Since 1868, this unique Revolution defended by the Cuban people has had its protagonists in the youth. In the manigua mambisa, in the batch of the 33 of the last century; in the University, in the Moncada, in the Granma, in the Sierra Maestra, in Girón, in the October Crisis, and in all the battles of the rebellious island, they have been the heartbeats of victory.
In science, in teaching, with that epic literacy, in the fields of Cuba; in health, in the land of their birth and in the whole world; in the feats of internationalism, in the factories, the youth have been the makers of their Revolution. It is they who assume Fidel's maxim that the words surrender and defeat are eliminated from the terminology of Cuba's combat.
This was the spirit of the vi Plenary Session of the National Committee of the Union of Young Communists, held last Saturday, which was attended by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the members of its Political Bureau, Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization; Army Corps General Álvaro López Miera, Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and Major General Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, Minister of the Interior.
According to the presidential website, Díaz-Canel recalled that, from the first moments of the triumphant Revolution, its main architects understood that it was vital to incorporate the people into the defense of the country.
He expressed that the conception of the war of all the people did not come out of nowhere, but summarizes all the experience accumulated by the Cuban nation regarding the defense of the Homeland. He shared with the young people Marti's ideology, as well as Fidel's, who said "without defense there is no Homeland; and Raul said that no challenge is insurmountable when it comes to defending the Homeland.
He spoke about the priorities defined for 2024: strengthening of unity, improvement of ideological work, political assurance of the measures approved by the National Assembly of People's Power and the preparation to overcome distortions and tendencies that move away from the socialist society. If we count on the youth, we will win, he said.
