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Highest authorities of Holguin province recognize the union work of the Culture workers. Photo: Yudit Almeida

Holguín marks 46th years of National Union of Culture Workers

Holguin province celebrated this Thursday, September 7th, at the Eddy Suñol Theater, the gala for the 46th anniversary of the National Union of Culture Workers (SNTC), with the presence of Katia Rodriguez Ramos, top leader of the sector’s workers.

A representation of the more than five thousand cultural affiliates in this territory enjoyed, together with national leaders of the union, the main authorities of the province and the municipality of Holguin, a beautiful gala directed by Maestro Oreste Saavedra, with a representation of local artistic talent.

The occasion was propitious to recognize work places with a remarkable union work, as well as cultural personalities who received the Raúl Gómez García medal, and, in a special way, the commemorative decoration 80th Anniversary of the foundation of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC), the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods as Ricardo Ronda Chacón, director of the Provincial Unit of Support to Cultural Activity, as a personality.

Felix Martinez Perez, top union leader of the Culture workers in Holguin, upon receiving the recognition that accredits the province as National Vanguard in the first stage of the emulative movement “Culture in Revolution”, highlighted the work developed by the 260 union structures of the territory.

Ernesto Santiesteban Velázquez, first secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), and Manuel Hernández Aguilera, Governor, recognized the unions’ protagonism, which has been able to maintain the territory as one of the most important cultural centers in the country.

On her part, Katia Rodríguez Ramos, general secretary of the SNTC, made public the call for the Second National Conference of a sector that identifies itself as the shield and sword of the nation.

Yudit Almeida Pérez

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