Massive March will Celebrate May Day in Santiago de Cuba

 Santiago de Cuba, April 27 (ACN) The people of Santiago de Cuba City will stage a traditional massive march on the local Major General Antonio Maceo Revolution Square on May Day, Cuban Workers Confederation official announced.

Rene Berenguer, general secretary of the Confederation in the eastern province said that workers and people in general will stage the parade despite the shortage of fuel affecting the country. Participants will walk to join the blocs of workers that will make up the parade, which will be headed by the Union of Education, Science and Sports workers.

Only electric scooters, bikes and horse-drawn carriages will be part of the colorful action which will end up with 70-horse bloc to pay homage to 70 year of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes military barracks by a revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro.
Other municipalities in Santiago de Cuba province will be the venues of local ceremonies and parades, the official noted.

The Cuban Workers Confederation Called on the people and workers to stage demonstrations in municipalities where they can walk to, instead of moving thousands of citizens to main plazas on buses and other transport means given the current shortage of fuels, which has forced authorities to reduce expenditure to guarantee vital social and economic services.