PINAR DEL RÍO, Cuba. – The central act for the anniversary 57 of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), on September 28, will be in Pinar del Rio province, according to the national coordinator of the organization, Carlos Rafael Miranda Martinez.

Miranda explained the most western of the Cuban provinces will welcome the celebration because it deserved the national avant-garde qualification during the annual emulation. He pointed out that Pinar del Río is a territory with a deep tradition of CDR work, every year it presents satisfactory results.

During 2017 the province was the seat of the homage act to blood donors, one of the most human tasks the CDR directly attends. In the territory there is an active mass movement and a high level of popular call, where a considerable number of community projects are developed.

The central act for the anniversary 57 of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution will take place at 7:30 a.m. at the monument to the Saiz brothers, as worthy homage to these courageous young people filled by the Batista dictatorship sixty years ago. This will be the stage, in addition, where the CDR launch the official call to its ninth Congress, dedicated to eternal Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and the new generations of Cubans.

Taken from Granma