SANDY

President Raul Castro talked with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the effects of Hurricane Sandy in this Caribbean country.»

Cuban First Vice-President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura visited the municipalities of Cueto and Mayari in Holguin province, where he called for giving priority to restoring services to the population in the areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.»

In Sancti Spiritus, Raul met with José R. Monteagudo and Teresita Romero, president and vice president, respectively, of the Provincial Defense Council.»

Cuban president Raul Castro visited the devastated areas in the eastern region of the island as well as the central provinces to assess the damages caused by Hurricane Sandy. Raul arrived in Santiago leading a group of top officials, including First Vice-President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, VP Adel Yzquierdo, and several ministers, reported the National Television Newsreel.»

Despite no incident was reported here while Sandy hit the Cuban eastern provinces, heavy rains have been falling in Sancti Spiritus since early this Friday morning. That’s why, huge amounts of water dripped into the rivers.»

In spite of the efforts to protect human lives, Cuba has to regret the loss of 11 people as consecuence of the damages caused by Hurrican Sandy during its passage for the eastern region of the island»

Cuba’s President Raul Castro spoke over the phone with the presidents of the Councils of Defense of the country’s eastern provinces to learn about the affectations caused by Hurricane Sandy.»

Electrical workers from the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus left this Thursday afternoon for Santiago de Cuba, in order to work on the recovery of the electric service in this territory, one of the most damaged by hurricane Sandy.»

Electricity and communications workers and search and rescue brigades are preparing for recovery tasks in the affected areas in eastern Cuba.»

At six o’clock on Thursday morning Hurricane Sandy went out to the sea, with category 2 and left the Cuban territory near Cabo Lucrecia, in the eastern province of Holguin.»