To rediscover the "mythical breath" of the Revolution, and from it to rise up; to rediscover the paths of legend and heroism that made us live episodes such as those of Girón, or the fight against bandits; to immerse ourselves in the epic of a maelstrom that because of its humanity deserves to be told, sung, and of course to continue to be done.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, summoned us to this beautiful task when he closed the 7th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Party on Saturday.
Let's develop the productive forces and also the spiritual forces of the Revolution, said the Head of State, who also defined that this is the way to strengthen the pride of being Cuban men and women.
The President dedicated his first words to the projection of the largest of the Antilles in the international arena, especially this year. He highlighted "the strength of the Cuban Revolution's foreign policy", sustained, essentially, in the heroism of the people and with strong roots in the performance and legacy of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.
Cuba, its performance and example at a planetary level -the dignitary reflected-, has led to the bankruptcy of the isolation to which imperialism has tried to subject the Caribbean country. He did not overlook the role of the island at the head of the Group of 77 and China, as president pro tempore.
In his speech, he denounced the genocide being perpetrated against the Palestinian people and recalled the cruelty of the imperialist blockade against Cuba. The impact that this siege represents for the Cuban economy and society "is very hard", he said.
"But we cannot be overwhelmed, overwhelmed, disunited or demobilized", Díaz-Canel emphasized, for which he called to remain optimistic, not to abandon the "confidence in victory", and to be certain that Cubans will overcome their challenges with work, talent and their own creativity; "that is, with creative resistance".
In this struggle to resist and win, the Cuban President evoked Fidel and Raúl, and the school -learned from them- of "timely correction". Díaz-Canel brought up the moment in 2000, when the Commander-in-Chief "summoned us to change everything that should be changed", and made reference to the year 2005, when Fidel warned, from the Aula Magna of the University of Havana, that the Revolution could self-destruct.
On precepts bequeathed by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, the Head of State emphasized: "His ideas on the importance of constant rectification within the revolutionary process have transcended in time". In this sense, he stressed the value of "critical observance" by revolutionaries in relation to the causes that could threaten an emancipation process that is always threatened.
Díaz-Canel spoke of "correcting everything that deviates from the spirit of the Revolution", and of knowing how to create new solutions to all problems.
AN IMPORTANT AND STRATEGIC PLENARY SESSION
The President described the 7th Plenum as a good and important meeting. He said "important", in view of the "strategic character" of the meeting: "Here we discussed -he said- the fundamental problems of the country at this moment", and reflected on why the meeting was good: "because it was discussed without complacency and with a quite optimal use of time".
He valued that "during these two days we have talked about efforts that have not yet translated into solutions; of measures that did not bear fruit, and of forecasts that were not fulfilled", and shared a reflection that leads to many others in today's Cuba: "Why can we develop an investment of the magnitude of the East-West water transfer in the municipality of Mayarí in Holguín, and not manage to translate that investment into greater food production?
"Let us never forget," he said, "that what the people expect are results, and it is up to each one of us, women and men of the Party, who are also the people, to do what Tapia (Deputy Prime Minister Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca) so graphically defined in good Cuban: to put food on the people's plate. And not only that, but much more".
Dissatisfaction, he stressed, "is an engine that moves the revolutionary energies, because it shakes shame", and highlighted the importance of walking with the people, within them, of going to the heart of the neighborhoods, where people have not lost hope. He affirmed that it is among the people that "it is possible to fully activate participation, without which socialism is not possible".
ABOVE ALL, THE FORMULA IS TO WORK
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party told the delegates of the VII Plenum that, "with the crudeness that the moment demands, Alejandro Gil (Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning) recognized that the measures adopted to contain inflation have not been effective". The dignitary emphasized that, "in order to face this and other complex problems associated with the macroeconomy, actions are being designed to be implemented in 2024".
The question we ask ourselves every day," said the President, "is what we are going to do and how we are going to do it. Above all, he asserted, the formula is to work, to do it well. And he reminded that no single measure will solve all the problems by itself, and that -in this sort of collective work- "nobody has the absolute truth".
In allusion to an idea that the Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, had already shared in the Plenary, the Head of State reflected: "We are working in a war economy scenario. With consensual decisions, with collective work, with passion and energy, we are all summoned to revert the current situation.
"If every measure of the declared enemies of our independence is a silent bomb that seeks to tear down the walls of our resistance; every response from Cuba must be aimed at defusing them, one by one, with the talent and dignity of Cubans.
"We would be surrendering in advance -he stressed- if we see this war as an insurmountable misfortune. We must see it as the heroes and historical leaders saw it in their respective times: as an opportunity to grow and surpass ourselves, while the adversary is left naked in his evil before the world".
Regarding the value of ideological political work in times like these, the dignitary made reference to an unquestionable challenge: this ideological work must generate emotions and feelings, and it must be done in a very special way with new generations, which communicate through their own codes, different from the previous ones.
PLAN AGAINST PLAN
"In a few days - Díaz-Canel said - the National Assembly will be in session. New analyses and more debates related to the decisions announced here are awaiting us.
"On the eve of the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, its political leadership, its communist militancy, its patriotic and revolutionary sons and daughters, we are summoned to act together for a common goal: to save the Homeland, the Revolution, socialism, and to win".
Next, the Head of State denounced that the counterrevolution promotes actions that seek to break the stability of the country, and that such efforts come from sick, desperate and impotent minds. Those who are trying to harm, said the President, feel encouraged by the imperial policy that seeks the economic asphyxiation of the island. The counterrevolution, he warned, should not expect magnanimity or generosity from the Revolution: the full weight of the Law will fall on them.
Towards the end of his closing speech, Díaz-Canel evoked José Martí, "inspirer and guide of the Generation of his centenary, who brought here the victorious Revolution, whose flags we are honored to raise today".
The President quoted the Apostle: "Our enemy obeys one plan: the plan to fester, disperse, divide and drown us. That is why we obey another plan: to teach us in all our height, to press us, to gather us together, to outwit him (...) Plan against plan. Without a plan of resistance you cannot defeat a plan of attack".
To the phrase, the Cuban President added: "And all of us together, with our people, we will do it". He then shared a Patria o Muerte, Venceremos; and a Viva Cuba Libre.
