Today, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel visited the municipality of Imías in the eastern province of Guantánamo, to check on the recovery effort from the damage caused by Hurricane Oscar.

Guantánamo, Cuba.- The Head of State said in his X account that ‘we are working very hard, without rest’ in the areas affected by the meteorological event.

Cuban Party officials, central Government, and local authorities are working hand in hand with the noble and hardworking people of Guantánamo, he wrote in X.

During his visit to Imías, Díaz-Canel spoke to the population about the work on roads, electricity, and assistance of all kinds. He said that Cuba is fighting in two trenches: one for the recovery of Guantánamo after Hurricane Oscar and the other at the UN against the blockade.

“One is open here, on the battered southern and northern coasts of Guantánamo, where we are fighting to reverse the damage caused by Oscar. The other is at the UN, where the blockade, which has made reconstruction and life more difficult for six decades, will be condemned,” the President also wrote on his X account.

He also visited the Ciro Fría Cabrera Polyclinic, which serves a local population of more than 2,100 inhabitants.

According to reports from the Presidency of the Republic in X, doctors, nurses, and all the staff are restoring life to this place where water and mud have reached a height of more than a meter.

The President was accompanied by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, Roberto Morales, secretary of the Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba, and several ministers.

Hurricane Oscar caused seven deaths and considerable material damage when it hit communities in the eastern province of Guantánamo on 20 October.

For several days, the storm also caused heavy rains in the eastern and central provinces. (PL)