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YEAR X NO 7 JUL 4, 2020 HAVANA, CUBA ISSN 2224-5707 Price: 1.00 CUC / 1.00 USD / 1.20 CAN The Fight for Change of July 26th P. 3 Cuba Spotlight Economy Cuban Doctors Return from Long Live Boosting Production with Lombardy, Italy the Rose of Cuba Local Resources P. 5 P. 7 P.13 2 TOURISM CUBA 3 The Fight for Change of July 26th The Tourism Industry is the Key to Cuba’s Future Cuba Prepares for Gradual By TinoMANUEL employees of the tourism sector under the guidance of health professionals. Other tourism entities linked to the provision Return to Normality after HAVANA.- The cautious policy that Cuba has of services, such as the production of food implemented in the fight against COVID-19 and transportation, provided their services COVID-19 also means a well-balanced plan when life goes to hospitals and centers for the attention of back to normal in the country, especially in key vulnerable people. sectors for the Cuban economy such as tourism. In addition to the improvement of the tourism By ErnestoVERA As part of the Cuban government’s strategies, sector, the country also develops other strategic tourism reopen gradually for local tourists projects linked to the tourism industry, such as beginning on July 1, while hotels in a group hydraulics, renewable energy, agribusiness and of keys, namely Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Cayo telecommunications. Santamaría, Cayo Guillermo and Cayo Cruz will Until the emergence of the first cases in Cuba, be available to foreign tourists. the country annually received about 4 million In order to guarantee the success of the foreign tourists, in 74,000 hotel rooms – summer season, Cuban tourism authorities especially of four and five-star hotels. have focused on restoration and preparation However, the pandemic of the COVID-19 has efforts to create the conditions needed under caused the worst crisis in the tourism sector in the new health requirements entailed by the over 60 years, both in its economic structure COVID-19 pandemic. and its goals. Cuba’s tourist industry has been relentless, In spite of the strong impact of the disease, the History Will Absolve Me, Fidel Castro’s speech following the attack on July 26, 1953. carrying out improvements, even since the Cuban tourism industry is looking forward to pandemic was officially announced and the mitigate negative consequences as much as first cases detected on the island, local tourism possible and is preparing for the traveling to authorities said. start up again, though always giving priority to According to those specialists, amid the people’s health. aggravating factors – such as the pressures An example of these actions is seen at the of the United States – Cuba has shown that Varadero beach resort, where sand is being human beings are the main priority. poured, facilities are being renovated and Since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the employees are getting ready to assume new Cuban tourism sector assumed the protocols work protocols for the careful reopening of the in place to face the disease adopted by Cuban sector, with an emphasis on health safety. Iconic Capri Hotel, in Havana. PHOTOS: Prensa Latina. health authorities for emergency situations, and hotels closed their commercial operations –while 90,000 foreign tourists returned to their respective countries of residency. Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks in Bayamo. PHOTOS: Prensa Latina. At that moment, there were 42,000 Canadians, 6,000 Russians, 5,000 Americans, 4,000 French, By KarinaMARRÓN The military action against the Moncada – the and 3,000 Germans in Cuba. A small number of then second most important military fortress them are still in the country. in Cuba – and the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Sources of the Cuban tourism industry indicate HAVANA.- On July 26th, every year, Cuba celebrates garrisons, as well as the attack to the Saturnino that this sector worked tirelessly towards the the National Rebellion Day, dating back to the attack Lora hospital and the Justice Palace, failed. improvement of facilities, from the moment on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Then, the regime started to repress the people, Process of normality in the majority of Cuban provinces. PHOTO: Prensa Latina. that the pandemic was declared in Cuba and garrisons, in Santiago de Cuba and Bayamo, murdering 55 youth and listing them as ‘dead in the first cases appeared. respectively. In fact, that event represented the action’ – although only six actually fell during the HAVANA.- After three months of activities, as well as crowded spaces, According to those specialists, amid the birth of a popular movement that rose to power for attack. intensive work between different will be compulsory. aggravating factors – such as the pressures the benefit of the masses. However, their heroism and particularly the ideals sectors to contain the spread of After its interruption during of the United States – Cuba has shown that A group composed of over 150 youth, including two they defended – which Fidel Castro later on COVID-19, Cuba will begin a gradual the past few months, hospital human beings are the main priority. women, led actions in both cities of eastern Cuba – announced during his speech at court where he return to normality in three stages, services will restart gradually in the According to officials, hotels and their headed by historical leader of the Cuba Revolution was judged – became a real victory. focusing on the public’s health. coming weeks, and local tourism employees are using the current period to Fidel Castro. The Moncada Program, that Castro explained in During the first stage, gradual will be allowed. For now, the conduct maintenance and cleaning in all Their motivation was their love for their homeland, his speech – known as La historia me absolverá and asymmetric measures will be island is projected to open up to facilities, a task that is performed daily. which they wanted to be free again after the coup (History Will Absolve Me) – became the main adopted with regard to productive, international tourism in the second In addition, camping sites and lodging facilities d´état headed by Fulgencio Batista, on March 10, motivating factor that mobilized the Cubans. economic and social activities. phase, but in the country’s northern normally used for national tourism were 1952. Tired by the precarious situation they lived in, This would allow for several and southern keys only. temporarily used as isolation or quarantine However, Cuba’s situation at the time was more where unemployment, illiteracy, insalubrity and developments, while strengthening Transportation and other public centers throughout the country, attended by Las Terrazas Tourism Complex. intolerable than the tyrant of the moment, or the hunger prevailed, the said program united them the country’s capacity to cope with services, including juridical activities, fact that the constitutional order was roughshod in a common objective: building a revolution that the imminent, prolonged crisis. will restart progressively, depending and the postulates stipulated in the Magna Carta could sweep all of those evils away. The island will have to make a huge on their need, nature and social SOCIETY.HEALTH & SCIENCE.POLITICS.CULTURE approved in 1940 were rejected. These movements That was the seed of all the laws and social effort up against the economic, impact. The coming school year was ENTERTAINMENT.PHOTO FEATURE.ECONOMY were all about gaining true independence and transformations implemented in Cuba after the commercial and financial blockade agreed to begin in September. SPORTS.AND MORE restoring sovereignty from the United States, in overthrow of the Batista regime, as of January 1, imposed by the United States for 60 Productive, state, non-state and addition to giving a decent life to the most humble. 1959. Since the very beginning, those laws strayed years, which has been continuously commercial activities will be Cuban National Hero José Martí hoped to build far from the capitalist conception of economic and tightened since Donald Trump took resumed in conjunction, with some President: Luis Enrique González. Art Direction: Anathais Rodríguez Printing: Imprenta Federico Engels a republic with everyone’s wellbeing in mind, an social inequities and injustices, as Fidel Castro said. office in 2017. criteria in mind: saving, encouraging Information Vice President: Moisés Pérez Mok Graphic Designers: Fernando Fernandez Tito Publisher: Agencia Informativa Latinoamericana, ideal embraced by those who were later on called For that reason, in Cuba, July 26 is not a synonym of Cuban Prime Minister Manuel the production of food for the Editorial Vice President: Lianet Arias Chief Graphic Editor: Francisco González Prensa Latina, S.A. the Centennial Generation. pain and loss, but of rebirth and victory. It is a day of Marrero said the plan would include population and export as source of Chief Editor: Ilsa Rodriguez Santana Assistant Staff: Yaimara Portuondo Calle E, esq. 19 No. 454, Vedado, La Habana-4, Cuba. Sixty-seven years ago - on July 26, 1953 – those youth tribute and celebration; a permanent commitment three phases in the first stage. At the income for the country, committed English Editor: Mitra Ghaffari Advertising: René García Telephone: (53)7838-3496 / 7832-3578 hoped to increase popular awareness and in that to those who, that early morning, went to greet beginning, physical distancing and to cope with the crisis without Translation: Dayamí Interian/ Yanely Interián Circulation: Commercial Department. Fax: (53)7833-3068 E-mail: [email protected] endeavor, many courageous men lost their lives. change, in the arms of their homeland. the use of face masks during public renouncing development. 4 CUBA-U.S. CUBA 5 CUBA-U.S.: No Light at the End of the Tunnel Cuban Doctors Return from Lombardy, Italy By OrlandoORAMAS who worked at the main city hospital, a field hospital and By FaustoTRIANA center for senior citizens who tested positive for COVID-19 and other underlying diseases.