Granma, April 11.- The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, today toured centers of economic and social interest in the Granma municipality of Jiguaní in the east of the country.
Regarding the dialogue work system in the territories developed in the first quarter of the current year, Díaz-Canel pointed out that they are a learning experience and the direct relationship with productive and social scenarios allows the issues to be discussed later with the Ministries, published the presidency of the island in your account in X.
On this day he visited the Dos Ríos monument, the place where the national hero of the Caribbean nation, José Martí, fell in combat.
The president, accompanied by the organizational secretary of the Communist Party, Roberto Morales, spoke with groups with good and poor productive results, as well as others in the process of recovery.
With the traditional ringing of keys, the rollers of the Bernarda Toro Pelegrín Export Tobacco Factory in Jiguaní received the head of state.
This entity makes productions of several emblematic brands such as Romeo y Julieta, Bolívar, José L. Piedra, Montecristo and Partagás, for export.
During 2023, production was affected by environmental humidity and electricity outages.
It also reached the Livestock Company, whose main problem currently is the scarcity of water due to the deterioration of the networks and the prospects are for a loan to make investments.
During its journey, it emerged that 2023 was a year of negative results for that company, but also a stage to diversify, venturing into a livestock module, self-consumption plots, aquaculture, charcoal export, vermiculture, reforestation, and they already have the first profits in 2024.
Díaz-Canel assured that in Jiguaní they saw examples that are what we want to promote, such as the actions carried out by the Cauto-La Yaya productive center, belonging to the Municipal Agroindustrial Company.
In that area there were eight irrigation machines that were not in use five years ago, but with bank loans, the contribution of the local contribution, and the incorporation of the Youth Labor Army, those machines are now in operation. (Text and photo: PL)
