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)

New York, 11 October 2019. The Second Secretary of the Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, Indira Guardia González, reiterated today Cuba's unavoidable commitment to promote and strengthen a genuine Rule of Law, which will contribute to changing the current unjust international order.

New York, 11 October 2019. From April 2018 to March 2019, the tightening of the blockade continued to be the nerve center of the U.S. government policy towards Cuba, with increasingly notable effects in its extraterritorial application. The U.S. strategy focused on consolidating confrontation and hostility, both on the declarative level and in the implementation of measures of economic aggression against the country.

Kingston, Jamaica, 10 October 2019. Members of the Board of Directors of the Cuban company Cubahidraulica visited Jamaica from October 7 to 8, an occasion that was conducive to the exchange with Senator the Honorable Pearnel Charles Jr., Minister of State at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation; as well as with senior officials from that Ministry, the National Water Commission, the Port Authority of Jamaica and the Chamber of Commerce of the island.

The Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana, Pedro Luis Despaigne González presented at the Freedom Center in Accra and before a representation of Ghanaian press media, the Cuban Report on the blockade corresponding to 2019, as well as the draft resolution on the blockade that will be presented at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on November 6 and 7, 2019.

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."

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.

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.

New York, 10 October 2019.In his statement at the Segment on Macroeconomic Policy Questions, Agenda Item 17 of the Second Committee of the United Nations, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the UN, Juan Miguel Gonzalez Peña, expressed the aspiration of developing countries for a more just, non-discriminatory and inclusive international order that allows growth and development for all and narrows the

The Cuban Ambassador, Vilma Reyes Valdespino, was received in audience by Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at the Government headquarters.

During the cordial meeting, the parties discussed important aspects of bilateral relations and collaboration between the two nations.