Las Tunas.- The brave and brave people of the Balcón del Oriente Cubano, to whose heroism with all justice the Central Workers of Cuba dedicated the celebrations of this May Day, took stands in the eight municipalities and sent a message to their historical enemies of resistance and unity, which emphasizes the collective decision to defend the Revolution and socialism.
In the Plaza de la Revolución Mayor General Vicente García González, in the provincial capital, more than 100 thousand workers and their families, combatants of the Revolution, young people and students marched carrying flags and posters as symbols of commitment to the Homeland and solidarity with others. countries of the world that fight for respect for their basic rights.
Today’s event had replicas in the remaining seven municipalities, where the masses showed joy and confidence in the future that they are building together in open defiance of the blockade, which for more than six decades North American administrations have imposed on Cuba, and considered the greatest obstacle to the development, and the objective proclaimed by Cubans of building a prosperous and sustainable socialist society.
With the same energies there were denunciations of the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people, and demands for the cessation of aid from the United States and the West to the armed forces of the Zionist State, whose actions represent a real threat to universal peace.
They also raised voices, arms and signs to denounce the interference and imperial siege of Venezuela and Nicaragua, whose governments work for the benefit of their people.
“The position of principles, rebellion and unwavering faith in victory, the labor movement and the working masses inherited from Martí’s thought, from union leaders of the human dimension of Lázaro Peña, Jesús Menéndez, Aracelio Iglesias, Armando Mestre, and Alfredo López, and the invincible Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, to whom today we pay well-deserved tribute,” highlighted Odalis Batista Pérez, general secretary of the provincial Committee of the CTC. The worker leader exalted: “We are also motivated by the commemorations of the 65th anniversaries of the Triumph of the Revolution, the 171st of the birth of José Martí and the 85th of the founding of the Cuban Workers’ Union.”
Together with the people, their main leaders of the Party, the Government, the military institutions, the CTC and its unions, and the mass and social organizations, in a perennial accompaniment that symbolizes unity, as a guarantee of victory.
In the city of Las Tunas, Teresa Amarelle Boué, member of the Political Bureau of the Party and general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women, presided over the march; Walter Simón Noris, first secretary of the Party in the province; and, Jaime Ernesto Chiang Vega, governor of Las Tunas; Odalis Batista Pérez, general secretary of the Provincial Committee of the CTC; In addition, Katia Labrada Vidal, general secretary of the National Union of Transport and Port Workers, among other leaders.
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