Author Name: Carribean Channel, Cuba TV.
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Díaz-Canel congratulates Holguineros for 300 years of their city
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Date: 2021-09
The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, congratulated this Monday the inhabitants of the city of Holguín, a city in the eastern part of the country that celebrated its 300th anniversary in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In his Twitter account, the president shared information from the Granma newspaper about the more than a thousand constructive actions on the occasion of the three-hundredth anniversary and about how that town paused its celebrations to deal with the new coronavirus.
Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, a native of that region, also highlighted on the social network that three centuries after Holguín was founded, he arrives’ fighting an invisible enemy, but with the firmness that we will win this battle to continue enjoying the beauty. and charm of the city ‘.
Located more than 700 kilometers east of Havana, Holguín is the fourth most populous city in the country and is the regular venue for numerous cultural events of national and international relevance, most notably the May Pilgrimages, the Ibero-American Culture Festival, among others. On April 4, 1720, after the transfer and construction of a church in the current historic center, what is now known as the City of Parks was named a town.
(C) Cuba TV, Cuban state owned media.
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