Cuban Union of Journalists’ Delegations Created in Baracoa and Maisi
The President of the Cuban Union of Journalists (UPEC), Tubal Paez underscored the importance of the journalistic work carried out in the eastern municipalities of Baracoa and Maisi as a means of transmitting the reality of Cuba

Ariel Soler Costafreda

The President of the Cuban Union of Journalists (UPEC), Tubal Paez officially constituted the delegations of this organization in the eastern municipalities of Maisi and Baracoa.  

The delegations are composed of broadcasters from La voz del Sol radio and television in Maisi (located over thousand kilometres from Havana City), and professionals from the local TV station Primada Vision in Baracoa, the first town  founded in Cuba 499 years ago. 

Speaking to the press, Paez underscored the importance of the journalistic work carried out in these eastern municipalities, where the population constantly receives foreign signals mostly intended to transmit the enemy’s subversive message. 

Paez urged the local radio and TV staff to broadcast the real Cuban state of affairs, as well as the impressive beauty of the local geography which appears even more radiant due to the human quality of its people. 

Meanwhile, Deysi Libia Matos Fernández was appointed UPEC’s president in Maisi; and Jose Ignacio Rodriguez Matos in Baracoa. Arelis Alba Cobas,took over the CMDX radio station “the voice of Toa”. on promotion Rodriguez Matos. 

In statements to the International News Agency (AIN), Tubal Paez said UPEC has currently 4,100 members organized in 177 delegations across the country, including the ones recently created. 

Antonio Marrero, UPEC’s organizer in eastern Guantanamo, mentioned there were seven local delegations comprising 117 members spread out in two radio stations, two television channels, the local Venceremos newspaper, AIN; plus nine national press correspondents. 

(Source Venceremos/AIN)