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Brigade members from several countries express support for Cuba

Brigada Internacional de Solidaridad

With the purpose of accompanying the Cuban people during this year’s May Day celebrations, 290 friends of Cuba from 32 countries joined the 13th May Day Solidarity Brigade and undertook an intense program of activities that included voluntary agricultural work and meetings with intellectuals and artists of the island.

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A people embraces its history and future

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This May Day, 132 years since the Haymarket events in Chicago that led to International Workers Day, the Cuban people filled streets and plazas to celebrate, and reaffirm their support for the Revolution and the country’s new leadership. In Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución, the central event was presided by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC); Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of te Councils of State and Ministers, and other leaders.

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The celebration of a people carving out their own destiny: Fidel in every march, at every march

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Fidel was everywhere this May 1. He was present in the faces of joyful children who didn’t want to be left out and came to march with their parents; he was there in the strong soldier wearing his medals proudly parading, in the decorated Hero of Labor, or the humble campesino holding a photo of the Comandante.

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A snap shot of the last 10 years

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Over the last 10 years Cuba has undergone transcendental changes which have impacted the socio-economic life of the country. Although these transformations have not occurred at the pace hoped for – nor have the results expected over the short term been obtained – what has been achieved thus far has irrevocably placed Cuba on a complex path of restructuring.

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#1Mayo: There is no force more powerful than unity

Primero de Mayo

“… Given its power, given its triumph since January 1, May Day has become a powerful factor, decisive in the political life of the country, because, with the general strike called with the Rebel Army, it was the working class that delivered the final blow to those plans to snatch the people’s victory at the last moment, as they had done on other occasions …”

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Honoring working class heroes

Heroes del trabajo

Men and women who have devoted their lives for the benefit of society were awarded the honorary title of Heroes and Heroines of Labor of the Republic of Cuba, presented by José Ramón Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Party Central Committee.

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The attacks on Syria – a pattern of lies

Siria

Firstly, President Donald Trump, on adopting the erroneous and criminal decision to bomb Syrian territory, did not consult either with the United Nations or Congress, nor did he wait for the investigation to determine whether chemical weapons had indeed been used.

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Council of Ministers analyzes current socio-economic situation

Canel y Valdes

Led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the Council of Ministers addressed important issues of current economic and social concern in the country, this Wednesday, April 25. On this occasion, the agenda included the impact of irregularities in foreign trade operations; overdue accounts payable and receivable; and results from the latest national internal accounting audit.

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Strengthening national industries

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Work toward substituting imports by strengthening the role of national industries within the domestic market will be the focus of the Fifth National Trade Fair, open to all sectors of the economy and taking place May 7-23 at Havana’s Expocuba fairgrounds.

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Cuba joins two strategic health funds

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Dr. Francisco Durán García, national director of Epidemiology, described the signing of the Regional Revolving Funds for Vaccine Procurement and Strategic Public Health Supplies, between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Cuban Ministry of Public Health