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President Díaz-Canel returns to Pinar del Río to check the progress of the recovery

Diaz-Canel-Pinar-del-Rio-13oct22The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, visits Pinar del Río this Thursday for the fifth time since the passage of Hurricane Ian to check the progress of the recovery efforts in the westernmost province of the country.

On this visit, in which he exchanges with the people and authorities of Pinar del Río, the Cuban leader is accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Alejandro Gil Fernández.

At the provincial headquarters of the PCC, Díaz-Canel was received by Army Corps General Ramón Espinosa Martín; the member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee Félix Duarte Ortega; the first secretary of the Party in Pinar del Río, Yamilé Ramos Cordero, and the governor of the province, Rubén Ramos Moreno.

The tour of the Cuban president began in Consolación del Sur, where more than 20,000 homes were affected. There, the electricity service has been restored to 25% of the clients and more than 300 Cubans from various provinces help in the recovery.

In Consolación, Díaz-Canel exchanged with the residents. He also shared with the pioneers at the Francisco Valdés Ramos school, in the Piloto town, in that municipality.

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