Cuba_ Esteban Lazo Hernandez, Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and president of the National Assembly of People's Power, , presides over today the parade for May Day, International Workers' Day in Santiago de Cuba, the digital site the Cuban News Agency publishes.

Lazaro Exposito Canto, member of the CPC Central Committee and first secretary in the province, as well as other government leaders, mass organizations and youth are also participating in the patriotic meeting of the proletariat.

Labor Heroes, union leaders, outstanding workers and peasants, veterans and founders of the Workers' Central Union of Cuba and a French delegation of the industrial sector are present at the platform of the Antonio Maceo Revolution Square..

Huge Cuban and July 26 flags fly at the historic square and some people carry posters allegorical to the work of Santiago, which this year has special reason to celebrate this May Day: the Seventh Congress of the PCC and the 90th birthday of the leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro.

Banners with the slogan For Cuba: Unity and Commitment characterizes celebrations of May Day in 2016

Compact groups of men and women wearing predominantly clothes with the colors of the homeland, red, blue and white, opened the patriotic march down Parade Avenue, where over 300 thousand workers with their families are meeting.

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