Miguel Díaz-Canel once again emphasized the defense of the socialist model as a priority for Cuba and stated that the Revolution and the achievements of socialism must be "saved", while reiterating Fidel Castro's ideology as the key to finding a way out of the difficult circumstances the country is facing.
In a thread posted this Wednesday on X, the leader stated that they learned from Fidel that there are three principles he considers "non-negotiable": "the independence of the country, the Revolution, and the values and achievements that socialism represents."
Díaz-Canel directly linked those principles to the economic changes being promoted by his government.
"Beneath this premise, we embark on a challenging process of Economic and Social Transformations, with a priority on the well-being of the people and the social justice that he defended so strongly," he wrote.
The ruler insisted that economic transformations do not imply abandoning the current political and economic model, but rather preserving it.
In his first message, Díaz-Canel also reiterated his blame on the United States for the difficulties faced by the Cuban population and employed some of the harshest terms from his recent discourse.
“When the U.S. fascist regime intensifies the genocide against our people, obstructing our well-being and quality of life by all means, Fidel remains the key to the fact that there is a way out, no matter how difficult the circumstances may be,” he stated.
The statement maintains the course that the leader has followed in recent weeks, characterized by an explicit defense of socialism, an increasing exaltation of Fidel Castro, and increasingly harsh accusations against Washington.
At the end of July, Díaz-Canel called the U.S. government a "neofascist regime" and stated that Cuban economic reforms do not aim to move towards capitalism.
"The transformations we are implementing today are not for more capitalism, but to defend and advance the construction of socialism," he said at the time.
The verbal confrontation continued in August. Díaz-Canel accused the United States of issuing an "open threat of genocidal extermination" against Cuba following statements by Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding Washington's pressure policy towards Havana.
At the same time, Fidel Castro has become a constant point of reference in his discourse on how to confront the crisis.
Díaz-Canel presented the thoughts of the late leader as a guide to overcoming current difficulties and stated that "Fidel's thoughts are the most accurate compass to face the storm that the Cuban people are experiencing."
The celebration continued during the commemorations of the centenary of Castro's birth.
On August 13, Díaz-Canel urged to view the current problems of the world through Fidel's "legacy" and stated that many of the issues he addressed decades ago remain unresolved.
One day later, the ruler asserted that Fidel "is back" in a way that should "terrify" his opponents.
In that same speech, he had already mentioned independence, the Revolution, and "the values and achievements that socialism represents" as "non-negotiable principles," an idea he reiterated from his account on X.
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