Raul Castro Congratulates Cuban Women at their Congress

HAVANA, Cuba, March 8 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro congratulated all Cuban women on behalf of Revolution leader Fidel Castro and the Communist Party. The Cuban head of state presided over the closing session of the 8^th Congress of the Cuban Women Federation at Havana´s Conventions Center.

In a brief statement at the session, Raul Castro stressed the need that women should increasingly occupy leading positions in the country´s economic, political and social life. He said women are always more mature than men since very early age; they understand the management activity better than men do and they are quite firm.

That story which tells that men do not obey women is not true, said Raul as he smiled amidst the applause of the over 900 women who attended the session. Raul Castro reiterated his congratulations on International Women Day on behalf of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Communist Party.

During the closing ceremony, Yolanda Ferrer was ratified as General Secretary of the Cuba Women´s Federation (FMC). Ferrer read the Congress´ Final Declaration.

The closing speech of the Congress was given by Cuba´s First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura.

(En nombre de Fidel y el Partido, Raúl felicitó a las mujeres)