The head of the Ministry of Public Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda, reported that there is dengue transmission in the 15 provinces and the Isle of YouthWith the presence of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and president of the Republic, the National Directorate of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) celebrates in Havana the act of decorations in salute to the 62nd anniversary of the cederista organization.
The ceremony, in the El Laguito Protocol Hall, recognizes the work of outstanding members and groups in the fulfillment of their tasks, with relevant revolutionary trajectory and loyalty to the Homeland.
Also attending the meeting are Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Party and general secretary of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba, Rogelio Polanco Fuentes, member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the PCC and head of the Ideological Department, and Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and national coordinator of the CDR.
The CDRs emerged on September 28, 1960 at the initiative of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, as a mass organization aimed at mobilizing the people around the defense of the Revolution and the conquests of socialism.
They bring together the vast majority of the population over 14 years of age and wish to work for the benefit of the community, and have structures throughout the national territory, both in rural and urban areas.