with 225 in better conditions.
In compliance with the Capital Repair Program for fuel tanks, 2,475 cubic meters of fuel were recovered from six of the reservoirs.
Regarding the water program, the Minister of Economy and Planning informed that 100 kilometers of water supply networks and pipes and 12.3 kilometers of sewage pipes were completed, benefiting more than 700,000 people.
In addition, 63 pumping units were installed, as a continuation of the program to change the energy matrix in this activity, which allows improving the water service to 68,698 inhabitants, without the need for backup from the National Electric System. In addition, 7.9 kilometers of hydraulic networks were rehabilitated.
Also, 104 pieces of railway equipment were repaired, including 93 rail cars and one locomotive.
Of the Housing Program, he said, 2,847 were completed, which represents 53% of the half-year plan. However, except for Holguín, he pointed out that no province fulfills the plan.
China urges the United States to lift the blockade and remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Washington to end the blockade of Cuba immediately and remove the Caribbean nation from the list
Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo: Courtesy of MFA
BEIJING-. China called for the immediate lifting of the blockade and sanctions imposed on Cuba by the United States (U.S.), as well as for the Island to be removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, which was drawn up unilaterally by U.S. government.
Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Asian giant’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed that over the past 60 years, the U.S. “has imposed a brutal blockade and illegal sanctions on Cuba, seriously violating its right to survival and development, violating the basic norms of international relations, and causing serious disasters for the Cuban people.”
The statements were made in response to a question about President Donald Trump’s recent memorandum approving new measures against the Caribbean nation.
The spokesperson reiterated that China “firmly supports Cuba in its search for a path of development that suits its national conditions” and expressed its rejection of Washington’s use of unilateral sanctions “under the pretext of supposed ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy.’”
Mao emphasized that lifting the blockade and removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism is also the demand of the international community.
On Tuesday, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX, for its Spanish acronym) issued a statement rejecting U.S. Presidential Memorandum that tightens the economic blockade against the Island.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry’s message explained that the document, released by U.S. government on June 30, “consists of a reissue and amendment of Presidential National Security Memorandum No. 5,” issued by the US on June 16, 2017, during Trump’s first term.
“Cuba categorically denounces and rejects both versions of the infamous document,” the MINREX statement said.
