In Havana, Díaz-Canel Tours Centers Relevant to Recreation and the Economy

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, visited sites in Havana on Wednesday morning whose social functions are relevant to the capital, as well as to the national economy.

The new transformations that Cuba has undertaken in the economic and social spheres share autonomy as a kind of common factor among nearly all the ideas designed to help the country cut loose and pursue efficiency and well-being.

Autonomy, for instance, was a topic the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, addressed on Wednesday morning while speaking with the management of the Basic Business Unit (UEB) "Suchel Cetro," as part of a tour of several locations in Havana.

Attention must be paid to how this context of transformations can be leveraged to strengthen an industry whose impact on the lives of Cubans is direct. This was the proposal put forth by the dignitary as he listened to the experiences of Alexander Puig Varona, director of the UEB located in the eastern part of the city, which handles a significant share of domestically produced soap.

After touring the large facility where groups of workers operate along two production lines, the Head of State—accompanied by the first secretary of the Communist Party's Provincial Committee in Havana, Liván Izquierdo Alonso, as well as by the capital's Governor, Yanet Hernández Pérez—spoke with the leadership of "Suchel Cetro" about a topic as timely and necessary as linkages with other economic actors, always seeking combinations that would allow for financial recapitalization, the identification of niches in which to increasingly sell the factory's products, and, more broadly, uninterrupted expansion.

There, the Cuban President wanted to know about the strategy in place to strengthen Renewable Energy Sources (RES); how progress could be made toward mobility using electric equipment; what the plan is for the profits being generated; and what prospects exist for that tool of the future, Artificial Intelligence (AI), which, as President Díaz-Canel Bermúdez put it, "would optimize so many efforts" in the industrial sphere.

From the UEB, and after a rich day of reflection, one truth remained clear: that a small success can lead to bigger ones, and that when paths toward integration among various economic actors are sought, many solutions emerge—even in the face of a problem hitting hard across the industrial sector, and life in general, such as the use of electric power.

The visit to the UEB was preceded by the President's tour of the Great Metropolitan Park of Havana, which is being revitalized thanks to the entrepreneurship of economic actors in the capital. He also stopped at the Sports Complex located at 23rd and B streets, in the municipality of Plaza—a territory that already has five such facilities and uses photovoltaic panels to operate at night.

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba also visited the "Finca de los Monos" Technology Palace, where he received a detailed explanation of a site that is gradually coming back to life, among other things, through linkages with various economic actors, and where goals include gradually restoring recreational and technological areas, engaging the University and other institutions to foster exchange events, and strengthening ties with schools and nearby communities.

The "Río Cristal" recreational center, located on Rancho Boyeros Avenue, also received a visit from the President, who was able to see the efforts underway to revive a space that has traditionally been emblematic for the capital's children and adults alike when it comes to leisure.