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President Raúl Castro attends May Day
march in Havana
Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee First
Secretary and President of the Councils of State and
Ministers, Raúl Castro, attended the national march
commemorating International Workers Day, in Havana’s
José Martí Plaza de la Revolución.
At 7:30 a.m. on this glorious morning, Cuba’s
national anthem announced the beginning of the
celebration, led and witnessed by thousands of the
capital’s residents, who began gathering in the dawn
hours on Paseo Avenue and streets leading to the
parkway, forming a compact march of the Cuban people
who reaffirmed their support for the Revolution and
commitment to building a prosperous, sustainable,
socialist society.
“The massive presence of workers and the entire
people in our plazas and avenues, is an expression
of this willingness, which constitutes an authentic
message to the world reaffirming our unity and
unwavering support for the Revolution, Fidel and
Raúl, as well as our full commitment to continue
defending a free, sovereign homeland, such as we
have today,” said Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento,
member of the Central Committee and the Council of
State, and President of the Cuban Workers’
Federation.
At 7:45 am, the health workers’ contingent kicked
off the march, carrying a massive banner reading,
“Workers united in the construction of socialism.”
Joining the Cuban people for this important event
were more than 1,700 leaders of trade unions, social
movements and solidarity with Cuba groups, from 78
countries.
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