Artemisa celebrates birthday of Fidel Castro

Artemisa, Cuba - More than 30 areas of the capital municipality of the province of Artemisa were declared 56 anniversary of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution fulfilling in that way with one of the tasks conceived in the organization in salute to the 90th birthday of the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and to the seventh congress of the Communist Party of Cuba.
According to AniaThomzom Blanco, municipal coordinator of the CDR in the capital, the active involvement of the grassroots leaders in conducting these activities is in response to the call of the national leadership of the organization of involve each and every one who represents the organization.
The completion of all management structures at the grassroots level and that the entities of the organization have the billboard which identifies the CDR are some of the requirements that must be satisfied by the 147 areas, the 9 people's councils and the municipality in general to be declared 56th anniversary.
Translated by Lorenzo Raúl Alonso López
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