VP Ramiro Valdes: Cuba will not Return to the Past

VP Ramiro Valdes: Cuba will not Return to the Past
Juan C. Domínguez Taño / Saturday, 26 July 2014 09:48

Cuban Vice-president Ramiro Valdes Menendez that gave the main speech of
the main rally for Cuba's National Rebelliousness Day, hosted by
province of Artemisa, extolled why the called Generation of the
Centennial attacked the garrisons Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
July 26th, 1953.

In his speech Valdes Menendez said that "The Republic had nothing to do
with dreams of (Jose) Marti and (Antonio) Maceo, as more than a year
before a dictator had erased the last vestiges of the representative
democracy."

Before 1959 the Cuban people lived repressed by dictatorship of
Fulgencio Batista, which meant illiteracy because not all children and
youths could attend school, hunger hit many homes, there were thousands
of jobless; banks, many sugar mills, the land and the industry were for
the most part in foreign hands, as the people suffered the exploitation
and several other scourges like malnutrition, death by curable diseases,
life span under 60 years of age, children having to work to make a
living alongside with their parents, Valdes Menendez says.

Despite July 26th (1953) affairs did not mean victory, today the country
lives the reverse situation, Cuba has more than one million university
graduates, children's life birth rate is lower than in the US, thanks to
the work of the Cuban Revolution the country keeps its people away from
drugs, prostitution, and live a decent life, Valdes Menendez added.

The also Commandant of the Revolution said that the Cuban people, with
their internationalist vocation, have met their duty with humanity, as
in the struggle for freedom in Angola and Namibia, and the end of
apartheid in South Africa.

Our health staffers, sports trainers, teachers, and experts in different
fields have aided several nations in need, Valdes Menendez praised.

Fidel (Castro) that has always trusted on the people counted on them, as
during the start of the hard days of the Special Period, when the USSR
collapsed and our enemies began packing with the ailing dream of
retaking power and reinstituting the old tyrannical regime, which came
to an end since 1959, Valdes Menendez stressed.

Valdes Menendez went over some of the hurdles the Cuban Revolution had
to face, aggressions of different kinds by the US government and the
collapse of the socialist bloc. On such as sense he said that the same
spirit that moved the July 26 also encourages the present-day
generations, which stick to the commitment of improving the socialist
model and keep up the conquests reached. "Here (in Artemisa), as in all
the country, July 26 will live for ever after," he asserted.

Cuba will not return to the past, today's sovereignty, freedom, peace
and safety will remain as long as the people keep working for the
welbeing of the nation, highlighted Valdes Menendez.

The new provinces of Artemisa and Mayabeque continue on with the
restructuring of the state administration, and the Special Development
Zone in Mariel will render wealth and prosperity to the nation, said
Valdes Menendez.

Our people have shown much courage, therefore, we will never stop our
struggle for freedom and until we bring back home all of The Five, this
is a non stop fight in support of them and their family, they are not
alone, Valdes Menendez said in his words.

Valdes Menendez went over some of the hurdles the Cuban Revolution had
to face, aggressions of different kinds by the US government and the
collapse of the socialist bloc. On such as sense he said that the same
spirit that moved the July 26 also encourages the present-day
generations, which stick to the commitment of improving the socialist
model and keep up the conquests reached. "Here (in Artemisa), as in all
the country, July 26 will live for ever after."

In his closing words Valdes Menendez told Artemisa residents and all the
Cuban people: this is the work, the merit, the glory of all our people,
and most of all of the men and women that were killed in action while
seeking the future. However, without the dedication of our heroic
martyrs, nothing of today's achievements would have been possible. Let's
us all pay the deserve tribute to all those that gave theur lives to
make come true the dreams of the (Cuban) Revolution. Inspired on their
example, we have no other choice than continue on with the everyday
struggle until our last breath, with the Homeland, with the Revolution,
and with Socialism.

Source: VP Ramiro Valdes: Cuba will not Return to the Past -
http://www.radioangulo.cu/en/news/cuba-2/24724-vp-ramiro-valdes-cuba-will-not-return-to-the-past