Havana, March 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today urged youth to strive to protect all the achievements of the Revolution and promote the comprehensive development of the nation.
During a meeting with young people from five provinces, Díaz-Canel asserted that, with the support of the new generation of Cubans, the Caribbean nation will overcome the difficult times it is going through, according to the Santiago de Cuba newspaper Sierra Maestra.
He also expressed his confidence in young people and insisted that everyone should give their best in their student and job roles, in addition to “revisiting historical sites to continue defending who we are.”
The head of state spoke with students and workers from the eastern provinces of Las Tunas, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantánamo, and Camagüey, in the center of the island.
The meeting with 147 young people took place in Mangos de Baraguá, a historic site in Santiago de Cuba and a National Monument, where a famous meeting took place between Major General Antonio Maceo and the Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish Army, Martínez Campos.
It was on March 15, 1878, when Maceo challenged the Pact of Zanjón signed on February 10, 1878, which sealed the capitulation of the Cuban Liberation Army to the Spanish troops and ended the Ten Years’ War (1868-1878).
For Maceo and his followers, what was agreed upon in that town in Camagüey did not guarantee the abolition of slavery, nor did it recognize independence.
“Maceo defended three principles at Baraguá, and they have become paradigmatic for Cubans: unity, sovereignty, and social justice. That is the legacy of that glorious event,” Díaz-Canel commented this Friday.
At the event, Omar López, director of the Santiago de Cuba City Council’s Office, recalled the historic event.
López emphasized that the national hero, José Martí, and the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, mentioned the Baraguá Protest on several occasions, “which implies the continuity and presence of the idea of never giving up and never giving up.”
On the other hand, “a replica of the Bronze Titan’s machete was presented to the Union of Young Communists, as a representation of the courage of those who fought for Cuban independence,” the text states.
Likewise, those present condemned the U.S. government’s economic blockade of Cuba and congratulated press workers on their day.
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