Roberto Morales Ojeda assures that the leaders of Cuba are "ready to defend the homeland."

The Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales Ojeda, stated this Wednesday that the government is "ready to defend the homeland."

The message was posted on his Facebook account after participating in the tribute for the 67th anniversary of the disappearance of Camilo Cienfuegos and following the annual UN resolution against the U.S. embargo, which received only 130 votes in favor, the lowest result since Cuba introduced the initiative in 1992.

The leader of the Political Bureau shared images of his participation in the official event on the Malecón in Havana alongside Miguel Díaz-Canel, Manuel Marrero, José Ramón Machado Ventura, and representatives of the capital's populace in the traditional flower-throwing ceremony at sea, an event that symbolically replaces the non-existent grave of the guerrilla each October 28.

The official quoted in his publication the last verses of "My Flag," a poem by Bonifacio Byrne written in 1899, which Camilo Cienfuegos recited on October 26, 1959, during his final public speech delivered in front of the old Presidential Palace in Havana, two days before his disappearance.

“‘If torn into tiny pieces / my flag ever becomes someday... / Our dead, raising their arms, / will still know how to defend it!’” said Morales Ojeda and added: “It is not about a memorized quote, but rather a genuine resolve: we are ready to defend the homeland with the same firmness with which he loved it.”

In July, Morales Ojeda described the repression of July 11th as a "popular victory" under the hashtag #LaPatriaSeDefiende, and just five days before the tribute to Camilo, he posted on X that no policy towards Cuba should be based on "electoral pressures, blackmail" or short-term political calculations.

Morales Ojeda's statement comes at a time when the Cuban government is once again appealing to the defense of the homeland, while millions of citizens are facing power outages, food shortages, and a significant loss of purchasing power.

The contrast is evident: from the heights of power, there is talk of resisting and defending the nation, but for many Cubans, the daily struggle consists of securing food, electricity, and minimal living conditions.