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Machado Ventura presides over May Day event and
march in the Cuban capital
JOSE Ramón Machado Ventura ,
second secretary of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Cuba, is presiding over the
popular rally and march for International Workers
Day in the capital.
 Hundreds
of thousands of Havana residents have flocked to
José Martí Plaza de la Revolución, as well as
representatives of dozens of countries and labor
organizations, social movements and friendship with
Cuba groups, all reaffirming their solidarity with
the island.
Vice President Machado Ventura is
accompanied by leaders of the Communist Party,
government and state, the Union of Young Communists
and social and mass organizations.
Ivan Melnikov, vice president of
the Russian Federation Duma and first vice president
of its Communist Party, is present at the event.
Salvador Valdés. general
secretary of the Cuban Workers Federation, made the
central speech at the May Day celebrations in
Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución. (AIN)
Translated by Granma
International
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