At 60th years, the enemy is the same

At 60th years, the enemy is the same

The Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, José Ramón Machado Ventura, congratulated the cederistas from all over the country for the six decades of the  Committees for the Defense of the Revolution

This Monday the birthday of the CDRs was celebrated Author: Roberto Suárez Posted: 09/28/2020 | 10:56 pm

«Today the essential mission of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) remains the same as that of September 28, 1960: to defend the Revolution from every neighborhood, from every block. The enemy we defend against remains the same, although it adjusts its methods, deepens the blockade to drown and despair, uses new and more powerful tools to confuse us and break our unity.

This was ratified by the Hero of the Republic of Cuba Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, national coordinator of the CDRs, during the celebration of the six decades of existence of the largest mass organization in the country, which was chaired – this Monday in Havana by José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party.

In the activity —developed in the Hall of Mirrors of the now Museum of the Revolution, on whose north terrace Fidel created the CDRs— Hernández Nordelo recalled how “an organization with a position for each patriot” was born, and indicated that the new stage of This work will be marked by the commitment to adapt the cederista work at the base, as the main cell of its operation.

«It will be essential to strengthen ties and synergy with the rest of the mass and political organizations that affect the neighborhood, giving priority to actions that promote a greater rapprochement with the young generations as heirs of our organization, the main bastion in defense of the Revolution, “he said.

When saying goodbye to the participants in the meeting, among them founders of the Committees and members of the 60th Anniversary youth detachments, Machado Ventura congratulated the cederistas on this birthday, and ratified the confidence that the country’s leadership has in this mass organization.

The celebration was also attended by members of the Political Bureau of the Teresa Amerelle Boué Party and Ulises Guilarte De Nacimiento, general secretaries of the Federation of Cuban Women and the Central of Cuban Workers, respectively; Diosvany Acosta Abrahante, first secretary of the National Committee of the UJC, as well as other guests.