Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, met on Monday with residents of Dos Ríos, a rural community in the municipality of Jiguaní, Granma province.

After leading the political and cultural act of homage to the National Hero José Martí, on the 130th anniversary of his fall in combat, the president learned about actions carried out to improve the water supply and some of the houses in the settlement.

The information was offered by the delegate of the district, Urbano Macías Machado, while a third grade student entertained the dialogue with the poem «Recado a Martí» (Message to Martí).

Díaz-Canel expressed his gratitude for the welcome and congratulated the locals for their work and patriotism.

Accompanied by Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organisation of the Central Committee of the PCC, and the highest political and governmental authorities of the province of Granma, the Cuban President also inaugurated the museum hall of the Dos Ríos National Monument.

Later, the delegation visited the Unidad Empresarial de Base Santa Úrsula, dedicated to the production and commercialisation of high genetic value bovine stallions of the Cebú Cubano breed.

There, they were interested in the feeding conditions and availability of water to overcome the rigours of the drought, the promotion of self-consumption plots and the fight against theft and illegal slaughter of cattle.

Belonging to the Manuel Fajardo Genetics and Breeding Company, the «Santa Úrsula» centre is making progress in the implementation of recovery actions after three years of severe shortages of raw materials and materials, among other limitations, and is currently earning an average wage of 4,500 pesos.