Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel denounced on Monday the effects of the U.S. blockade on the population\u2019s health during the First International Colloquium \u201cFidel: Legacy and Future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before the 1,500 participants at the event, the president offered concrete figures on the humanitarian impact of the economic embargo: 98,500 surgeries are on hold, only 30 percent of basic medicines are available, and 67,000 infants still lack up-to-date immunizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cThe immense suffering of Cuban families is confirmed by statistics. Deaths caused by the lack of medicines that the country produced and distributed free of charge for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
D\u00edaz-Canel also denounced the impact of the energy blockade, which prevents fuel from reaching the island, due to the executive orders imposed by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cIf we had the 1,400 megawatts of distributed generation that we have recovered with enormous effort available every day, we could significantly alleviate the blackouts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Cuban president emphasized that, faced with this reality, resistance is not passive but creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cIn the midst of the crisis, we have developed our own agreements that allowed us to face the pandemic as survivors. We have known how to turn scarcity into opportunity\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
D\u00edaz-Canel recalled the method bequeathed by Fidel Castro for confronting adversity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cFidel didn\u2019t leave recipes, he left a method. When he formulated his speech of October 16, 1953, with the five revolutionary laws, he had developed a program that diagnosed the structural ills of an underdeveloped and dependent economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat method\u2014rigorous diagnosis, programmatic proposal, and decisive action\u2014was repeated at every stage: in the Sierra Maestra, in 1960 with the nationalization of the subsoil, and in 1961 demonstrating that an armed and conscious people could defeat imperialism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
He also called on the young people to take up the revolutionary mantle and on the intellectuals present to spread the truth about Cuba and transform solidarity into concrete actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cIn a world where the mainstream media fabricates lies, you have the responsibility to be the heroes of the reality that Cubans live.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, he reaffirmed Cuba\u2019s commitment to defending its sovereignty and building a more just world in the face of imperialist aggression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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