lunes, 29 de diciembre de 2008

Ecuadorian President Reiterates Rejection of US Blockade of Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 29 (acn) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa reiterated on Saturday his rejection of Washington’s almost fifty-year-old economic blockade of Cuba and said he hoped US President-elect Barack Obama will put an end to this policy after he assumes power next month.

According to Prensa Latina news agency, in his weekly radio and television address last Saturday, Correa sent a message of solidarity to the Cuban people and congratulated them on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.

The leader said that the triumph of the Revolution in Cuba on January 1st, 1959, was a turning point in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean and a break with the traditional social and economic conditions of the region.

“Perhaps only the independence struggles of the 19th century could be compared with the Cuban Revolution. Which country of our region could resist only three months of a blockade by the United States?” Correa asked.

After recalling that Cuba has resisted for 50 years, he predicted that the Caribbean nation will be one of the most prosperous countries of Latin America and the Caribbean once the blockade is lifted due to its human talent, its technological development and the social cohesion of
the nation.

50th Anniversary of Cuban Revolution Celebrated Around the World

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 29 (acn) The 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and the achievements of the Cuban people in the past five decades were celebrated during this past weekend in several countries around the world.

During a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, the Cuban ambassador to this African nation, Angel Dalmau, recalled that all citizens in the Caribbean country have free and universal access to education and health services.

He added that thousands of students from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean have graduated from Cuban universities and other schools.

Meanwhile, in Beijing, the Central Television of China broadcast on Sunday a musical gala with the participation of Cuban and Chinese artists in honor of the Cuban Revolution.

For its part, El Periodico news daily of Guatemala published an interview with the Cuban ambassador in Guatemala City, Omar Morales, who gave details about the social transformations carried out in Cuba.

Morales stressed that the first achievement of the Cuban Revolution was to rescue the nation’s independence and sovereignty.

sábado, 27 de diciembre de 2008

Prioritize in Camagüey surrenders of constructive materials for damaged by hurricanes

Camagüey, Dec 27 . - Intense work days take place in the Provincial Warehouse of the Housing to surrender before December 31 to all the municipalities of Camagüey, materials of the construction that will benefit to those damaged in the territory by the hurricanes Ike and Paloma.

Efraín Vega González, director of that entity, informed that so far resources coming from the counties of Sancti Spíritus, The Tunas and Santiago de Cuba have been received, to what sink donations of thec Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and other countries.

In the transportation of the tiles, tanks and other elements was of vital importance the support of the managerial sector of Camagüey like the Recuperator of Matters Cousins and the Electric Basic Organization.

The work days in the Provincial Warehouse of the Housing extended until the night schedule, evidence the priority that has in Camagüey and in the whole country to solve the necessities of those damaged by the recent hurricanes. (Yamylé Fernández Rodríguez).