President Miguel Díaz-Canel, at the XXII Congress of the Central Organization of Cuban Workers (CTC), listed the five priorities for the island and its labor movement to save the Revolution and continue socialist construction.
The Cuban leader spoke at the meeting in the Convention Palace in Havana, where he discussed the transformations approved in the Caribbean country in recent days, stating that they “will not succeed without the active participation of workers and union leaders.”
First on the list is defense, where he reiterated that Cuba is not a country at war, that it loves peace, but, as he emphasized, “we do not fear threats.” He outlined the preparedness actions and estimated the cost that an attack would have for both sides.
The “economic battle” will also receive special attention, along with the explanation and implementation of the Government’s 2026 Economic and Social Program, which includes 176 transformations. The president noted that these measures are the result of extensive consultations held in the second half of last year.
Alongside these priorities will be a political movement with popular participation in all proposals and their oversight.
Díaz-Canel also emphasized a fourth key point: fostering a movement to defend the Revolution on social media.
It is necessary to “break down the perverse campaigns,” he added, and dismantle, for example, all the lies and slander that poison the atmosphere daily and “destroy reputations.”
He also stressed the importance of a fifth task: strengthening international solidarity and relations with unions worldwide, as well as social and support movements. These ties already exist, and the aim is to demonstrate what the country is doing to move forward.
In his remarks this Friday at the Cuban workers’ congress, the president noted that his country’s current problems are cumulative.
He mentioned that the situation has worsened since 2019 during the first term of current US President Donald Trump, when he established more than 240 punitive measures, along with the impact of the island’s inclusion on the list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism.
Even at that time, financial and energy persecution increased, as did shortages of food and medicine, he added. Then, the Covid pandemic struck the world, and the Democratic administration in the United States maintained these measures and the intensified blockade.
Problems accumulated, however, “we are committed to saving our people,” he affirmed.
Among other events, he cited the situation in Venezuela, although Cuba had not received fuel since December 2015, a situation reinforced by the executive orders imposing energy sanctions and the internationalization of the blockade.
Cuba will overcome the blockade. “The country will move forward, we will triumph, grow, and improve,” Díaz-Canel affirmed at the workers’ meeting, where some 760 delegates are participating, connected via videoconference with the entire archipelago.
The 22nd Congress of the Central Organization of Cuban Workers (CTC) concludes this Saturday, June 27.
IMAGE CREDIT: Photo: Vladimir Molina
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
