- Wins the Ernest Hemingway International Marlin Fishing Tournament.
Chronology
- Gives a speech to the crowd assembled in Pinar del Rio.
- Gives statements to the press refuting the manipulations of the US newspaper, the Norfold Ledger Star.
- Sends a message of solidarity to the Chilean people after their recent earthquake.
- Gives a speech at the closing ceremony of the Construction Workers' Congress at the Blanquita Theatre.
- Gives a speech at the extraordinary assembly of commerce employees and workers at the Cuban Workers Central Union (CTC).
- Attends the Congress of Barbershop and Hairdressing Workers and answers the insulting statements made by the US government; at the end of the speech he uses the slogan Venceremos for the first time.
- Appears on the Cuban television Channel 2.
- Makes a speech at the Food Industry Workers Meeting held at the Blanquita Theatre.
- Gives a speech at the lunch hosted by the Student Leadership Members of 1930 at Rio Cristal.
- Gives a speech at the closing ceremony for the Sugar Industry Plenary held in Artemisa, Pinar del Rio.