Faced with threats from the empire, Cuba stands firm
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, stated on his social media account that, “in the face of the worst-case scenario, Cuba has one certainty: any external aggressor will encounter an insurmountable resistance”
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The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, stated on his social media account that, “in the face of the worst-case scenario, Cuba has one certainty: any external aggressor will encounter an insurmountable resistance.”
“The U.S. publicly threatens Cuba, almost daily, with the forceful overthrow of the constitutional order. And it uses an outrageous pretext: the severe limitations of the weakened economy that they have attacked and attempted to isolate for more than six decades,” he added.
He also denounced the hostile economic war waged against the island, applied as collective punishment against a people by an empire seeking to seize the country, its resources, its property, and even the very economy they are trying to suffocate in order to force our surrender.
The Cuban president’s words were echoed by Political Bureau member and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who also alluded to the aggressive policies of the United States and the unwavering will of the Cuban people to maintain their independence.
“The collective punishment being inflicted on Cubans will not diminish the full exercise of sovereignty nor our creativity in the face of the blockade and the energy embargo,” he said.
“Every act of imperialist aggression will clash with the indomitable will of the Cuban people in the defense of the homeland’s independence,” he declared.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, received Comrade Nguyen Van Quang, president of the Agri-VMA company, which is developing rice cultivation in Los Palacios, Pinar del Río, using three different management methods
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The successful progress of Cuba-Vietnam cooperation in rice production, based on the three methods implemented by Agri-VMA in Los Palacios, was highlighted by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, during his visit to the island on Monday afternoon to receive Nguyen Van Quang, president of the company.
A user of the Mariel Special Development Zone, the company is developing a collaborative project in areas of the Agro-industrial Grain Company in Pinar del Río province. This collaboration combines rice cultivation on land held in usufruct under a 100% foreign-owned enterprise model, partnership agreements with Cuban producers, and the sale of inputs and technological packages to growers in the Vueltabajo region in foreign currency. These methods are yielding high production rates of wet paddy rice.
In assessing the results of the collaboration with Agri-VMA, Díaz-Canel emphasized that this demonstrates the consensus he reached with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), To Lam, during the latter’s visit to the island in 2024.
The Head of State thanked Nguyen Van Quang for support that shows “that in a short time Cuba will be able to become self-sufficient in rice.”
He urged the company to complete the agreed-upon plans and to continue strengthening the methods aimed at cooperative production with farmers and the marketing of inputs and technological packages. He also highlighted the contribution this experience is making in attracting other Vietnamese companies.
Comrade Nguyen Van Quang thanked President Díaz-Canel Bermúdez for the welcome; he commented that this visit fulfills his country’s leadership’s decision to continue supporting sister nation Cuba.
“Cuba,” he said, “is going through a difficult time, but we are fully prepared to continue supporting it so that it can overcome these challenges.”
Fraternal support for the island from Russia and China
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla held telephone conversations with his counterparts, Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi
Through social network X, Political Bureau member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla announced on Thursday that he had spoken by telephone with “my dear friend Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.”
In this regard, the Cuban foreign minister said that the contact was timely to continue the exchange of issues addressed during his recent visit to Moscow, “focused on promoting bilateral ties in different sectors, and we confirmed the excellent state of relations,” he said.
He also expressed his gratitude for the “resolute support” expressed by his Russian counterpart for the defense of our national sovereignty and Cuba’s right to choose its own destiny.
In this regard, the foreign ministry of the Eurasian nation reported that during the dialogue, “firm support was expressed for the fraternal Cuban people in the defense of state sovereignty and the right to choose their own path of development.”
TAKING RELATIONS TO HIGHER LEVELS
Similarly, Rodríguez Parrilla referred in X to his “cordial conversation” with Comrade Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China and Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CC CPC).
“We reaffirm our willingness to continue strengthening our relations and taking them to higher levels, with the implementation of the consensus reached by Presidents Xi Jinping and Díaz-Canel,” he said.
He also expressed his gratitude for the offers of assistance to the island, as well as the statements of support and solidarity, which reaffirm the special nature of the historical ties between the two socialist countries, he noted.
Finally, the head of Cuban diplomacy said that they exchanged views on the current regional and international situation and the need to defend peace, international law, and sovereignty.
To create spaces for understanding and cooperation, Cuban officials have recently held talks with representatives of the U.S. government
In a meeting with the country’s leadership, President Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said that “in the exchanges that have taken place, the Cuban side has expressed its willingness to carry out this process on the basis of equality and respect for the political systems of both states, for sovereignty, and for the self-determination of our governments”
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In accordance with the consistent policy that the Cuban Revolution has defended throughout its history, led by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz as leader of the Revolution, and by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez—and in collegial action with the highest structures of the Party, the State, and the Government—Cuban officials have recently held talks with representatives of the United States government.
President Díaz-Canel Bermúdez announced this from the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, before members of the Political Bureau, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers.
The president stated that “these talks have been aimed at finding solutions, through dialogue, to the bilateral differences between our two nations. International factors,” he said, “have facilitated these exchanges.”
“The purpose of these talks,” the Head of State added, “is, first and foremost, to identify the bilateral problems that require solutions.”
As part of this purpose, the president explained, is also “to determine the willingness of both sides to take concrete actions for the benefit of the people of both countries. And in addition, to identify areas of cooperation to confront threats and guarantee the security and peace of both nations.”
Also included among the objectives, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba reasoned, is working for the security and peace of the Latin American and Caribbean region.
In his remarks, Díaz-Canel emphasized: “It is important to remember that it has not been, nor is it now, the practice of the leadership of the Cuban Revolution to respond to speculative campaigns on this type of issue. This is a matter that is unfolding as part of a very sensitive process, which is being conducted with seriousness and responsibility, because it affects bilateral relations between the two nations and demands enormous and arduous efforts to find a solution and create spaces for understanding, allowing us to move forward and away from confrontation.”
The Head of State then said that “in the exchanges that have taken place, the Cuban side has expressed its willingness to carry out this process on the basis of equality and respect for the political systems of both states, for sovereignty, and for the self-determination of our governments.”
“And this has been proposed taking into account a sense of reciprocity and adherence to International Law,” the dignitary asserted during a meeting also attended by the President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and the Council of State, Esteban Lazo Hernández; the Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz; the Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales Ojeda; and the Vice President of the Republic, Salvador Valdés Mesa—all members of the Political Bureau.
Later in his remarks, the Head of State reflected that whenever we have experienced tense moments, such as this confrontation with the United States government, individuals and institutions have emerged that have facilitated the establishment of channels for dialogue.
The president affirmed that, “in these moments of extreme tension, these possibilities have also arisen” for creating spaces for understanding.
