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YEAR X NO 10 OCT 5, 2020 HAVANA, CUBA ISSN 2224-5707 Price: 1.00 CUC / 1.00 USD / 1.20 CAN Cuba Will Overcome U.S. Trump Strengthens Aggressions, President Says the Blockade P. 3 P. 4 Culture Economy U.S.A Viengsay Valdés Wins The Need for Monetary Potential Chaos of 2020 U.S. Positano Dance Award Unification Elections P. 6 P. 13 P.16 2 TOURISM Meliá Jardines del Rey: A Safe Tourist Destination By RobertoCAMPOS Major Cuban hotels operated by Meliá International reopened its doors to national vacationers in July, complying with health protocols adopted to fight the current pandemic. HAVANA.- Spain’s Meliá hotel chain has added a new hotel to That list includes Hotel Tryp Habana Libre in Havana and its list of safe tourist resorts in Cuba, with special protocols to Meliá Internacional Varadero and Sol Palmeras in Varadero, face Covid-19. Matanzas Province, and Meliá Jardines del Rey, as mentioned Meliá Cuba’s sales manager Francisco Camps announced that above. Meliá Jardines del Rey was included on the list of resorts with Health protocols at those resorts include the presence of the a Hygienic and Safe Tourism Certification, in agreement nurses, doctors and epidemiologists. with Cuban authorities. With headquarters in Mallorca’s Balearic Island, Meliá has The certification, which complies with the protocols established been Spain’s leading hotel chain since 2002 and runs over by the Cuban Ministries of Public Health and Tourism, ensures 350 hotels in 40 countries; 39 of them in Cuba. safe vacations both to national and foreign tourists. Meanwhile, it was announced in Toronto that starting the The announcement was followed by the arrival of Canadian last week of September, Air Canada Vacations will offer a tourists to Cuba’s northern keys as the first to come to the island direct, weekly flight from that city to the tourist facilities since the borders were closed late March due to Covid-19. located in Jardines del Rey, as well as a similar flight from Camps thanked the extra efforts made by tourism employees in Montreal, in operation since September 4. Cuba, adding that Meliá Hoteles International is committed to Tour operators from Canada - the main issuing country of guaranteeing the wellbeing of its clients under the slogan “Stay tourists to the island - included the Cuban destination in their Safe with Meliá.” fall and winter programs. PHOTO: Cubadebate. Cuba’s Southern Tourist Resort By RaúlALVAREZ Reiner Rendón, an official of the Tourism Ministry, told The Havana Reporter that the opening of the Meliá Trinidad hotel was HAVANA.- The Ancón peninsula, south of postponed until 2021 because of Covid-19 and Trinidad – a city located in the central province its effects around the world. of Sancti Spíritus - is trying to become Cuba’s However, work continues in this hotel, following most important sun and beach resort on the all the health measures. Progress has been made southern coast. in the final stage of its construction and Meliá With this purpose in mind, the Meliá Trinidad Trinidad – a four-star hotel located in the María and Iberostar Ancón hotels - four and five-star Aguilar beach – will have 400 rooms. facilities, respectively – are currently under According to the official, this is important work in construction there. The peninsula is over 12 which efficient construction is being done and kilometers away from Trinidad, a Cultural technology is provided by a foreign share, while Heritage Site founded by the Spanish in 1514. Cuba provides the financial and work capital. These two hotels will join the Memories The project includes a swimming pool, a Trinidad del Mar, Village Costasur and Club gym, recreation areas and other places for Amigo Ancón hotels, already in operation. celebrations and events. According to specialists, this destination – The tourist development of the Sancti Spíritus located in the Caribbean Sea – has a lot of province aims to offer over 10,000 rooms in natural resources, beaches and mountains. 10 years, following all the health and security It also allows for trips to Trinidad, a city often measures, with the purpose of providing guests PHOTO: Prensa Latina. visited because of its architectural beauty. the highest comfort. 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Fax: (53)7833-3068 E-mail: [email protected] CUBA 3 Cuba Will Overcome U.S. Aggressions, President Says By OrlandoORAMAS HAVANA.- Cuba will withstand and defeat the new aggressions of the U.S. government, President Miguel Díaz- Canel said in his virtual speech for the top-level meeting of the UN General Assembly, which coincides with the 75th anniversary of the international organization. In the video addressed to the international community, the head of the Cuban State denounced that the United States doesn’t hide its intention to apply new and tougher aggressive measures against his country in the coming months. “We declare once more that our people, proud of its history and committed to the ideals and work of the Revolution, will be able to withstand and win,” he stressed. The president noted during his speech that Washington’s Cuban president in a virtual speech for the UN General Assembly. PHOTO: Estudios Revolución. escalating hostility takes place as the island faces the Covid-19 pandemic, which doesn’t surprise Cubans at this development, not only have preserved everyone’s right to Díaz-Canel demanded the end of the defamatory campaign point. health but to better face pandemics as well. “against the altruistic work of Cuba’s international medical Cuba, Díaz-Canel pointed out, has used its decade-long “We have accomplished this despite tough restrictions of the cooperation which, with high prestige and proven results, experience to fight terrible epidemics, some of them prolonged economic, commercial and financial blockade has helped saving hundreds of lives and reduced the deliberately introduced into the country as part of the imposed by the U.S. government and further intensified impact of the disease in several ways.” permanent war against the revolutionary process. brutally over the past two years, even in times of the pandemic, Prestigious international personalities and social A group of measures were immediately implemented, proving the nature of this hostile policy towards Cuba.” organizations have recognized the humanist work of the backed up by the country’s main capabilities and strengths: The White House has intensified the persecution of Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade Specialized an organized socialist State responsible for watching over financial transactions and since 2019 has adopted new in Disasters and Severe Epidemics, advocating that the its people’s health, with highly-qualified human capital measures that contravene International Law to deprive the brigade be granted the Nobel Peace Prize, he recalled. and a society whose people largely participate in decision- Cuban people of the possibility to buy the fuel needed for While the United States ignores the call to unite efforts in the making and the solution of their problems, the president everyday life and its development, the president said. fight against the pandemic and withdraws from the World sustained. With the objective of damaging and demonizing the Health Organization, Cuba, “in response to requests and guided Díaz-Canel highlighted that the implementation of those Cuban Revolution and its allies, the United States publishes by the friendly and humanist vocation of its people, increases measures, together with the knowledge accumulated over spurious, illegitimate lists with which it claims the right to its cooperation- sending over 3,700 health collaborators more than 60 years in creating and strengthening a universal impose unilateral, coercive measures on the world, the organized in 46 medical brigades to 39 countries and territories and high-quality health system, plus scientific research and Cuban president stated. affected by Covid-19,” described the president. detection of infected people and stopping the chain of Covid-19 transmission in Fight Against Covid-19 the western and central regions, where the situation is more complicated because of the high spread of positive cases. In this sense, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel insists on conducting an in-depth By ClaudiaDUPEIRÓN study of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, especially of those whose sources of infection are not detected and do not have symptoms. The number of real-time PCR tests that are conducted daily to detect new coronavirus HAVANA.- The Covid-19 pandemic has been a challenge for Cuba and the entire cases has also increased and has reached as much as 8,128 in 24 hours. Currently, world. In our country, constant work is being done to save the lives of those infected between seven to eight thousand tests are being conducted daily. with SARS-CoV-2. Cuba has a network of molecular