Cuba: Citizens celebrate International Workers' Day throughout the country

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Cuba was filled with massive marches throughout the nation. The celebration in the José Martí Revolution Square in Havana was presided over by Army General Raúl Castro and President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Our correspondent Fabiola López reports from the Caribbean nation.

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00:00In Cuba, it was flooded with massive marches throughout the nation.

00:04The celebration at the José Martí Revolution Square in Havana

00:07was presided over by Army General Raúl Castro and President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

00:12Our correspondent Fabiola López with the information from the Caribbean nation.

00:19This May 1st, the square of the great events in Cuba

00:22was once again the scene of the largest parade ever held on this island.

00:27Images speak louder than words.

00:29Thus, flooded with joy, colors, and convictions,

00:32the José Martí Revolution Square in Havana was seen on World Proletariat Day.

00:41Anyone who thought that today the square would be empty does not know the Cubans,

00:45who in any circumstance, for centuries have been fighting against obstacles,

00:49and the biggest one is imperialism.

00:51I am here because I have a daughter, a granddaughter,

00:54because this is betting on hope.

00:55It is betting on the continuity of the social project that Fidel bequeathed us.

01:00And, it is our duty to defend it.

01:06More than half a million Cubans marched against the blockade,

01:11returning fascism and genocide in Gaza.

01:13We came for Fidel, for the Cuban revolution,

01:19for the end of the blockade,

01:21for the solidarity with the whole world,

01:23and because no one is going to beat Cuba.

01:25Because we are a united people,

01:26no matter the difficulties,

01:28Cuba is a people of resistance.

01:29They demonstrated with a special inspiration.

01:37It is 25 years since Fidel Castro's iconic speech,

01:41in which he called,

01:42right in this symbolic place,

01:44to act with a sense of the historical moment.

01:46We are surprised and moved by the great national unity of the Cuban people here,

01:54and for us it is a great example of strength,

01:57resistance and...

01:57As the government slogans say,

02:03yes we can and with unity it is really a lesson we take away for our people.

02:07Everything indicates that despite the blockades,

02:16Cuba is not alone.

02:18More than 960 visitors from 39 countries

02:21wanted to witness what happened here.

02:23Nobody wanted to miss the event.

02:29This has been an impressive thing,

02:30the dream of all Latin Americans,

02:32of all brothers and sisters,

02:34the brotherhood, the solidarity.

02:36This is spectacular.

02:37I have no words for the emotion that this provokes in me.

02:44The moment is challenging and complex.

02:49Cuba is living the crudest hardships

02:51because of tensions in its economy

02:53flooded by extreme measures

02:54and in a complicated international scenario

02:56due to a renewed imperialist defensive.

02:59However,

03:00the Cubans are committed to bet on the best possible world

03:03that this island wants and deserves.

03:04It is the most possible that this island wants and deserves.

03:07Fabiola López, Telesur, La Habana.

03:09Absolutely.

03:11Thank you, everybody.

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