Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed his gratitude this Sunday, through his account on X, to the participants in a solidarity march with the Cuban regime held in Mexico City to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks.
"Thank you #Mexico. Once again at the forefront of the dignity of Our America. To all those who marched for #Cuba on July 26, a grateful embrace from a people who have always found solidarity in the noble and generous Aztec land," wrote the Cuban leader in his message published on X just past midnight, accompanied by the hashtag #CubaNoEstáSola.
The mobilization was called by the Mexican Movement of Solidarity with Cuba and the "Va por Cuba" platform, among other organizations.
The demonstrators, estimated to be around 1,200 people, set off from the Hemiciclo a Juárez towards the former location of the United States Embassy on Paseo de la Reforma, beginning between 10:00 and 10:30 AM, causing traffic disruptions on Reforma, Avenida Juárez, and Eje Central.
Among the slogans, there was a dominant rejection of the commercial, financial, and energy embargo imposed by Washington against the island, with chants like "No to the war against Cuba!"
The day ended in controversy when a group with their faces covered sprayed graffiti on the façade of the Cuauhtémoc Town Hall, a building protected as historical heritage.
According to information from Infobae, Mayor Alessandra Rojo de la Vega reported arrests and accused the Secretary of Citizen Security (SSC) of releasing the perpetrators before the procedure with the Public Ministry was completed.
"The protest deserves respect. The crimes do not," the mayor wrote on X.
The SSC, for its part, denied that the detainees had been made available to the Public Prosecutor's Office and announced an internal review of the police conduct.
The Communist Youth Front of Mexico denounced "anticommunist repression" and stated that six of its members were detained during the incidents.
This type of pro-regime demonstrations in Mexico have become an annual tradition every July 26 in the Mexican capital, with precedents in 2025 and February 2026, when supporters of the Cuban government gathered in front of the Cuban embassy in Mexico City to demand that Mexico resume oil shipments to the island.
On the same July 26, Díaz-Canel led the national central event for the anniversary in Pinar del Río, where he blamed the United States for the deaths and misery that afflict Cuba, including power outages and the deterioration of the healthcare system, without taking any responsibility for 67 years of dictatorial management.
During that event, a message from Raúl Castro directed to the people of Pinar del Río was also read, although the former leader was not physically present at the ceremony.
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