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The provincial event marking the 66th anniversary of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs) took place this past weekend in Zone 108 of the La Güinera People’s Council, in Havana’s Arroyo Naranjo municipality. The ceremony was dedicated to reaffirming the enduring relevance of the ideas and teachings of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, during the year of his birth centenary.

According to the Tribuna de La Habana newspaper, the event was presided over by Marydé Fernández López, head of the Office for Attention to the Union of Young Communists and mass organizations; Liván Izquierdo Alonso, First Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee in Havana; Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and national coordinator of the CDRs; Yanet Hernández Pérez, the city’s governor; and Eliades Rodríguez Martínez, provincial coordinator of the CDRs.

During the ceremony, several CDR members received the For the Defense of the Homeland and Neighborhood Unity medal, as well as the September 28 distinction, in recognition of their track record and fulfillment of the organization’s tasks.