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Fourth commission reviews work of PPC

Congreso Comision

“Raúl’s words have clearly expressed the many challenges facing Party members, the success of the implementation of the guidelines will depend on how we manage these challenges, in particular the question of how to ensure that the people understand what we are defending, why and for whom. We defend this social project not only due to our revolutionary convictions or faith in the leaders of the historic generation, but also for the future of every Cuban family.

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Cuban Foreign Ministry condemns parliamentary coup in Brazil

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Sectors of the right wing representing the oligarchy, in alliance with the reactionary press in Brazil, openly supported by the corporate media and imperialism, have consummated in the country’s House of Deputies the first step in what constitutes a parliamentary coup d’etat against the legitimate government of the Workers’ Party (PT) and President Dilma Rousseff, which has been in the works for several months.

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Congress documents will be submitted to a broad discussion

Raul Congreso informe

PCC First Secretary Raúl Castro Ruz, presented the Central Report to the 7th Congress, after evoking the 55th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, on April 16, 1961, on the eve of the mercenary invasion at Playa Girón, which was defeated in less than 72 hours, with Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz on the front lines.

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Gala event to honor Girón anniversary and 7th Party Congress

CUBA-LA HABANA-GALA ARTÍSTICA EN HOMENAJE AL CONGRESO DEL PARTIDO

The event will take place tonight, April 15, at the National Theater to honor the 55th anniversary of the victory at Playa Girón and celebrate the opening of the Party Congress.

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Live: Opening of the 7th PCC Congress Granm

Congreso apertura

Granma follows events during the inaugural session of the Congress, with First Secretary Raúl Castro Ruz presenting the Central Report

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A successful Havana cooperative

Restaurante pequeñas cooperativas

On the corner of Infanta and San Lázaro streets, Havana, in a building which was in a state of disrepair for nearly two decades, there now stands a small business. Divided into a bar, a bakery/patisserie and a restaurant, the former pizzeria of the eighties has grown over the past seven months to include a staff of 120 workers. It could be said that it serves as an example of Cuban cooperativism gaining ground.

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Painting of Fidel unveiled at Fidel Castro School in Katutura, Namibia

Fidel homenaje Namibia

With a simple but moving ceremony a painting of the Commander in Chief of five meters high by five wide was unveiled on the wall of the entrance to the elementary school “Fidel Castro”. It was painted by Cuban artist based in Windhoek, Yasiel Palomino, who replaced the old one deteriorated by weather and wind.

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Information from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cuba

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Between April 18-21 a delegation from the United States President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will visit Cuba, composed of executives of this Committee and other U.S. institutions, as well as a large group of artists and intellectuals, among other guests.

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55th anniversary of the El Encanto store sabotage

sabotaje El Encanto

The events of April 13, 1961, were commemorated yesterday, at the site where Cuba’s largest department store once stood, and the park constructed in memory of the young woman, Fe del Valle, killed in the fire

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Ninth imported case of Zika virus confirmed

Mosquito viruszikados

The ninth imported case of Zika virus has been confirmed in a Cuban from the municipality of Cotorro, Havana, residing in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, who arrived in the country on April 8.