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Raúl presides over May Day event in
Santiago de Cuba
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, May 1 (AIN).—President Raúl
Castro, first secretary of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), is presiding over
celebrations for International Workers Day in this
heroic city.
The
President is accompanied by Lázaro Expósito Canto,
member of the Central Committee and first secretary
of the PCC in the province, with other leaders of
the Party, government and political, youth and mass
organizations.
Also
present on the platform in Antonio Maceo Grajales
Plaza de la Revolución are Heroes of Labor,
outstanding workers and labor movement leaders,
veterans and founder members of the Cuban Workers
Federation (CTC), plus foreign workers' delegations
in friendship with Cuba.
The
historic plaza and its surrounding areas have been
decorated with giant Cuban flags and those of the
26th of July Movement, symbols of the Cuban people,
and posters with slogans like Unity, Productivity
and Efficiency, which distinguish this year’s
celebration.
María de los Angeles Cordero Tamayo, CTC general
secretary in the province, gave the central address,
which was followed by the marching blocs, headed by
Combatants of the Revolution.
Translated by Granma International
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