Cuban Journalists Defend
their Revolution
Tubal Paez, president of
the Cuban Union of
Journalists(UPEC) stated
on Friday that defending
the Cuban Revolution is
the only guarantee to
improve the entire
country and the world.
In the Main Report to
the 8th UPEC Congress,
Tubal Paez pointed out
that Cuban journalists
should show the defense
of the Cuban Revolution
to the new generations
of Cubans as an
attractive and possible
choice, not as a
referential showcase, or
a memory told by the
elders.
The UPEC president
pointed out that Cuban
press is the freest
press in the world
because its contents are
not controlled or
dictated by the market
or by any entrepreneur
or advertising
guideline.
“Cuban press is not a
transnational, it is not
subordinated to the
interests of the World
Bank, the International
Monetary Fund, or any
embassy; it’s not
controlled by any mafia,
paramilitary
organization,
drug-trafficker, and
does not share the
profits of sexual trade
or corruption,” he
stated.
“Cuban press has
fulfilled and continues
fulfilling the honest
role of making its
messages coincide with
the interests of the
people in the most
beautiful, profound way,
knowing that our
professional prestige is
at stake,” he added.
He referred that the new
technologies, training
and information policy
should remain the center
of the immediate and
future attention of the
organization.
Involvement, either
collectively or
individually, in the
making, implementation,
control and assessment
of the information
policy, is the basis of
the professional
performance of Cuban
journalists, because
assigned tasks can never
be assumed without the
conviction of their
usefulness and
objectives, he said.
On formation and
training, he said the
press cannot play its
role without optimizing
professionalism of
journalists.
As for the new
technologies, Páez
recalled that in 1999,
when the 7th Congress
was held, only 15 press
media had a presence in
the Internet, while
today they are 133, with
a growth being spreading
up to radio stations and
municipal telecenters.
After the reading of the
main report, delegates
discussed the text,
based on three essential
aspects.
The UPEC 8th Congress is
in session at the Havana
Convention Center with
the attendance of 185 of
the 189 direct
delegates, and will
conclude Saturday with
the approval of the main
report and the Action
Plan of the organization
for 2008-2013.
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