“Consider yourselves the generation of Fidel’s centennial and fight with socialist ideals for a better world. Always put humanism before algorithms and solidarity before selfishness. We believe in you,” said Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Tuesday at the youth forum of the 1st International Colloquium “Fidel: Legacy and Future.”
The Cuban leader, accompanied by Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba, attended the session where hundreds of delegates from various countries gathered, who reiterated their commitment to the ideas of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution.
Díaz-Canel urged those present to confront the current imperialist offensive against the Global South, marked by conservative and fascist ideas spread through a media, cultural and ideological war.
At the moving gathering dedicated to Fidel and young people, several socialist and progressive leaders spoke, inspired by the legacy of the Commander-in-Chief in addressing the challenges of our time.
José Alejandro Alonso Cáceres, president of the Latin American and Caribbean Continental Organization of Students (OCLAE), highlighted Fidel’s leading role in the organization’s founding and emphasized the need for everyone to promote anti-imperialist integration.
Young voices from Europe and Latin America also expressed their solidarity with Cuba, condemned the attempts at aggression against the island and evoked the enduring influence of Fidel Castro’s ideals in the year of his centennial.
The youth forum “We Believe in You” was part of the second day of the international colloquium “Fidel: Legacy and Future,” which brings together nearly two thousand delegates in Havana, including more than a thousand foreigners from almost 70 countries.
[ SOURCE: AGENCIA CUBANA DE NOTICIAS ]
