His Imprint Is Indelible
{Updated: Friday, October 5th, 2018}
{Updated: Friday, October 5th, 2018}
After what actually was a scintillating week spent in New York City, Cuba's new President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, was back on the island by October 3-2018 addressing his Ministers and, most importantly, the everyday Cuban people. He has told his Ministers to appear often on Cuban television and radio programs to let the people know what they are doing..."if anything"...to help solve "their daily problems." The address above was broadcast on state television and radio. Meanwhile, President Diaz-Canel is concentrating on making sure the Cuban people understand the new Constitution the Cuban Parliament has drafted, one that contains drastic changes from the previous 1970's Constitution. On TV and radio, but also at 24,000 spots across the island, the new Constitution is being discussed and it will face a referendum vote early in 2019. With Diaz-Canel's direction, the news Constitution is expected to pass.
With the words above, here is precisely what President Diaz-Canel is telling the attentive Cuban people: "In the constitutional reform we have expanded our vision on civil rights, human rights. It is a responsible, objective, realistic look." The Cuban people believe those words. Of course, Cubans in Miami's Little Havana, Cuban's in the U. S. Congress, and Republicans in Trump's White House all must pretend they don't believe them, lest the lucrative USA Castro Cottage Industry would greatly suffer.
This photo shows Diaz-Canel's Ministers of Communications listening intently to what their President, Cuba's former Education Minister, had to say on Oct. 3-2018.
The Cubans listening to President Diaz-Canel on Oct. 3-2018 represented a cross-section of what the island looks like -- with an emphasis on women -- the gender that has always been the prime supporters of the Revolution and Revolutionary Cuba. They strongly support Diaz-Canel but they are not awarding him a free pass; they are restless and they expect him to perform two primary tasks: {1} Sharply improve the economy; and {2} protect their island against regime-change antics of yet another Republican-Batistiano administration in Washington.
The three photos above are courtesy of Ailyn Febles Estrada. Since 2010 she has been a prime leader of the island's powerful "I Am Fidel" movement that fiercely supports the Revolution and fiercely opposes the Counter Revolutionaries in Miami and in the U. S. Congress...and all Republican White Houses like Trump's. At the moment, Ailyn is also very much "I Am Miguel" but, for sure, she has an open mind and very keen eyes. Women like Ailyn, not the USA's Rubio-types, are paramount in Cuba.
This is Jose Manuel Valido Rodriguez monitoring President Diaz-Canel's Oct.3rd-2018 speech at the Ministers of Communication session in Havana. Journalists like Jose, of course, strongly support the new Cuban leader's emphasis on using the island's strong, well-educated Radio & TV journalists to communicate more directly with the people. That's why Jose flashed that genuine smile on October 3rd, 2018.
And so, back on Cuban soil after his New York City adventure, the island's new leader on Oct. 3-2018 appeared very comfortable as he confronts the major tasks that he is obligated to tackle with gusto in the days ahead. The Cuban people now support him.
It is an historic fact that Fidel died at age 90 on Nov. 25-2016. He had ordered that there were to be no statues of him on the island and no edifices, such as buildings or streets, named for him. But it is still his island and it will remain that way unless a regime-change orchestrated from Miami and Washington is successful in overturning his pugnacious Revolution.
The strongest movement in Cuba today is "Yo Soy Fidel" -- "I Am Fidel." That is so even though Miami and Washington will deny it. But the island's new leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel, DOES NOT deny it and a visit to Cuba would confirm that fact.
Diaz-Canel at Fidel's tomb.
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