Cuba Will Not Surrender Despite Sanctions and Blockades, says President

CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, July 26 (ACN) "Cuba will not surrender because its people will not betray their history, nor the legacy of their heroes and martyrs, nor the trust and hope that you place in them and their example," said Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, in Ciego de Ávila, alongside solidarity groups with the Caribbean nation.

During a Solidarity Meeting held in the covered Giraldo Córdova Cardín Hall in this city, with the participation of 370 friends representing 23 countries—organized into eight solidarity projects from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and the United States—the Cuban leader reaffirmed the will to resist and overcome the imperial siege.
The event takes place in Ciego de Ávila as part of the commemorative activities for the 72nd anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks, for which the province is hosting the national central event.

Several voices spoke in favor of the Cuban Revolution, including that of Samira Addrey, a U.S. graduate of the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), who said that thanks to her profession and those who trained her, she not only learned to heal bodies but also to love those who suffer.

Addrey described the media and political campaigns by the U.S. government against Cuba’s medical cooperation abroad as "baseless and cowardly."

For his part, Fabiano Salazar, a member of the Brazilian Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, demanded an end to the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial blockade against the island and its removal from the list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism.

"From revolutionary ethics, we are committed to Cuba and to fighting for its causes, which are the just causes of humanity," said Oihana Vicente, a representative of Sortu, a Basque party.

Oihana explained how they work from their trenches to counteract the media war against Cuba and promote the truth about its people in Europe.

The Cuban Head of State, addressing those present, evoked the legacy of the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, in how Cuba has withstood imperialist attacks, also thanks to global solidarity.

Regarding the country’s current situation, Díaz-Canel stated that U.S. policy of suffocating the island has intensified differently since Donald Trump’s first term, with measures including the activation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act.

Nevertheless, the Cuban leader commented that a medium- and long-term strategy has been prepared to overcome the blockade, even if it worsens further.

During the meeting, several participants referred to the genocide being carried out by the Zionist entity of Israel against Palestine in the Gaza Strip and the need for the world to unite in a stronger response to these crimes. Cuba not only reaffirms its political anti-imperialism in international forums but also hosts young people from that Middle Eastern nation for medical training.

Accompanying the Cuban leader and friends from around the world were Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the PCC Central Committee; Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Emilio Lozada García, Head of the International Relations Department of the PCC Central Committee; Fernando González Llort, President of ICAP; and Julio Gómez Casanova, First Secretary of the Party in the Cuban province.