Diaz-Canel: In the face of new US aggressions we will go for more

During his speech in the main act for the celebrations of the Day of National Rebelliousness, Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, that despite the increase of US aggressions against Cuba, the Revolution will resist and move ahead.

The ceremony that marked the 66 anniversary of the attacks to the Moncada and Carlos Manuel De Cespedes garrisons, took place in the eastern city of Bayamo an was attended by the First and Second Secretaries of the Communist Party, Raul Castro and Jose Ramon Machado Ventura.

The Cuban president denounced that the US administration has increased its activities to prevent oil shipments to reach Cuba in an attempt to collapse Cuban economy, create chaos and division in the people, disregarding the Cuban people capacity to resist and overcome any obstacle.

they are trying to cut oil supplies by prohibiting tankers to come to our ports, threatening brutally shipping companies, the governments of the countries where the ships are flagged and the insurance companies, he said.

He also denounced the Helms-Burton Act which seeks to snatch the properties and goods the Cuban people won 60 years ago.

He also said the US blockade has caused losses to Cuban economy for over 922 billion dollars in almost six decades and has been strengthened with the restrictions to travel licenses and prohibition to cruise ships.

In another moment, the President praised the results of the Granma economy, though he urged the people in that province to work harder. He announced the government will implement new measures to continue updating the Cuban economic model and improve the life of all Cubans.

Fuente: ACN

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