Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz is awarded the title of Distinguished Guest and the key to the city in the Cathedral of Quito.

Speech in the closure of the CCP Assembly of Balance and ratification of mandate of Cuba’s Communist Party (CCP) of Havana province, Convention Palace.

Holds a meeting with officers and staff from the Cuban Ministry of the Interior and the Revolutionary Armed Forces where he handed down diplomas to acknowledge the work carried out in food production. He speaks about the incremental growth of world’s population, the climate change, the crisis caused by the increasing shortage of water and the international conflicts impacting the rise in commodities. Under these conditions he highlights the importance of improving food production yielding, the use of science in the reproduction and development of livestock.