Guantánamo – For their merits and relevant careers in the service of the communities, more than a dozen people with outstanding work in the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) were awarded in Guantánamo with the Medal for the Defense of the Homeland and the Unity of the Neighborhood, and the 26 de September Distinction, on the occasion of the celebrations for the 64th anniversary of the massive organization.
The ceremony took place in one of the halls of the Plaza de la Revolución Mariana Grajales Cuello, in the capital city, in the presence of Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and the National Coordinator of the CDR, and Yoel Pérez García, the first secretary of the Party in the eastern province, who congratulated the honorees.
During the ceremony the 28 de septiembre Flag was given to zone 38 Vilma Espín, of the San Justo Popular Council, in Guantanamo City, a neighborhood that has held the status of National Vanguard for more than five consecutive years.
In that grass-root structure, declared free of corruption and illegalities and the first in the Guantanamo Municipality to comply with the contribution to the Homeland at the beginning of this year, 85 percent of its homes are linked to the Cultiva tu pedacito movement. In the San Justo neighborhood a brigade of voluntary blood donors and the children’s CDRs operate.
Hernández Nodelo, the top leader of the massive organization, referred to the need to strengthen work in the neighborhoods, to engage the youngest members and generally increase membership to take on the current challenges of Cuba.
