The First Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba in Artemisa, Gladys Martínez Verdecia, launched her own radio program “Punto de Encuentro” on Radio Artemisa, a biweekly 45-minute program designed, according to the leader herself, at the direct request of President Miguel Díaz-Canel as a local extension of her national space “Criterio Compartido.”
The program will be broadcast every other Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. and aims to open a channel of dialogue between Martínez Verdecia —also a member of the Political Bureau of the PCC— and the residents of the 11 municipalities of the province.
During the first broadcast, the leader set a maximum deadline of 30 days to address listeners' concerns. "The impact of this program will be measured by the level of satisfaction with the responses and solutions we can provide. There won't always be an immediate solution, but there will be a response so that the residents of Artemisa feel attended to," she stated.
"With what current does people listen to the radio?" questioned a Cuban to the official press. Another was more emphatic: "It's all a lie. It's the same as what Díaz-Canel is doing. To solve the problems, listening to the people is best achieved by first feeling and being part of the common people, and then walking the streets, the neighborhoods, the settlements without protocol, without a staged circus."
For the upcoming editions of "Punto de Encuentro," the participation of executives from vital services is expected, and the central theme announced is the analysis of the 176 measures for economic, political, and social transformations approved in June 2026 by the National Assembly.
In just a few days, two more provinces have adopted Díaz-Canel's format: on November 7, Mario Felipe Sabines Lorenzo, the first secretary of the PCC in Matanzas, launched "Diálogo Abierto" on Radio 26; and Deivy Pérez Martín, the first secretary of the PCC in Sancti Spíritus, is set to launch "Micrófono Abierto" on November 25 on Radio Sancti Spíritus.
The three provincial programs follow the same framework: a biweekly schedule, the reception of citizen proposals, and a commitment to follow-up, all explicitly presented as replicas of the space that Díaz-Canel launched on September 23 on Radio Rebelde.
Díaz-Canel himself acknowledged in the fourth broadcast of "Criterio Compartido" on November 4, that of the 23 complaints received in the previous broadcast, only nine had been resolved, which foreshadows the type of results that could be expected from its provincial versions.
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