HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 28 (ACN) Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel attended this Monday the political-cultural event at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Party on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution, which took place at the Ñico López Higher School of the Party.
In his speech he said that 2021 had been a hard year, a year of learning, a year also of regrettable losses, but a year where creativity, the sense of resistance of our people, the convictions, once again allowed us to go above all aggressions.
It has been a year where the capacity of resistance and firmness of the new generations of Cubans who are participating in the defense of the Revolution, and who have been gradually assuming the functions of the leadership of the State, the Party and the Government at all levels, was put to the test, he added.
And once again we have won," he said, "and we have to say it with all justice, with all certainty, because having withstood the threats, the aggressions, the attempts to destabilize our country, the broad intelligence operation carried out by the Government of the United States, is a victory.
few days before the end of 2021, at a time when it is inevitable to reflect on what happened during the year, what we did well and what we did not do, the Head of State exchanged with officials and workers of the auxiliary structure of the Party Central Committee headquarters about the challenges we have faced and also about what we are going to project for 2022.
He recalled how, in the midst of the limitations, a Party Congress was held that was "really contributing, with a sincere debate, a broad and committed debate", which was followed up with an intense and systematic activity, which led to the realization of two plenary sessions of the Central Committee, where different issues were addressed, which have given an answer to the proposals gathered as Ideas, Concepts and Guidelines of that Congress.
In 2021, he emphasized, we have been very much attacked, since the blockade of the Government of the United States was intensified to really superb limits; and we have been subjected to the multidimensional world crisis that already existed and increased with the pandemic.
It has been a year of continuity in the confrontation with the COVID-19, as part of which he highlighted how many of our doctors went to support other parts of the world, and thousands of others remained in Cuba to give life to the program that, under the Army General's instructions, was conceived to face the epidemic. This was the year -he stressed- in which the results of our scientists' research made it possible to advance in the immunization of our population with our own vaccines.
That victory in the confrontation with COVID-19, Díaz-Canel reflected, was born precisely in the vision that Fidel had, in the most complex years of the Special Period, to develop the Cuban biotechnological and pharmaceutical industry, to bet on science as part of development.
In the midst of the complex situation that Cuba has been going through, he recalled how it was possible before the end of the year to carry out a process of accountability of the delegates of the People's Power to their voters; two sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power; and the intense work unleashed in the neighborhoods with representatives of the sectors of society, where the people have been participating and contributing.
In his opinion, we have traveled a road that opens possibilities and perspectives to deepen the democratic exercise in Socialism, and in the amplitude with which our population can participate in decision making and in all the processes that are developed in the country.
It has been a year -he pointed out- in which we have participated in popular mobilizations, in volunteer work, in direct meetings with the population, and all this gives energy, fills with courage, strengthens convictions, increases the spirit and commitment.
"We have not only resisted, we have resisted by creating, and by creating and resisting we have also bet on the future, because we have developed in the midst of a complex situation," he valued.
Now where are we heading to in 2022, the First Secretary of the Party Central Committee asked himself. And then he talked about how to multiply the hope of these last months of the year in controlling the epidemic, with the confidence that we can continue to move forward in the coming year, snatching bits and pieces of the accumulated problems.
Maintaining control of the epidemic, he emphasized, would give us sufficient stability to continue reviving economic and social activity in the country, and to continue working on the fundamental programs.
In the immediate term and the fundamental effort -he insisted-, has to be to overcome the economic situation we have. "To that we must devote our greatest efforts and of course it will have to be done also with much contribution from the leaders of our Party structures throughout our society, and with the exemplary participation of our militancy."
"To the family of the Party", as he considered those gathered there, the President of the Republic expressed his recognition "for the work carried out by the Party in all its leadership structures to lead these processes". Among all of us we have to nurture, build and promote this gigantic work in the coming year, to continue searching for the prosperity longed for in Our Socialism, he asserted.
"For the Homeland, for the Revolution, for Socialism, for the contribution, many congratulations on the 63rd anniversary of the Revolution and in the new year," he said at the closing of the commemorative ceremony, which was attended by the member of the Political Bureau of the Party, Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization and Politics of Cadres, along with members of the Secretariat of the Central Committee.
On the occasion, where the thought and work of the Commander in Chief was present at all times, a group of workers were given the card that accredits them as members of the Young Communist League and the Communist Party of Cuba.
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