The recognition read, “On the occasion of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee’s official voice,” and bore an image of the daily’s first front page five decades ago, which said, “There is no sacrifice, battle, or feat accomplishment which is not represented on the Central Committee,” since on that historic date also born was the Communist Party of Cuba structure and its leadership body announced.

Granma workers expressed their happiness with the recognition, while at the same time reiterating their commitment to continue as the Party’s paper, demonstrating ever greater professionalism.

(Granma)

Raul Castro was welcomed at the Jose Marti International Airport by Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, and Interior Minister, Army Corps General Abelardo Colome Ibarra.

During the last stage of his tour, the president was welcomed in private audience by Pope Francis for 55 minutes in one of the rooms near to Paul VI Audience Hall in Vatican City.

Raul Castro also met with Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, at the Chigi Palace, the headquarter of the government in Rome, where he declared that the current relations with Italy are in good condition and highlighted the role of the nation in negotiations with the European Union.

(Prensa Latina)

Primer Secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC)

The First Conference of Cuba’s Communist Party is scheduled to end today two days of debates focused on intensifying the organization’s work and its role in updating the country’s economic model.

More than 800 delegates are discussing the operation, methods and working style of the party, the political and ideological work, the cadres’ training and the party links with the Young Communist League (UJC) and other grassroots organizations. As part of the closing session, the final reports drafter by the different committees, as well as the resolution on the party’s working plan will be presented and subject to vote.

During the first day of the Conference, running at the Convention Center, participants committed themselves to implement the Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy approved in the 6th Congress of the PCC held in April, 2011 and to strengthen national unity around the party and the Revolution, as well as permanent links with the people.

According to the source, the conference will respond to the agreements reached at the 6th PCC Congress. Its opening date was chose to celebrate the 159th birthday of National Hero Jose Marti.

The draft conference agenda, whose initial version was published in October 2011, was discussed in over 65,000 meetings of PCC and Young Communist League (UJC) groups, Granma newspaper notes.

During the analysis of the draft agenda, over one million opinions were collected contributing to the modification of 78 of the 96 objectives of the document and the inclusion of five others.

The conference, expected to end next Sunday at Havana’s Conference Center, will continue discussing the mentioned agenda.

(Prensa Latina)

A CubaNews translation. Edited by Walter Lippmann

I bought it this morning at my nearest news-stand and I first read it throughout while standing in the bus, then after I found a seat and finally in my office. I devoured the base document for the National Conference of the Communist Party of Cuba to be held next January. It was published last Friday and contains two explicit references to sexual orientation, something unheard of in our country.

Among the objectives that the Party must focus on heretofore- which will be discussed by all grass roots members- are these two:

54. Confront racial, gender, religious, sexual orientation and other prejudices that may generate any form of discrimination or limit people from exercising their rights to, among others, occupy public posts, and participate in the political and mass organizations and in the defense of the country.

65. To reflect in the audiovisual media, the printed and digital press Cuban reality in all its diversity regarding the economic, labor and social situation, gender, skin color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation and territorial origin.

Furthermore, the document’s introduction states that “the current challenges require (…) confronting prejudices and discrimination of all kinds that still persist in society”.

There is much more to be said about these purposes which we Cuban militants will be discussing shortly. These reflect the numerous consultations conducted after the VI Party Congress held last April where in some of them I was able to voice my personal views together with othe activists of the LGBT groups within the social networks of CENESEX (National Center for Sexual Education), and also with regards to the press.

With regards to the specific topic of sexual diversity, the enunciation is sufficiently broad to cover a series of transformations that are necessary to guarantee respect for the free sexual orientation and gender identity in Cuba. This has to do with the legal status of homosexual unions and the participation of LGBT persons in responsibilities of any kind, including military institutions.

The issues are on the table but substantiating, persuading, establishing and regulating will be no easy tasks. There is still much to be done.

p>A Playa Girón hero told me a couple of days ago that he frequently felt nostalgic about those days when at only 20, he manned a mortar battery and went to battle with a smile, because all his utopias were intact.

Even I felt infected by his feelings as I reviewed images and memories with Silvio´s Preludio and Sara´s La Victoria, playing in the background.

The history, our history is so strong, so powerful, so real, that it plays those tricks on us quite frequently. Then we embrace it and feel that the years of glory are already in the past. The nefarious tendency to think our offspring will not have the opportunities or the utopias to feed their nostalgia come old age depresses and paralyzes us.

But on this April 16th., nostalgia took a leap forward; it jumped into the future. The utopias of the Girón hero must have experienced a greening just like mine, even when there is an almost 20 year age difference between us, and more or less twice that between him and the young kids who changed my perspective.

Fifty years are an entire life: it has been a long and hazardous journey among scarcities, ambitions and enemy aggressions, but the country that rallied in the morning of April 16th was the country in the dreams of the hero and in the dreams of those of us who never were heroes but had always aspired to become one.

Let anyone show me in the map of today’s world a place where a sea of children makes the waves for a historic yacht, where people of all ages and races who have never met before come together in sweat and joy shouting the same slogans; where all who expected a brief and quick popular parade, because spontaneity was its only mobilizing force, were astounded by a wide and infinite human wave.

Let them show me so I can believe it that there is another geography where the martial step of the military is suddenly replaced by the merrymaking of a beehive of singing children led by a young man whose father was taken by an act of terrorism and whose revenge is to create with joy.

But most importantly, however, apart from all of this, after all of this; let somebody find a country whose destiny is determined by consensus, where after collecting millions of opinions from its people, more than two thirds of the guidelines projected by the Executive were transformed to consider what the common people recommended.

Naturally, for nostalgia to settle definitively in the future another fundamental component is required; to have our President standing up before the nation delivering his account and galvanizing all of us with his improvised remarks and his profound and at times painful self-criticism.

That in his report that President brings to us time and time again the leader that is seemingly not there but is in fact present in every idea he put forward and was not materialized. And from that exercise of governance –another exclusive feature of our tenacious history– we all learn that nothing is perfect, that everything is improvable and that we believe in man and his material environment, but that we would be nothing without that deep spirituality which was handed down to us by Varela and Marti, by Cintio Vitier and Fidel Castro.

The fact remains that in spite of the errors of some and the deviations of others our guidance has never lost its track. And all the utopias are intact though their names may have changed and are not always found in the same places where we used to know them.

Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed his most sincere respect and cordial greetings to the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.

The 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, held on the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, has been a Congress that inherits the past and projects into the future, the Chinese leader stated in his message, released here on Thursday.

During 50 years as founder and promoter of the revolution and construction in Cuba, Fidel Castro, unafraid of foreign pressure, has led the Cuban people in safeguarding their national sovereignty and dignity, said Hu, secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

Hu described Fidel Castro as an eminent revolutionary, ideologist, strategist and statesman, and said that 51 years ago, he resolutely declared the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the People’s Republic of China.

“You have always engaged in promoting Cuban-Chinese friendship, followed Chinese development closely, and given fraternal aid and support,” the Chinese president noted.

“We will continue supporting Cuba’s socioeconomic development as much as we can, and take forward the ties of friendship and cooperation between both parties and countries,” Hu said.

(Solvision)

p>Dear Fidel,

Comrades,

We have come to the end of this Congress after intensive working sessions where the Cuban communists have discussed and adopted the Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution, the Central Report and various resolutions on the main issues examined.

I think that the best and most productive way to commemorate the 50^th Anniversary of the Victory over the Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs) mercenary invasion, on a day like this April 19, 1961, is precisely this excellent Party Congress. This meeting comes to an end more than five months after the onset of the Guidelines discussions. This was a profoundly democratic and transparent process whose indisputable protagonist was our people under the Party’s leadership.

On behalf of the nearly 800 thousand Party members, the one thousand delegates to the Congress, the new leadership of our organization and, particularly of comrade Fidel Castro Ruz, I wish to congratulate every Cuban for their decisive participation in the discussions and their unquestionable display of support for the Revolution. This is to us a source of great satisfaction, but most importantly it entails a greater responsibility and commitment to achieve, with everyone’s cooperation, the updating of the Economic Model in order to make Socialism in Cuba irreversible.

We said in the Central Report that we are not under the illusion that the Guidelines and the related measures can by themselves solve all of our problems. Our success in this strategic issue and every other will certainly require that we focus on the execution of the agreements reached at this Congress. To that end, our conduct must be guided by one common denominator: ORDER, DISCIPLINE and EXIGENCE.

The updating of the economic model is not a miracle that can happen overnight like some people believe. Its full development will only be attained gradually in the course of five years for it requires a conscientious work of planning and coordination both in legal terms and in the thorough training of all those involved in its implementation.

It will also be necessary to work intensively providing the people with adequate information on every measure adopted while, at the same time, keeping our feet and ears firmly on and attentively to the ground, to be able to overcome the obstacles we encounter, and to quickly rectify the mistakes we make in implementation.

We are convinced that the main enemy we are confronting and shall confront will be our own inefficiencies and that an endeavor of such a great significance to the future of our country cannot be tackled recklessly or hastily. We will make every change required, as Fidel indicated in his Reflections published yesterday, but we will do it at the adequate pace mindful of our objective conditions and always with our people’s support and understanding. We will never risk our most powerful weapon: the unity of our nation in support of the Revolution and its programs.

Chauvinism aside, I think that Cuba is one of the few countries in the world in which conditions exist to transform its economic model and leave the crisis behind while avoiding social trauma. First of all because our patriotic people know that their force stems from their monolithic unity, the justice of their cause and military training as well as from their high instruction and pride in their history and revolutionary roots.

We shall advance resolutely despite the US blockade and the adverse conditions prevailing in the international market, which among other things, limit Cuba’s access to financial sources and expose it to the oil prices spiral that impinges on the prices of the rest of the raw materials and food. Simply put, everything that we purchase abroad is more expensive.

Barely a few months into the year 2011 and the data already show that the additional cost of imports for this year amounts to over 800 millions USD. This is just on account of price increases and only to buy the same quantities planned; therefore, we will be forced to make adjustments to the plan adopted last December, as soon as this Congress is over.

At the moment, saving all kinds of resources is one of the main things that our country can do to preserve our income since there is still irrational spending and huge reserves of efficiency remain untapped. We should work on this with much common sense and political sensitivity.

Despite the existing acceptable situation to this date concerning the delivery of fallow lands in usufruct, in compliance with Legislative Decree No. 259 of 2008, there are still thousands and thousands of hectares of arable land waiting for those willing to produce what our people and the national economy keep demanding and that can be grown in our farmland to replace the increasingly expensive imports of a number of products that are today benefiting foreign suppliers instead of our farmers.

The first thing that we should do is to implement what we have just approved in this Congress. It is no accident that we have decided that the Central Committee should examine at its plenary meetings –at least twice a year—the execution of the agreements reached at the Congress, particularly, the updating of the economic model and the enforcement of the Economy Plan.

In this sense, I should emphasize the transcendence of the mission assigned to the Government Standing Commission for Implementation and Development, which will harmoniously lead the efforts and actions of the national organs and entities in charge of updating the economic model with the special support of the Ministry of Economics and Planning as the government’s General Staff for this activity.

On the other hand, our deputies have an arduous work to carry out since the Guidelines approved by this Congress will be submitted to analysis at the National Assembly of People’s Power for legislative ratification in the successive sessions as the elaboration of the corresponding legal regulations is completed.

As you heard, the Congress agreed to convene the National Conference for next January 28, the day we shall commemorate the 159^th Anniversary of José Martí’s birth. That meeting, actually a continuation of the 6^th Party Congress, will essentially assess the Party’s work with realism and with a critical spirit. Also, it will make the necessary adjustments to the transformations required for playing the role of senior leading force of the society and the State as provided in Article 5 of the Constitution of the Republic. We have also agreed to empower that Conference to bring up to date the Party’s work methods and style, its structure and cadre policy, and even the renovation and expansion of its Central Committee.

As reflected in its announcement, the National Conference will be guided by the determination “to change everything that must be changed” contained in the brilliant definition of the concept of Revolution offered by comrade Fidel.

In order to succeed, the first thing we need to change in the life of the Party is its mentality, which as a psychological barrier will, in my opinion, be more difficult to overcome for it is tied to many years of repeated dogmas and obsolete criteria. It will also be indispensible to correct mistakes and to shape, with rationality and firm principles, a comprehensive vision of the future that will guarantee the preservation and development of Socialism under the present circumstances.

In terms of the cadre policy, the election of the new Central Committee, its Secretariat and Political Bureau, and their presentation this morning, constitute a first step towards compliance with the agreements reached at this Congress, particularly with respect to the beginning of a gradual process of renovation and rejuvenation of the cadre in different governmental and political positions. At the same time, the gender and racial composition of these organs has been considerably improved.

The Central Committee is now made up by 115 members; 48 of them are women, for a 41.7%. This is more than three times the 13.3% proportion obtained in the previous Congress. The number of black and mixed blood people is 36, which accounts for 31.3% of the total, and 10% higher than before.

This outcome, which I insist is only a first step, is not the result of improvisation. The Party has been working for months toward this end with the objective of submitting a list of candidates that takes into account the necessity to have a fair representation of gender and race in the Central Committee membership.

These were chosen from the huge number of university graduates and certified specialists that the Revolution did not waste time to train. These are the children of the working class; they belong to the most humble segments of the population and have had a politically active life in students’ organizations, the Young Communist League and the Party. Most of these youths accumulate 10, 15 or 20 years of experience working at the grassroots level without abandoning their jobs in the professions they studied, and the majority were proposed by their respective Party cells during the process leading up to the Congress.

It is our duty now to monitor and assist their training to enable the progressive improvement of their work and future access to higher responsibilities.

In the makeup of the senior Party organs, –despite the exit of 59 comrades from the Central Committee, half its full members, most of them with a positive record of services to the Revolution— some veterans of the historic generation remain, and it is only natural, for it is one of the consequences of the mistakes made in this area and criticized in the Central Report, the same that prevent us today from having a reserve of mature and sufficiently experienced replacements to take over the main positions in the country.

Therefore, we shall continue working along these lines during the forthcoming National Conference and in our daily Party, Government and State responsibilities.

Comrade Fidel Castro Ruz, founder and Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolution, set the first example of a consistent behavior in this matter, when he expressly asked not to be included in the Central Committee list of candidates.

Fidel is Fidel, and he does not need to hold any position to forever occupy a topmost place in the present and future of the Cuban nation.  While he is strong enough to do it, and fortunately he is at the peak of his political thoughts, in his modest capacity as Party member and soldier of ideas, he will continue making contributions to the revolutionary struggle and the noblest purposes of Mankind.

As for me, I assume this last assignment with firm conviction and I pledge my honor that the chief mission of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba that gives meaning to his life is to defend, preserve and continue to improve Socialism, and to never allow the return of the capitalist regime.

As you can see, we have in the Political Bureau a proper representation of leading chiefs of the Revolutionary Armed Forces. This is only logical and to explain it I will quote some lines included by comrade Fidel in his Central Report to the First Party Congress: “The Ejercito Rebelde was the soul of the Revolution. The new homeland emerged free, beautiful, strong and invincible from its victorious weapons…When the Party was founded…our Army, the heir to the bravery and patriotic purity of the Ejército Libertador whose struggles it had carried on victoriously, placed in its hands the banners of the Revolution and became from then on and forever its most loyal, disciplined, humble and staunch follower.”

I have plenty of reasons to assert that the Revolutionary Armed Forces,  which I am proud to have served as a minister for nearly 49 years, will never renounce that role and will carry on defending the people, the Party, the Revolution and Socialism.

Membership in the Central Committee, which until now had been partly a recognition to the life of struggle of those elected, –and fairly so—will from now on be based on the concept of the great responsibility of these comrades to the Party and the people, since the Central Committee acts, between Congresses, as the top leading Party organ and, according to the Statutes, it is empowered to check the implementation of the adopted policies, the economic and social development of the country, and the cadre policy and ideological work, among other tasks.

In keeping with this, it is necessary to constantly raise the preparation and knowledge of its members as we intend to actively employ the Central Committee in the implementation of the Congress’ agreements, in the way of a forum where collectively, and devoid of formalities, we can analyze the main issues concerning life in the Party and the nation.

At the Political Bureau, we shall do likewise, as it befits this organ, which is the highest leading body between Central Committee plenary sessions.

The Political Bureau consists of fifteen members. This is a reduction with respect to the previous 24 members, which proved an excessive number. Three new comrades are now members: Mercedes López Acea, First Secretary of the Party Provincial Committee in La Habana; Marino Murillo Jorge, Vice-president of the Council of Ministers and head of the Government Standing Commission for Implementation and Development; and, Adel Yzquierdo Rodríguez, who was recently appointed Minister of Economics and Planning.

These promotions are no accident. In the first case, it is due to the priority attached by the Party to its work in the capital, with a population of over two million. Regarding the other comrades, the promotion responds to the strategic significance of updating the economic model and developing the national economy.

We shall keep the useful practice of holding joint weekly meetings of the Political Bureau Commission and the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers to evaluate the fundamental issues pertaining to national life. At the same time, we shall continue promoting the participation in the monthly meetings of the Council of Ministers –depending on the issues under discussion and as guests– of members of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the Central Committee; the Council of State and the Speaker of the National Assembly; the leading cadres of the Workers Central Trade Union (CTC), the Young Communist League and other mass organizations; alongside the First Party Secretaries at the provinces and the chairpersons of the Provincial Management Councils.

This method has proved its efficiency to directly convey to the main leaders throughout the country the indispensible information and orientations to carry out their work.

Finally, none of us ignores the historical significance that the crushing defeat of the Playa Girón mercenary invasion had for the destiny of the Revolution. This was achieved thanks to the firm, constant and determined action of our combatants under direct orders from Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, who stayed all the time in the theater of operations where the battles were fought. In less than 72 hours, they shattered the US Government’s attempt to set up a beachhead in a distant corner of our homeland to which they planned to bring, from a military base in Florida, a puppet government that would appeal to the Organization of American States, the notorious OAS, for a military intervention by the US forces already deployed very close to Cuba, as they had accompanied the mercenary troops since their departure from Central America, the same way they had done in Guatemala seven years before, in 1954, when the progressive government of Jacobo Arbenz was overthrown.

Let’s use the occasion to repeat Fidel’s remarks in the 5^th Anniversary of the Victory, on April 19, 1976, when he said: “After Girón, all of the peoples of our America were a bit freer.”

It was in Girón that we used for the first time in defense of Socialism in Cuba the weapons supplied by the Soviet Union a few months before, and that we had barely learned how to use. It is only fair that on a day like this we recognize that without the assistance of the peoples that made up that immense country, particularly the Russian people, the Revolution would not have been able to survive those initial years in light of the constant and increasing imperialist aggressions; and for this we shall be forever grateful.

On a day like this, our gratitude goes to the current socialist countries for their continuous cooperation and support during these years of hard battles and sacrifices.

Our brothers and sister in the Third World, especially those from Latin America and the Caribbean, who are making great efforts to transform the legacy of centuries of colonial domination, should know that they can always count on our solidarity and support.

Our fraternal greetings also go to the communist parties and other progressive forces all over the planet fighting restlessly with the deep conviction that a better world is possible.

I also wish to express the recognition of the Cuban people to all those governments that every year claim, with their voices and votes at the United Nations, for the removal of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States.

Finally, let us express our appreciation to all the comrades who took part in the successful organization of and support to this Congress.

I think there can be no better way to celebrate the 50^th Anniversary of the Victory of Playa Girón than closing this historic Party Congress,  with the presence of Fidel here and the symbolism contained in the “Elegía de los Zapaticos Blancos” by Indio Naborí, vividly recited by actor Jorge Ryan, and the touching words of Nemesia, the daughter of a charcoal burner who looked on helplessly as her mother was killed and her grandmother and two brothers injured by the murdering action of planes disguised with the Cuban insignia; the same girl whose white shoes in holes from the enemy’s shrapnel are exhibited at the Playa Girón Museum as material evidence that 50 years later the Revolution remains victorious and paying respects to the fallen.

Thank you, very much.

p>

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Raul Castro, staid the main task now is to fulfill the agreements of the congress under the common denominator of order, discipline and exigencies.

Raul Castro defined as the most important commitment to achieve is to update Cuban economic model with the help of all, to ensure the irreversibility of socialism in Cuba.

The updating is not a miracle achieved in the overnight; it will be gradually accomplished over five years, as lot of planning and coordination work is needed in both, law and in the training of those involved in it, he said.

He considered indispensable that the information of each measure is widely available as well as being objectives to overcome obstacles and rectify the mistakes made in its implementation.

The main enemy is in our own shortcomings and therefore, in such a great task to the future of the country we will make needed changes if necessary as indicated Fidel and at the pace demanded by the circumstances.

Always, he said, with the support and understanding of the people, without threatening the unity around the revolution and its program.

Raul Castro noted that Cuba is among the few countries that have the conditions to transform its economic model without leaving any social trauma.

We are a patriotic people, powerful because of the force of its political unity and its cause and with a great military preparedness, proud of its revolutionary roots, he said.

He also stated the changes will happen despite the U.S. blockade, the adverse international market conditions and the oil prices that make more expensive everything acquired abroad.

The first thing is to carry out the agreements taken in this congress, it means the Central Committee must analyze in its plenary, at least twice a year, if the agreements are met, particularly the economic model updating and the implementation of the Plan of Economy, the Cuban leader added.

Cuban Communist Party Calls National Conference

The 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) on Tuesday announced a a National Conference of the party on Jan. 28, 2012, with the main theme being an objective and critical assessment of the organization´s work.

The conference will bring a spirit of renewal to determining the transformations needed to ensure the Party is at the level required by today´s circumstances, according to a report to the Congress plenum by PCC second secretary José Ramón Machado Ventura.

The party should change everything that needs to be changed, as Fidel said in a brilliant definition of what Revolution is, and that concept will guide the spirit of the debate and decisions to be made on the basis of intelligence and a vision of the future, Machado said.

The National Conference must make changes to the methods and style of the party´s work to strengthen its role as the organized vanguard of the Revolution and the highest leadership force of society and the state, Machado added.

Likewise, the conference will analyze the party´s cadre policy and the inclusion of women, blacks, mestizos and young people, always based on their merits and personal traits.

Raul Castro was elected first secretary of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) by its new Central Committee, presented Tuesday during the closing session of the party´s 6th Congress.

The post of second secretary went to Jose Machado Ventura, who will also head the Central Committee Secretariat, comprised of seven members.

The Political Bureau, previously with 24 members, now has 15, and includes Ramiro Valdes, Abelardo Colome Ibarra, Julio Casas Regueiro, Esteban Lazo, Ricardo Alarcon and Miguel Díaz-Canel.

The other members are Leopoldo Cintra Frias, Ramon Espinosa Martin, Alvaro Lopez Miera and Salvador Valdes, who along with the first group, were previous members of the Political Bureau.

New members include Marino Murillo, Adel Yzquierdo and Mercedes López Acea, the only woman in the group.

Along with Machado Ventura and Lazo, the Secretariat is comprised of José Ramon Balaguer, Abelardo Alvarez, Victor Gaute, Olga Lidia Tapia and Misael Enamorado.

Political Bureau

First Secretary: Raúl Castro Ruz

Second Secretary: José Ramón Machado Ventura

• Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
• Abelardo Colomé Ibarra
• Julio Casas Regueiro
• Esteban Lazo Hernández
• Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
• Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
• Leopoldo Cintra Frías
• Ramón Espinosa Martín
• Álvaro López Miera
• Salvador Valdés Mesa
• Mercedes López Acea
• Marino Murillo Jorge
• Abdel Izquierdo Rodríguez

Secretariat

• José Ramón Machado Ventura
• Esteban Lazo Hernández
• Abelardo Álvarez Gil
• Víctor Gaute López
• Olga Lidia Tapia Iglesias
• José Ramón Balaguer
• Misael Enamorado Dager

Central Committee

1. Misleydy Abad Modey
2. Division General Onelio Aguilera Bermúdez
3. Liudmila Álamo Dueñas
4. Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
5. Rolando Alfonso Borges
6. Carmen Alfonso Oseguera
7. Abelardo Álvarez Gil
8. Felix Álvarez Oliva
9. Teresa Amarelle Boue
10. Division General Leonardo Andollo Valdés
11. Regla Angulo Pardo
12. Mayra Arevich Marín
13. José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera
14. Miguel Barnet Lanza
15. Army Corps General Sixto Batista Santana
16. Gladys Bejerano Portela
17. Aida Rosa Brown Ramírez
18. Lidia Esther Brunet Nodarse
19. Ana Bueno Guzmán
20. Miguel Mario Cabrera Castellanos
21. Julio Camacho Aguilera
22. Alina Belkis Cárdenas Díaz
23. Ara Iris Cardoso Figueredo
24. Division General José Carrillo Gómez
25. Army Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro
26. Rosa Amalia Castillo Salazar
27. Army General Raúl Castro Ruz
28. Inés María Chapman Waugh
29. Faure Chomón Mediavilla
30. Army Corps General Leopoldo Cintras Frías
31. Oneida Ciprián Lazaga
32. Marcia Cobas Ruiz
33. Gustavo Cobreiro Suárez
34. Army Corps General Abelardo Colomé Ibarra
35. María del Carmen Concepción González
36. Jaime Crombet Hernández-Baquero
37. Jorge Cuevas Ramos
38. Yanina de la Nuez Aclish
39. Miguel Díaz Canel Bermúdez
40. Caridad Diego Bello
41. Misael Enamorado Dáger
42. Army Corps General Ramón Espinoza Martín
43. Lázaro Expósito Canto
44. José Ramón Fernández Álvarez
45. Marcia Fernández Andreu
46. Division General Carlos Hernández Gondín
47. Yolanda Ferrer Gómez
48. Vice Admiral Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo
49. Yamilet García Fernández
50. Commander of the Revolution Guillermo García Frías
51. Julio César García Rodríguez
52. Víctor Gaute López
53. Yadira Gasques Camejo
54. Yolexis Guerra Gómez
55. Jorge Luis Guerrero Almaguer
56. Ulises Guilarte De Nacimiento
57. Armando Hart Dávalos
58. Melba Hernández Rodríguez del Rey
59. Olga Lidia John Morrison
60. Annia Ladrón de Guevara Casals
61. Esteban Lazo Hernández
62. Eusebio Leal Spengler
63. Tania León Silveira
64. Mercedes López Acea
65. Roberto López Hernández
66. Army Corps General Álvaro López Miera
67. Orlando Lugo Fonte
68. Division General Antonio Lusson Battle
69. José Ramón Machado Ventura
70. Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz
71. Ana María Mari Machado
72. Division General Rubén Martínez Puente
73. Zoraida Medina Font
74. Ernesto Medina Villaveirán
75. Division General José Julián Milián Pino
76. José Millar Barruecos
77. José Ramón Monteagudo Ruiz
78. Division General Lucio Morales Abad
79. Roberto Morales Ojeda
80. Miosotis Moreno Delgado
81. Marino Murillo Jorge
82. Miladis Orraca Castillo
83. Division General Ramón Pardo Guerra
84. Nayla Patterson Prieto
85. Lina Peraza Rodríguez
86. Yamila Peña Ojeda
87. Santiago Pérez Castellanos
88. Sonia Virgen Pérez Mojena
89. Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya
90. Army Corps General Joaquín Quinta Solá
91. Iris Quiñones Rojas
92. Olga Lidia Ramírez González
93. Esperanza Recio Socarrás
94. Amado Ricardo Guerra
95. Jorge Risquet Valdés-Saldaña
96. Division General Samuel Rodiles Planas
97. Judith Rodríguez Hernández
98. Division General Raúl Rodríguez Lobaina
99. Luis Alberto Rodríguez López Calleja
100. Adolfo Rodríguez Nodal
101. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
102. Ramón Romero Pérez
103. Lisbelkis Rosabal Ponce
104. Ulises Rosales del Toro
105. Omar Ruiz Martín
106. Division General Romárico Sotomayor García
107. Bárbara Tandrón Negrín
108. Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca
109. Olga Lidia Tapia Iglesias
110. Luis Torres Iribar
111. Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
112. Salvador Valdés Mesa
113. Alina Vicente Gaínza
114. Josefina Vidal Ferreiro
115. Adel Izquierdo Rodríguez