Cuban President visits earthquake-struck territories

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today visited the coastal municipality of Pilón, in the eastern province of Granma, shaken by earthquakes that caused damage to buildings and services for the population.

In this territory, the most affected by the recent earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 and 6.8 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the president of the National Defense Council also noted the magnitude of the damage, the recovery, the support and solidarity toward the inhabitants.

Díaz-Canel spoke with the population at the Sevilla Popular Council, was interested in the mood and psychological state of the people, and recognized the organization and discipline with which they faced this event.

He asked about the recovery phase, since in Sevilla alone, more than 400 homes were damaged, the Presidency reported on social network X.

After listening to the neighbors, he conveyed confidence and was interested in the work being done in the processing office to speed up the process of recovering properties.

He insisted on the importance of the lessons learned from this experience, to continue preparing ourselves for phenomena of this nature.