If only the more than 250 thousand people from Holguin who paraded this May 1st in the nicknamed Cuban City of Parks were counted, it would be enough to qualify the celebration of the workers' fiesta as massive, but if it is added that the province totaled more than 400 thousand, then that a river of people: enthusiastic, committed and united, showed that in Cuba the campaigns calling for immobility are not valid when it comes to saying yes for the Homeland.
And as the workers' party in the province of Holguin was preceded by a record number of people's events for May 1st days before, then, the invitation was greater to say like the mambises in the 19th century "Viva Cuba Libre", as Major General Calixto Garcia said, that is why today's Holguin people said in the square that bears his name: #VamosConTodo (Let's GoWithAll).
We are not addicted to catastrophes but it is worth qualifying the celebration in the province of Holguin as a multicolored tsunami, which ratified why in Cuba they say #SomosContinuidad, and because #CubaViveEnSuHistoria, as reflected in the numerous photos of Fidel, Marti, Raul, Diaz-Canel, Camilo, Che, Chavez, Lazaro Pena and so many others who has sown the path to a better country.
But the joy continued with the presentation of awards to the unions in fraternal emulation for May Day.
Among the small unions, the Sugar Workers' Union won the third place, Culture the second place and the first place went to the affiliates of the Hotel and Tourism Union.
A reference was made to the Commerce and Gastronomy Union among the medium-sized unions, but the first place went to the Industry Union, the second to Transportation and the third to Construction ones.
And in the battle of giants, the members of the Defense Civilian Union - which includes the Dr. Fermín Valdés Domínguez Military Hospital - won the first prize, followed by the Public Administration and Health ones in third place.
And as in every competition there is one that receives the popular vote, which this time went to the Industry Union.
For the outstanding work in the dissemination of the May Day events, the Provincial Secretariat of the Union also recognized all the press media: Radio Angulo and Radio Holguín, the television channel Tele Cristal, the newspaper Ahora, as well as all the national media reporting from Holguín, and also the Propaganda Unit.
After the award ceremony, Ernesto Santiesteban Velázquez - First Secretary of the Party in Holguín Province, congratulated all the people of Holguín for the worthy and civic response.
He added that "this May Day celebration is also a sign of unity around the Party, the Commander in Chief Fidel and the permanent defense of his legacy, of recognition to that historic leadership, to Army General Raúl Castro; a response and support to our First Secretary and President of the Republic who continues to push our country despite the blockade and the measures taken by Trump and Biden, and above all saying once again that with this people with their unity, with their confidence in victory we will continue to achieve results. We have lived, without a doubt, a great day for the people of Holguin as we know that all of Cuba has lived. Those of us who have been watching in this Plaza today, we are certain - and we have been monitoring it through the social networks - that it has been the overwhelming response of the Cuban people and also deserves a іViva Fidel, іViva Raúl, іViva la Revolución! We will continue to win because we have a people who will always say here is present to tell you: іCommander in Chief Ordene!", concluded the also member of the Central Committee of the Party.
This May Day marked with enthusiasm, revolutionary fervor and love for the Homeland as we have seen here today, we want to congratulate all the collectives that have worked hard, all the workers of Holguin, Cuba and the world. And with that unity, with that love from the heart, let us continue building the socialist future of our Revolution, together with our President and First Secretary of the Party, comrade Díaz-Canel, with the legacy of the Commander in Chief, with the teachings of the Army General (Raúl Castro), who is with his foot in the stirrup - as he always tells us -, and all united, men and women, forward with the Socialist Revolution. Fatherland or Death! іVenceremos!" harangued Deputy Prime Minister Inés María Chapman Waugh, also present at the presidency of this great parade, together with Army Corps General and Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Ramón Espinosa Martín, Major General Ricardo Rigel Tejeda, Governor Julio César Estupiñán Rodríguez, and other senior leaders of the province and municipality of Holguín.
After the parade and the awards ceremony, the top leaders toured two important local healthcare centers: the Octavio de la Concepción Pedraja Pediatric Hospital and the Lucía Íñiguez Landín Clinical-Surgical Hospital, where they officially inaugurated several facilities.
In the former, for gastroenterology, pre-operatory, surgery, infectious and contagious diseases, and pathological anatomy services.
The director of the Pediatric Hospital, Dr. Miguel Leyva Tamayo, who thanked for the investments to continue improving the services, informed the delegation that thanks to the measures adopted, no worker died due to covid-19, and that the few who fell ill had mild manifestations.
The First Secretary of the Party in Holguín Province, Ernesto Santiesteban Velázquez, praised the presence of many young people in the different hospital services, whom he invited to continue with their altruistic work.
At the Lucía Íñiguez Landín Clinical-Surgical Hospital, the headquarters of the Retinitis Pigmentosa Center was inaugurated.
Talking to the visitors, Dr. Boris Carballosa explained that this center was inaugurated on November 7, 1991, and that it was a program carried out by the Revolution, jointly by the Commander-in-Chief and the late professor Orfilio Pelaez, as an outstanding center for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa. It has been reopened today in very good conditions. We have many patients suffering from this disease, who rotate every 21 days, and this is a worthy example for the treatment of these people, and also provides assistance to other patients in the provinces of Las Tunas and Granma.
The leaders toured the premises of this new center for the treatment of patients suffering from retinitis pigmentosa, a service that has been in Holguin for 30 years.
And to corroborate the words of Dr. Boris Carballosa, patient Nicolás Torres Batista commented that this service has arrived thanks to the Revolution, to the continuity of the legacy of the Commander in Chief (Fidel), and that he trusts in the youth, as those who attend them with love and professionalism.
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