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11

2019

Díaz-Canel: No one is going to take from us the confidence in the future which we owe our children

Inaugural speech by President of the Republic Miguel M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, in the National Assembly of People’s Power, yesterday October 10

Speech by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, during his inauguration for this position, in the Fourth Extraordinary Session of the IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power, in Havana’s Convention Center, October 10, 2019, Year 61 of the Revolution

(Council of State transcript - GI translation)

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10

2019

Miguel Diaz-Canel elected President of the Republic of Cuba

Havana, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) Miguel-Diaz-Canel was elected President of the Republic of Cuba this Thursday, by absolute majority of National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP, Cuban Parliament) members, in a free, direct and secret vote, during the Fourth Extraordinary Session of this legislative body.

In the parliamentary session, held in Havana's International Conference Center, Salvador Valdes was also elected Vice President of Cuba.

Both leaders thus received a mandate through 2023, when the current legislature of the Cuban Parliament ends.

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10

2019

Cuban president: The Revolution is a struggle for the future

Havana, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The Revolution is a struggle for the future of Cuba, stated Miguel Diaz-Canel today, on being elected and proclaimed President of the Republic of Cuba by the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP).

Diaz-Canel's speech was largely addressed to Cuban youth, who represent the future of the nation, he said.

President Miguel Diaz-Canel thus offered his inauguration speech for a term of office through 2023, which could be renewed for another five years, according to the Constitution approved in April.

Oct

10

2019

151 years of October 10, 1868 - founding event of the National Liberation Revolution of Cuba

On October 10, 1868, the patriot lawyer Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819-1874) freed his slaves and took the Cubans into arms, the first founding event of the #Cuba National Liberation Revolution.

The ringing of the bell of his sugar-cane factory "La Demajagua", Manzanillo, in the east of the country, meant 151 years ago a triumph of the independence ideas, against the Hispanic fundamentalism and the reformist and annexation movements.

In the words of Céspedes that day: "The soldier of duty must not allow the aurora to surprise him in his bed."

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09

2019

October 9, 1967

Che Guevara was wounded and captured in an ambush by the Bolivian army on October 8, 1967. The next day he was executed in cold blood, on instructions from Washington. When this news was confirmed, on October 18, a solemn evening in memory of Che, in "Plaza de la Revolución", Havana, was attended by a million people. There, Fidel Castro pronounced a historic speech.

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