More than half a million Cubans took part in the International Workers' Day event in Havana, the Cuban capital, on Friday.
The main Workers' Day event took place at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune, attended by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
At the occasion it was revealed that 6,230,973 Cubans signed "My Signature for the Homeland".
Member of the Central Committee and President of the Organising Committee of the XXII Congress of the Cuban Workers' Federation, Osnay Miguel Colina, told the May Day event, "We are not a people who attack, who sow hatred, fanaticism, or confrontation. We are a noble people, with good intentions, ready to defend our achievements. While the rich world accumulates weapons and builds walls, the peoples of the Global South cry out for a glimmer of humanity."
The keynote address was given by Colina, who said that “our enemies have tried and tested everything. They thought they would see us suffocated, defeated; and here we are, committed and resolute, with one foot in the stirrup and fighting.”
On behalf of the working women of the industrial sector, Yolaydis Hernández Valdés, a specialist from the Chemical Industry Business Group, denounced the imperial blockade, saying, “We have a responsibility to reinvent ourselves in order to grow. We will move forward, always through our own efforts.”
The more than half a million Havana residents, representing the entire Cuban nation, also took part in a march – led by President Díaz-Canel and other leaders of the Revolution – down Havana's Paseo Avenue, heading for the sea.
