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The hurricane cannot defeat us

October 4, 2022 JaimeM

Díaz-Canel: We all have the responsibility to overcome these damages
Statement by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, in La Coloma, Pinar del Río, on October 2, 2022, “Year 64 of the Revolution”

Author: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez | internet@granma.cu

October 3, 2022 20:10:00

Diaz Canel in Pinar
Photo: Revolution Studios
(Shorthand Versions – Presidency of the Republic)

A hurricane in a few hours destroys us faster than we can recover, that is a first logic that must be had; but that cannot defeat us, what we have to do is unite efforts, unite talents, unite arms, unite disposition.

People are also shocked, we have to get out of that lethargy of affectation and start working, and then we see how with that work we begin to advance day by day, ripping pieces out of the affectation.

It must be said that after five days Mayabeque is practically recovered, Havana is quite recovered; the Isle of Youth was recovered. The provinces of Artemisa and Pinar del Río, where the damage was greatest, remain more complicated. To the same extent that the others are finishing, more forces are coming here; but what has been done is heroic.

I know that this causes a lot of discomfort in people because in addition to the accumulated situation that we already had in life, it lasts, then comes another group of affectations that cause damage, harden daily life; but here we have had cyclones in which, to recover, we have taken 19 or 20 days. There is an important part of the provinces that have already recovered in five days; I am convinced that with intense work next week this is going to have another face, and then, the next week, we will be almost fully recovered, fundamentally in electricity, communications and we will start with housing. Housing will always take us longer; but when one sees that there is the capacity for mobilization, Continue reading The hurricane cannot defeat us →

Cuba Hurricane

Cuba: Pinar del Río after Hurricane Ian

September 28, 2022 JaimeM

The painful footprint of “Ian” in three provinces and the special municipality
In the provinces of Havana, Mayabeque and Artemisa, and in the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, “Ian” has also left his painful mark, with an economic balance yet to be quantified.

Author: Mailenys Oliva Ferrales | internet@granma.cu

Author: Liz Conde Sánchez | internet@granma.cu

September 27, 2022 23:09:20

Pinar del Río after Hurricane Ian

Photo: ACN
With the brutal force of a category 3 hurricane, “Ian” left a trail of pain in its path through the west of the country that will take time, effort and many resources to erase.

Damage to civil and state infrastructure, effects on the electrical service and communications, flooding due to heavy rains, penetrations of the sea, and losses of several crops, were, until last night, among the preliminary effects associated with this meteorological phenomenon.

And although the epicenter of his scourge was suffered by the territory of Pinar del Río, in the provinces of Havana, Mayabeque and Artemisa, as well as in the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, “Ian” has also left his painful mark, with a economic balance yet to be quantified.

THE CAPITAL REMAINS ALERT

Despite the fact that hurricane “Ian” was already moving away from Cuba at the close of this Tuesday, Havana woke up today on alert due to the possible occurrence of winds and rains, as well as strong swells in low-lying areas.

This was noted at the meeting of the Provincial Defense Council of the capital, which was attended by Esteban Lazo Hernández, a member of the Political Bureau and President of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP).

At that meeting, the meteorologist Yinelis Bermúdez warned that, when “Ian” left Cuban territory and traveled towards the Florida Strait, it would gain in intensity, causing strong swells on the north coast of Havana for this day, with waves that can reaching three meters in height and with the danger of flooding in low-lying areas.

However, in the province there were already reports of damage to the electrical service, the telephone line, and the water supply, in addition to reports of fallen trees and partial landslides in the municipalities of 10 de Octubre, Arroyo Naranjo, Marianao, and Habana Vieja.

Similarly, more than 14,000 people continued to be evacuated, some 5,900 of them in the homes of relatives and friends, and another 8,000 in protection centers. Continue reading Cuba: Pinar del Río after Hurricane Ian →

Cuban Technology

Cuba estimates the generation capacity will surpass the demand by the end the year

September 16, 2022 JaimeM

Cuba estimates the generation capacity will surpass the demand by the end the year
The solution and improvement will be gradual, based on the resources that are being imported to manufacture the spare parts required by our thermoelectric power plants and generators

Author: Wennys Diaz Ballaga | internet@granma.cu

Author: Laura Mercedes Giráldez | internet@granma.cu

Author: Milagros Pichardo Pérez | internet@granma.cu

Author: Gladys Leydis Ramos López | internet@granma.cu

august 31, 2022 11:08:48

In the Cuban electricity industry not a minute has been lost, there is no discouragement in any of the workers. Photo: Cuban News Agency (ACN in Spanish)
The National Electric System (SEN in Spanish) is expected to recover 489 megawatts (MW) currently unavailable and 531 MW through other investments, as part of the gradual recovery of the electric system, an essential strategy in view of the difficult conditions the sector is currently facing, which affect the stability of the electric service to the population and the economy.
Liván Arronte Cruz, Minister of Energy and Mines recalled on Wednesday’s Round Table that SEN continues to face complex circumstances, since the thermal power plants (CTE in Spanish) Máximo Gómez, in Mariel, and Lidio Ramón Pérez, in Felton, Holguín, suffered breakdowns that made it impossible to comply with the commitment to guarantee the generation for these summer months thus losing the minimum operating reserve in the system to cover the demand.
“As it happens with every extraordinary event, the failures have been investigated by multidisciplinary teams, integrated by the competent authorities and it has been demonstrated that there was no negligence or intentionality,” he pointed out.
In the case of the Mariel thermoelectric plant, the breakdown is in unit 7, where a fire occurred, which also damaged systems and disabled unit 6, which had been in operation just for a few months, he pointed out.
The replacement for the damaged spare parts and equipment have a delivery window of more than 26 weeks, which is why it has not yet been possible to repair this unit.
At Felton, work was carried out for 120 days, 24 hours a day. Although the fire that took place there was not of great magnitude, it affected technological systems, especially the main columns of that unit, and for that reason the repair will require practically dismantling the boiler, he said. Continue reading Cuba estimates the generation capacity will surpass the demand by the end the year →

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Habano Cohiba

September 9, 2022 JaimeM

Fábrica El Laguito producirá dos millones del afamado habano Cohiba
El colectivo de trabajadores de la empresa de tabaco torcido El Laguito, en La Habana, ratificó el compromiso de producir este año dos millones de la emblemática marca Cohiba, a pesar de las dificultades, expresó a la prensa Oscar Rodríguez Carballeira, director general de la entidad

Autor: Juan Diego Nusa Peñalver | internet@granma.cu

9 de septiembre de 2022 02:09:25

Fabrica de Tabaco Cohiba.

Foto: Ismael Batista Ramírez

El colectivo de trabajadores de la empresa de tabaco torcido El Laguito, en La Habana, ratificó el compromiso de producir este año dos millones de la emblemática marca Cohiba, a pesar de las dificultades, expresó a la prensa Oscar Rodríguez Carballeira, director general de la entidad.

Precisamente este jueves, el centro fue visitado por unos 650 aficionados, profesionales del ámbito del habano y prensa nacional e internacional que asisten a las celebraciones del aniversario 55 de Cohiba.

Rodríguez Carballeira significó que, para cumplir esa meta, la fábrica cuenta con su principal capital: un colectivo de 252 trabajadores, más del 70 % mujeres, que no escatima ningún esfuerzo y que, incluso, no dejó de producir ni en los dos últimos años de la pandemia de la COVID-19.

Además, las hojas con las que se elabora este puro provienen de las mejores vegas de San Juan y Martínez y de San Luis, en la zona de Vueltabajo, Pinar del Río, consideradas las productoras del mejor tabaco del planeta.

Recordó que siempre tienen en mente el honor de que la fábrica El Laguito haya sido creada en 1966, a partir de la iniciativa conjunta del Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz y de la heroína del Llano y de la Sierra, Celia Sánchez Manduley.

Puntualizó que de laboriosas y expertas manos salen diariamente 9 000 tabacos torcidos de Cohiba, proceso en el que la calidad es primordial y para lo cual disponen de un sistema de gestión certificado.

A lo largo de estas cinco décadas y media, Cohiba, el puro más exclusivo de la compañía tabacalera Habanos S.A., ha tenido un crecimiento y progresión que hace que hoy día sea la marca más reconocida a nivel mundial.