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Díaz-Canel exchanges with local authorities and workers on a visit to the pine town of Cocodrilo

diaz-canel-cocodrilo-isla-juventud-octubre-3-22-31The first secretary of the Central Committee of the PCC and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, visits the coastal town of Cocodrilo, in the south of the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, on Monday morning.

On Twitter, the president reported that “Today we will be on the Isle of Youth, another of the territories affected by #HurricaneIan. The recovery there is progressing rapidly. Much of its electrical service and communications are restored. We have to work hard to rebuild the houses.”

Crocodile is the first place that the president visits during his visit to Isla de la Juventud.

The constituency delegate, Evelio Lavadié Mompellier, informed the press that the town has 346 inhabitants and 122 families, and that there were total and partial roof collapses in the area.

During the tour, the top leaders of the local Party and Government explained to the president how the Island prepared to face Hurricane Ian, its passage, the impacts and the recovery.

The local authorities informed the first secretary of the Central Committee of the PCC that the electrical and communications services have already been reestablished in the Isle of Youth.

Díaz-Canel commented that hard work has been done in the special municipality.

The president also exchanged with workers from the Caleta Grande fishing cooperative.

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