Havana Cuba. – Miguel Diaz-Canel he was invested with the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest decoration given to a foreigner by the Mexican Government, in the emblematic Mayan archaeological zone of Edna, Campeche. The Cuban ruler had been the guest of honor of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) during Independence Day, in September 2021. This was the fifth time that the Cuban visited Mexico since AMLO’s inauguration in December 2018.
AMLO has exposed his personal prestige and that of his country to obtain national and international political recognition for Miguel Díaz-Canel at the levels of Fidel and Raúl Castro, which the generation of continuity born after 1959 lacks for not having participated in political struggles and the guerrilla warfare.
The president expressed that he will lead a movement in defense of the sovereignty of Cuba for the suspension of the “blockade” of the United States as soon as possible. The demand is publicity rhetoric, since he knows that only Congress can repeal it, that the House has an opposing Republican majority and the Biden administration is adjusting relations with the reopening of the embassy in Havana, the sending of remittances and the migratory coordination . Furthermore, the international consensus is in favor of the uprising.
In these years of economic catastrophe, the Mexican president has favored the purchase of oil; he sent a group of Pemex specialists who helped extinguish the great fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base together with Venezuelan counterparts, and made donations of medicines and food during the pandemic and after the passage of Hurricane Ian. Simultaneously, he has contributed to the purchase of medical services, vaccines and 1,400,000 cubic meters of rajón stone for the construction of the Mayan Train.
The blasting pit from the Arriete-Ciego Montero quarries in Cienfuegos will be an important financial support, when the coffers are empty. In a report on Cuban television during a shipment at the port, the satisfaction of the workers for the opportunity to reopen quarries, its impact on the economy and development of the region, and the expectation that the much-needed profits will be distributed were appreciated. , often relegated by state companies. Until now, only 6,000 cubic meters per month were extracted and now it is expected to reach 200,000 in March, for which extraction capacities have been increased with equipment and transportation by rail to the open-air warehouses in Cienfuegos.
On February 12, Díaz-Canel also traveled to Belize, in the first visit made by a Cuban head of government since the establishment of relations 28 years ago. However, the harmony within the framework of Caricom seems to have been close, heir to the efforts of Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro to influence the region, achieve integration into CELAC and interfere in the negotiations in the Organization of American States.
Díaz-Canel was received by the governor, participated in a special session of the National Assembly, and held official talks with Prime Minister John Antonio Briceño. Likewise, a health agreement and another cultural agreement were signed. Cuban medical personnel were deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic and Belizeans have studied in Cuba. Now the collaboration of doctors has been expanded, and Briceño expressed to the press his interest in receiving medicines.
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