(Speech delivered by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, president of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, in the national act on July 26, held in Bayamo, province of Granma, July 26, 2019)

«Before the historical Generation that accompanies us I will pronounce the central words of this act, in the same place where the Commander in Chief, on the same date of 2006, presided and closed for the last time a commemoration of the National Rebellion Day».

«I speak on behalf of the grateful, those who face the challenge of pushing a country ...»

«This province, honored with the name of the ship that brought 82 of its children to Cuba, is also the cradle of our nationality, of our anthem, of the Revolution that Céspedes started in 1868 and of the Rebel Army that brought it to our days with Fidel in front. »

«It is not accidental, so that in Granma is the second barracks assaulted that morning, the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes de Bayamo that today, turned into a museum park, bears the honorable name of Ñico López, one of the leaders of the action in this city; Raúl's great friend, in whose office the photo of the boy with the big black glasses occupies a place of honor.

"Ñico was killed in the hours after the landing of Granma, but he has not been a minute away from the revolutionary work to which he gave himself with such passion and faith in the triumph."

"They were brothers rather than friends, those men and women who put the nation ahead, who thought of the country as a family."

"From them we come and it is very important that our tribute, annual or daily, not be locked in an act, in some verses or a few words of ephemeris."

«The Revolution, which now needs us to give the great battle for defense and for the economy, to break the enemy's plan to destroy us and suffocate us ...

It requires, at the same time, that we strengthen in our people spirituality, civics, decency, solidarity, social discipline and the sense of public service. »

«Despite the pain, the physical loss of those" beings from another world "of the" Song of the chosen ", the survivors of that epic, guided by Fidel, never complained, they did not go to mourn the corners for his dead or murdered companions.

“Five years, five months and five days after the assaults on the barracks in Santiago de Cuba and Bayamo, denying the alleged failure of 53, the victory of 59 would come. The reverse had become victory. »

«The explanation of the miracle of a group of men will end up defeating one of the best armed armies on the continent, it can only be found in the most outstanding values ​​of the Centerary Generation, sense of justice, loyalty to a cause, respect for the word committed, confidence in victory, unmoved faith in the people and unity as a principle. »

"Our parents and teachers taught us that it was easy to break the separate wands, but it is impossible to split a bundle of attached wands."

"To confuse public opinion and give that confrontation a legality that it does not have, the Helms-Burton was made, a legal spawn where the imperial desires of dominance over our destinies and the revenge of the nostalgic of the batistato are mixed."

«From that immoral and antipatriotic species that sacked the country, the current claimants come from the possessions that 60 years ago finally passed to the people».

«Let me warn you that the descendants of that peasant and mambisa cavalry who took the Plaza in 1959 to greet the victorious Revolution, inherited the land and machetes of their ancestors and would not hesitate to wield them sharply against those who try to snatch the land that Revolution handed them over ».
"Only a Revolution could change that panorama, which four years after the assault had worsened so much that, in 1957, a religious organization like the one I mentioned ended its survey with the claim of a radical and definitive change in the country."

"Cuba changed, but the desire to possess it from the powerful neighbor did not change, with the enthusiastic collaboration of the hawks and the stateless servants of South Florida."

«I will give a fresh figure to judge the world: only in the last year, from March 2018 to April 2019, the blockade caused us losses of 4,334 million dollars.»

«After six decades of harassment of the simplest Cuban transaction, the accumulated losses now reach 922 thousand 630 million dollars, considering the depreciation of green paper against gold.»

"The siege is closing more and more on our country as around Venezuela, Nicaragua and any other nation that refuses to accept the imperial plan for its destiny."

"Today I denounce to the people of Cuba and the world that the United States administration has begun to act more aggressively to prevent the arrival of fuel to Cuba."

"With cruel extraterritorial actions of blockade, today it is about preventing by all means the arrival to Cuban ports of the tankers, brutally threatening shipping companies, governments of countries where ships are registered and insurance companies."

«The genocidal plan is to affect, even more, the quality of life of the population, their progress and even their hopes, with the aim of hurting the Cuban family in their daily lives, in their basic needs, and accusing the Cuban Government of inefficiency . They look for the social outbreak. »
«How little they know us! When will they finally understand that the heroic Cuban family is able to face and resist with dignity the worst sieges and continue loving, even in the distance, because nothing and nobody can divide it?»

«Ignorant of the history and principles of the foreign policy of the Cuban Revolution, we propose to negotiate a possible reconciliation in exchange for abandoning the course chosen and defended by our people. They suggest betraying friends, throwing 60 years of dignity into the trash can. »

«No, imperialist gentlemen, we don't understand each other. Cuba, which knows the ethical and political distances between this US administration and the noblest citizens of that country, has not renounced its declared will to build a civilized relationship with the United States, but it must be based on mutual respect for our deep differences . »

«Any proposal that departs from respect among equals DOES NOT INTEREST US.»

«And as for the American people, they are permanently invited to Cuba. Our doors are open. Come, see and know the reality of the country that you refuse to visit, in the name of freedom, an essential human right that, they say, is lacking in Cuba and abounds there. »

"And to imperialism," not even so, "Che's phrase and permanent teaching of the Revolution."

«These messages from Cuba of invariable political principles, we will take you to the Sao Paulo Forum gathered in Caracas this week, to strengthen the integration of the left forces and their mobilization against the imperial offensive that has proposed to break us, divide us, confront us . »

«What we have found in our tours of this province and we hear in the speech of its First Secretary, Federico Hernández, are important economic and social results. The territory deserved the headquarters for its undeniable advances. »

"But - there are always buts -, the authorities of the territory recognize that, even with important productive records, they are far from their potential."

«I will not get tired of insisting on the duty of thinking as a country, of frightening selfishness, vanity, laziness, bungling," you can't. "

«Let's stop believing and affirm that the fault lies with the other, without first looking at what we are doing, creating, contributing, each one of us.»
"Pretending that suddenly the mentality is transformed to the maximum speed that our trains can reach, it could sound like a utopia if we do not believe in the people and in their moral reserves and their aspirations for a growth with beauty."

«You can see a level of response that excites, but it is not enough. Circumstances force us today, as they have always forced us, to impose a rate of progress beyond our goals. »
"To demand, to control, to banish the routine and to verify, in fact, if the formula we used yesterday is effective or must be renewed."

«We must sanction strongly and opportunely those who do not understand that today defending the country goes through caring for and protecting their scarce material goods.»

«If the Government is dedicated to improving the lives of our citizens, the Government and citizens must prevent them from mistreating, dirtying, neglecting, which cost so much to acquire.»

«To sustain this and all the measures of social benefit that are possible, it is necessary to produce more and improve the quality of services.»

"New measures, proposed by the people, must be approved in the coming weeks and months."

«Let's go for more is not a slogan. It is the translation into the government language of the political response to the enemy: With those who want to rob us of the land, the house, the schools, the hospitals, the children's circles, the beaches, the ports and airports ... WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. »

«Let us all work to make each day of the almanac a 26, of each calendar month a July, of each commitment a victorious Moncada!»

«The world will see what we are capable of doing and the world will accompany us in our resistance. It is time to make a new and urgent call to your conscience ».
«We are going for more, because we are all Cuba and we are continuity

Homeland or Death We Will Beat!