At the closing of the constitutive session of the ninth legislature of the Parliament, the first Secretary of the Party, Army General Raul Castro highlighted that this coincided with the date on which, 57 years ago, Cuba won the victory in Playa Giron and gave to imperialism its first major defeat in Latin America.
In assuming the mandate of the people as President of the Councils of State and of Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel dedicated his first thought to the historical generation that with humility and consecration accompanies this hour of pressing challenges.
In the constitutive session of the ninth legislature of the National Assembly of People´s Power, attended by the first Secretary of the party, Raul Castro, it was reported today the result of the Cuban deputies’ voting, who elected Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez as President of the country
When tomorrow April 18 the constitutive session of the National Assembly of People´s Power begins for its IX legislature, the current Cuban society will be represented in it and we will arrive at that date after a road where the people were protagonists.
As we have already reported, the National Candidacy Committee works on evaluating the proposals made by members, with a view to shaping the candidatures that will be presented on April 19 for the election of the new direction of Parliament and the members of the Council of State
The presence of Cuban women in the new Parliament, which will have its constituent session on April 19, corresponds to respect, admiration, and above all, with the recognition of their worth and capacities.
rmy General Raul Castro, President of the Councils of State and Ministers and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, witnessed with the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, the signing of several legal instruments between the two nations.
For his great and extraordinary merits in strengthening the relations of cooperation between the Governments, Parties and peoples of Cuba and Vietnam, President Raul Castro was decorated this Thursday with the Order of the Golden Star, the highest distinction granted by the Government of the Indochinese country.
“Principles are not negotiable in the Cuban revolution,” Rafael Gonzalez, vice-president of Hermanos Saiz Association said, who was a worthy representative of the Cuban civil society in the second Forum titled Thinking Americas, prior to the Summit of Lima, Peru, next April.
On March 21, the process of consultation of the newly elected delegates to the provincial Assemblies of People’s Power was completed throughout Cuba, with respect to the nominations to be presented next Sunday 25 for presidents and vice-Presidents, at the constituent session of those governing bodies.
