"We strongly reject the full entry into force of Section III of the Helms-Burton Act, condemn and demand the termination of the criminal economic, financial and commercial embargo imposed by the empire, which damages and weaknesses the Cuban people and is the main obstacle to our development."
Also, the trade union leader called for the May Day parade to be the most widespread in Cuba’s history, expressed solidarity words to the people and government of Venezuela, as well as to the working people of the whole world suffering from the infringement of their rights.
An employee of the Shipbuilding Company of Havana, Lazaro Meno Valdés, said during a speech the following:
“May Day will confirm commitment to the Motherland. In the current economic battle, it is necessary to improve the quality of services, increase exports and import substitution and rational use of resources to achieve the efficiency needed by the country. Modern young people will continue to remain loyal followers of the fundamental generation of this revolution, and great tasks can be placed on our shoulders. ”
In Havana there are two monuments of V.I. Lenin. However, Lenin Hill in Regla is the oldest in the world.
On January 27, 1924, on the day of Lenin's funeral, the port workers gathered here to honor the memory of the great revolutionary. The mayor of the municipality of Regla, Antonio Bosch, who had socialist convictions, assigned the name of Lenin to this hill and planted an olive tree here, which became the first monument to Lenin outside the USSR.
In subsequent years, demonstrations of workers protesting against Cuban dictators gathered on Lenin Hill. In 1930, during one of the demonstrations, the soldiers of President Gerardo Machado attacked the demonstrators, and the olive tree was cut down. However, a new tree was planted a week later.
And in 1984, to the 60th anniversary of the death of Lenin, a modern monument to the sculptor Thelma Marin was opened on the hill. A bronze bas-relief of Lenin in the rock surrounds twelve white human figures, symbolizing solidarity with the October Revolution in Russia.
