President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez began his tour of Pinar del Río, the fifth province where meetings are held to assess and benefit from the potential of the areas to achieve a better year in all areas for the nation.
He was accompanied by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and Organization Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Roberto Morales Ojeda, both members of the Politburo, the Presidency of the Republic Twitter account reported.
We are committed to our people, Morales Ojeda said, to improving their quality of life and working to eliminate anything that prevents this. The answers on how we can do more and better for the country’s development will enable us to find solutions to the current problems, he added.
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The first secretary of the party’s provincial committee, Yamilé Ramos Cordero, explains the main opportunities, weaknesses and prospects of the territory.
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Adding to the challenges faced here, like the rest of the country, is the complex recovery process from Hurricane Ian.
.@YamileRamosCord Among other things, he mentioned:
????Inadequate use of regulations approved for the business system.
????Lack of momentum in agriculture to strengthen the sector.
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Agriculture representative Yoel Hernández commented on the work being done to identify development areas and get them into production.
This not only makes it possible to increase food production, but also to improve the social development of these enclaves.
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Díaz-Canel stressed the importance of producing more food, not just tobacco, in Pinar del Río.
After that purpose, he said, a priority is to use unused land, create a greater culture in the use of agroecology, and promote local production systems.
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There is a real and objective block that causes us a lot of damage and that we denounce in all scenarios, @DiazCanelB pointed out, but there is another one that is mental and we must break it to move forward with development.
These meetings should also break this deadlock, he reflected.
Amid the complex scenario that the country is living through, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz assessed, hard work has been done and decisions taken that should contribute to a better 2023, but the results will not come alone, they require the efforts of everyone.
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It is important to seek alternative solutions based on the territory’s potential and to make better use of collective intelligence to solve current problems, he stressed.
According to Morales Ojeda, the analyzes carried out during this exchange show that there are reserves and potentials in the province to find solutions to existing problems.
We are in a better position to move forward in a sustainable manner and ensure that everything we do helps make our democracy increasingly participatory, he said.
They reflect the current scenario in Artemisa
At the end of his trip through the westernmost of the Cuban provinces, the Cuban President arrived in Artemisa, where the meeting is being held to assess the actions to be carried out in this area in order to advance the search for solutions that will make 2023 a better year do.
At the beginning of the exchange, Roberto Morales Ojeda invited those present to reflect deeply on the current scenario in the province, which will make it possible to face it with sustainable solutions whose purpose is the well-being of the population.
As a starting point for all analyses, assured the first secretary of the Provincial Committee, Gladys Martínez Verdecia, the Ideas, Concepts and Guidelines were taken, a document from which 72 measures will be implemented, approved by the Provincial Plenary of the party.
.@GladysArtemisa He pointed to the potential of the territory to promote development at the local level, highlighting, among other things:
????Very productive agricultural land
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????Las Terrazas-Soroa Tourist Center
????Mariel Special Development Zone
— Presidency of Cuba ??????? (@PresidenciaCuba) January 12, 2023