Raúl Castro: This Revolution has been the results of the sacrifices made by the Cuban youth. Foto: AIN

Comrades all:

We have been meeting for several days now discussing extremely important matters for the future of the nation. This time, in addition to our customary work in commissions, the deputies have met in plenary with the purpose of analyzing the details of the current economic situation, as well as the budgetary proposals and the economic plan for the year 2011.

The deputies have also devoted long hours to the thorough evaluation and clarification of some doubts and concerns about the Draft Guidelines for the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution.

Our media has given a broad coverage to these discussions in order to make it easier for the general public to receive this information.

Comrades:

It is a great pleasure and honour for me to agree to the request that you made for me to send a message to the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students that is taking place in the Homeland of Nelson Mandela, the living symbol of the struggle against the odious apartheid system.

Cuba hosted two world festivals: the 11th in 1978 and the 14th in 1997.

Raúl Castro: We shall always remain loyal to those who have fallen in battle! Photo: Roberto Suárez, Juventud Rebelde Newspaper.

Relatives of the victims of State Terrorism against Cuba,

Comrades:

As set out in the Council of State Decree-Law published today, beginning this year, October 6 will be commemorated as “Victims of State Terrorism Day.”

Exactly 34 years ago, 73 innocent people were assassinated: 11 Guyanese, 5 citizens of the Democratic Popular Republic of Korea and 57 Cubans. They were killed in midair when a bomb exploded aboard a Cubana de Aviación passenger plane that had just taken off from Barbados. Among them were 24 young Cubans from the national youth fencing team who had just swept all the gold medals at the Fourth Central-American and Caribbean Championships held in Venezuela.

Raúl Castro: Our only alternative is to unite us

Cuban President Raul Castro has called for regional unity to face and defeat campaigns organized in the US against Latin American countries that push ahead processes of change.

In his address to the 9th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA), the Cuban leader stressed last night that "our only alternative is to unite us, fight and triumph".

Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador are the target of Washington aggressions, he denounced, adding that those countries face campaigns organized and financed by the US, local oligarchies and in some cases by the European Union.

Raul Castro at the 9th congress of the young communist party. Photo: Omara García Mederos / AIN

Key address by army general Raul Castro, president of the state council of ministers and second secretary of the communist party of the closing session of the young communist party of Cuba central committee, at the closing session of the 9th congress of the young communist league, Havana, april 4, 2010,year 52 of the Revolution.

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