HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 29 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, congratulated today the Hero of the Republic Arnaldo Tamayo on the occasion of his 82nd birthday.
On X, the President sent a big hug to the legendary Cuban cosmonaut, the first in Latin America.
He receives all our admiration and affection, Diaz-Canel wrote in his message on the social network.
A graduate of the Antonio Maceo Grajales Higher School of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, Tamayo reached the rank of first class pilot during his service in the Cuban Air Force and later became an instructor pilot.
In 1975 he was chie