{"id":17747,"date":"2026-10-14T11:18:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=17747"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:18:39","slug":"sugar-workers-in-guantanamo-call-for-a-better-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/sugar-workers-in-guantanamo-call-for-a-better-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Workers in Guant\u00e1namo Call for a Better Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17748 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sugar-workers2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sugar-workers2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sugar-workers2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sugar-workers2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sugar-workers2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>Guantanamo.- The provincial celebration of Sugar Worker Day in Guant\u00e1namo was held at the Argeo Mart\u00ednez sugar mill, where Manuel Antonio \u00c1lvarez Ramos received a certificate of recognition for his distinguished career.<\/p>\n<p>This honor acknowledges his over fifty years of dedication in sugar production, particularly in light of the challenges posed by the intensified blockade against Cuba and the decline in global market prices.<\/p>\n<p>The event also saw the presentation of the Jes\u00fas Su\u00e1rez Gayol Distinction to a group of workers with more than 20 years of experience in the agro-industrial and sugar sectors.<\/p>\n<p>These dedicated workers have consistently delivered productive outputs in sugar and its derivatives, contributing significantly to the national economy despite facing serious material and financial challenges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17749 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sugar-workers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"762\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sugar-workers.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sugar-workers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sugar-workers-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sugar-workers-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, participants reaffirmed their commitment to addressing urgent tasks, such as preparing sugarcane fields and repairing the mill. Additionally, all agricultural and industrial teams were encouraged to critically assess the previous season&#8217;s shortcomings to avoid repeating past mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Sugar Worker Day, celebrated annually on October 13th, commemorates the nationalization of 195 sugar mills by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guantanamo.- The provincial celebration of Sugar Worker Day in Guant\u00e1namo was held at the Argeo Mart\u00ednez sugar mill, where Manuel Antonio \u00c1lvarez Ramos received a certificate of recognition for his distinguished career. This honor acknowledges his over fifty years of dedication in sugar production, particularly in light of the challenges posed by the intensified blockade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,13,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-guantanamo","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17750,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17747\/revisions\/17750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}