In Madrid the main manifestation for the International Workers' Day started at noon, calling on the new parliament to define policies that allow a fairer redistribution of wealth and showing solidarity with the people of Venezuela.

In France, May Day demonstrations, usually peaceful and dedicated to wage demands, are carried out under strong security measures.

And so in hundreds of capitals and other cities around the world, workers demonstrated today against right-wing policies and economic models that precariously the employ of many who work to create the riches that are concentrated in the hands of a few.

In Cuba, this day is without doubt, special. The Cuban workers flooded the avenues of the Island, to demonstrate the support for the continuity of the revolutionary work and the protagonist participation of the people in the economic battle to face the threats of the Yankee imperialism, and to leave, once again, victories.

Under the motto Unity, Commitment and Victory, the proletariat of Mayabeque condemned the application of chapter three of the Helms-Burton Act, an expression of the annexationist and interventionist attempts of the United States against our country.

Cuban flags of all sizes, allegorical banners to date and the most surprising initiatives qualified the occasion.

The historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, and the martyrs who made the independence and sovereignty of our country could not be absent symbolically in the march.

The presence of children with their parents was notorious, demonstrating the continuity of the revolutionary process.

This morning the people of Cuba demonstrated to the world our decision to defend the revolutionary process we are living, more convinced than ever that we will win.

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