Cuba's communist party kicks off "Congress of Continuity"

Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), speaks during the Eighth Congress of PCC in Havana, Cuba, April 16, 2021. The Eighth Congress of the PCC kicked off Friday at Havana's Convention Center. With senior party leaders and delegates from all over the island in attendance, the meeting is scheduled to conclude on Monday. (Ariel Royero/Prensa Latina/Handout via Xinhua)