Havana, May 1, 2022. Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and the first secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party and president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, presideed over the parade on the International Workers Day.
The presence of the Army General had been announced during the closing day of the IV Plenary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
The member of the Political Bureau and Secretary General of the Central of Workers of Cuba (CTC), Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, said during the central discourse of the act that in that historic Plaza de la Revolución «we celebrate the International Workers Day in a Cuba that lives and works with creative resistance ».
He also denounced the effects of the United States economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.
He also referred to the project for a new code of families and the Women's Advancement Program, keys in the social development of our nation.
He explained the victory of Cuba against the pandemic, thanks to the development of three vaccines (Abdala, Sovereign 02 and Sovereign Plus) and two vaccination candidates (Sovereign 01 and Mambisa).
He added that the presence there of more than 1,050 solidarity friends of Cuba reveals the support for the Cuban revolution around the world.
Source: Granma