The first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in Havana, Luis Antonio Torres Iribar, addressed the ongoing recovery actions in the city capital after the passage of hurricane Ian, September 27.

The Cuban Electric Company (UNE by its Spanish acronym) reported today that at 7:00 a.m., 862 megawatts (MW) were affected, of which 557 MW in provinces from Pinar del Rio to Mayabeque as a result of the damage caused by Hurricane Ian.

With the initial generation of 30 Megawatts (Mw), block 5 of the Antonio Maceo Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE by its Spanish acronym)) in Santiago de Cuba(eastern Cuba) synchronized to the National Electro-energetic System (SEN).

The recovery of the electrical system in Havana is progressing gradually, as 37 % of customers already have electricity, said Leisy Hernandez Gonzalez, commercial director of the Electrical Company of this province.

Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament), headed the check-up of the recovery actions being undertaken in Havana together with the Provincial Defense Council.

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 29 (ACN) The damages in the province of Mayabeque after the passage of Hurricane Ian, and the actions being developed for recovery, were checked today by the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and president of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel, at a meeting of the Defense Council in that territory.

The University of Havana (UH) will resume classes next Monday, October 3, announced today PhD in Sciences Marian Hernandez Colina, its vice rector of teaching.

The special municipality of Isle of Youth reported today that 81 % of the electricity service has been recovered after the impact of Hurricane Ian in its passage through the west of the territory, where more than 31,000 people suffered blackouts in the early hours of September 26.

The 10 de Octubre thermoelectric power plant in Nuevitas, northeast of this city, connected unit 6 to the microsystem formed in the eastern zone in the face of the current energy emergency and is currently contributing 100 megawatts after its synchronization this morning.

As Hurricane Ian moves away from Cuba and poses no more danger, Havana focuses on the recovery stage, which includes cleaning and debris collection efforts.

During a tour around areas of the municipality of San Luis in this province that suffered great damage as a result of Hurricane Ian, Cuban President Miguel Díaz- Canel Bermúdez called for popular unity and stressed the conviction that the country will overcome the difficulties.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Party's Central Committee and president of the country, visited today the Ernesto Guevara de la Serna thermoelectric power plant (CTE by its Spanish acronym), in Mayabeque province, to review the work being done to recover its power.

On September 29, 1962, the Council of Ministers of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba issued a statement in response to a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress authorizing President John F. Kennedy to use arms against the island if it extended subversive or aggressive activities to any part of the Western Hemisphere and created a military capacity of external support that threatened the security of the United States.

The fighters of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) are indispensable in difficult hours, said Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Party's Central Committee and president of the country, today.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban communist party and president of the country, arrived on Wednesday in the province of Artemisa to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Ian as it passed through the western part of the country.