Declaration of the Revolutionary Government: Girón is today and forever!

Cuba is living under the constant siege of the United States government, whose escalating threats have intensified in recent months. In addition to the brutal energy embargo, which exacerbates the genocidal blockade policy of the last six decades, there are declarations by representatives of the US government elite regarding intentions of military aggression.

The material and human cost of this blockade is a disgrace borne by the government of the greatest empire of all time. It is an illegal and inhumane act, a violation of international law, condemned every year by almost all member states of the United Nations and, as recent polls have confirmed, rejected by the majority of the people of the land of Lincoln.

Faced with this collective punishment, the Cuban people offer the noblest and most admirable examples of resistance. Since the strangulation decree issued on January 29th in the form of an Executive Order, the response of this people has been even more stoic, as they continue to confront the challenges of shortages in every task and daily activity.

Amid such urgent needs, a web of slander is also being waged to discredit Cuba and its government. The dominant media machine is waging a disloyal war against us, filled with exaggerations, lies, and denigration, which never identifies the true cause of the situation and blames the Revolutionary Government for the crisis that is being coldly and deliberately provoked by those who attack us. They resort to such mendacious pretexts as claiming that our country constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security or designating us as a supposed State Sponsor of Terrorism.

Thus is revealed the hypocrisy of the executioner, whose intentions are described in the Memorandum of Under Secretary of State Lester Mallory, dated as early as April 6, 1960, during the revolutionary process, when he clearly expresses the true meaning of his criminal policy:

…to rapidly employ all possible means to weaken the economic life of Cuba. (…) A course of action that, being as skillful and discreet as possible, achieves the greatest possible progress in depriving Cuba of money and supplies, in order to reduce its financial resources and real wages, provoke hunger, desperation, and the overthrow of the Government.

This harassment has also extended to the realm of Cuba’s bilateral relations with other countries. The United States exerts constant pressure on governments in the region, not only to break diplomatic ties with the Island, but also to abandon their own people, expelling healthcare professionals who have been for years a beacon of hope for the poorest.

Isolating us is also part of their strategy; However, there are pillars of dignity throughout the world, peoples and governments that do not yield. There are the examples of Mexico, Russia, China, Vietnam, and other sister nations. There are the members of the Our America Convoy, who, defying threats, pressures, and risks, in a symbolic gesture, decided to offer us their support, beyond material aid; reaffirming Martí’s maxim that “whoever rises up with Cuba today rises up for all time.”

Heirs to a historical legacy, with the blood of the Mambí and rebels in our veins, honoring the example and courage of the heroes and martyrs of the Homeland; like the 32 brave Cuban combatants who fell in Venezuela and the young people who thwarted the terrorist infiltration in Villa Clara, we affirm today that Cuba will never be a trophy, nor just another star in the American constellation.

We are a nation with a great history and convictions to defend; of peaceful, compassionate men and women; a people who, through their daily work, vindicate Cuba. And that, as on the sands of Playa Girón 65 years ago, under the cry of “Homeland or Death!”, victory will be achieved in defense of sovereignty and socialism.

In the centennial year of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, architect of the first great defeat of Yankee imperialism in the Americas; with the privilege of having Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, standing firm alongside his people, continuing with one foot firmly in the stirrup; we ratify the call for national and international mobilization made this April 16 by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and we reaffirm his words:

“As long as there is one woman or man willing to give their life for the Revolution, we will be victorious!”

“The socialist character of our Revolution is not a phrase of the past, it is the shield of the present and the guarantee of the future!”

“Girón is today and it is always!”

(Source: Cubasi.cu)