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HAVANA (Reuters) – A red-tinged sea of Cubans marched through Havana’s Revolution Square on Tuesday in a May Day parade that affirmed the government’s intention of assuring a communist future for the Caribbean island.
With President Raul Castro looking on from beneath a giant statue of Cuban independence hero Jose Marti, hundreds of thousands of workers wearing red shirts and waving red flags filed through the vast plaza where Cuba holds its biggest political rallies.
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In the heavily orchestrated event, workers carried pictures of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, his revolutionary comrade Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Marxist heroes such as Vladimir Lenin and Frederick Engels.
The words “Unity and Victory” and “Long Live the Socialist Revolution” were flashed across the television screen.
Fidel Castro, who is 85 and led the country for 49 years before stepping down in 2008, did not attend the parade for the sixth straight year. The president’s older brother has said he cannot endure long periods under the tropical island’s intense sun.
President Castro, who wore a straw hat against the sun, waved and smiled at the marchers but did not speak, leaving that to Communist Party official and labor leader Salvador Valdes Mesa.
He talked of the need for greater productivity from Cuban workers and the importance of the economic reforms to communism’s future.
“The revolution and socialism are fused,” Valdes said. “Unity will be the key to preserve and consolidate the nation and the economic and social conquests (of the revolution).”
The reforms include plans to slash a million jobs from the government’s bloated payrolls and, in a break from the past, to encourage people to start their own small businesses.
The country of 11 million people now has more than 371,000 people working for themselves, according to government figures.
As they did last year, some of the self-employed, or “cuenta propistas” as they are known in Cuba, marched in Monday’s parade alongside the state workers who make up most of the island’s labor force.
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I am definitely not this mother. I love my kiddos to distraction. They are the most awesome thing I have ever done. But I am (like all of us) hopelessly flawed. Perfect is something I will never be, even if I tried. And due to my own “mommy issues,” even with their faces smiling up at me, Mother’s Day is always one I would rather spend concentrating on something else, or doing something my sons really enjoy.
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Or when we brought our dog home for the first time and my oldest son lay down on the floor, hugged her, looked up at us with the most sincere eyes, and said, “We have to keep her forever. I love her.”
These are the moments I love, the moments I remember, the moments I love retelling. These are the moments that make us the family we are. Not perfect, just us. And I couldn’t imagine anything better.
Tasmanian Labor senator Nick Sherry has delivered his final speech to parliament, praising the strength of the Australian economy.
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Senator Sherry thanked his colleagues for supporting him through his battle with depression in 1997.
“Like physical illness, recovery is possible,” he said.
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Mr Rudd, leader of government business in the lower house Anthony Albanese and immigration minister Chris Bowen were present in the chamber during Senator Sherry's final speech.
Ms Gillard said Senator Sherry had made a “tremendous contribution to Labor's team”.
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