Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel was born after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution but in March of 2022 he is a strong supporter of the revolution. And, contrary to what the Miami press claims, he has the strong support from most of the island's 13 million citizens. Well-known from his years as Cuba's Education Minister, he is also a strong communicator in both the state media and on his frequent street walks with everyday Cubans. Since 2018 he has led Cuba during two dire perils -- the U. S. Embargo that has existed since 1962 and has been greatly expanded by both of the USA's last two Presidents, Trump and Biden; and by the the Covid Pandemic. In walks such as the one above Diaz-Canel informed his people that his two top concerns -- even above the Blockade and the Pandemic -- are: (1) The excess of new U. S. money being devoted to fund dissent on the island; and {2} the defections from the island of so many of Cuba's youngest and best-educated young citizens. On the very walk shown above, Diaz-Canel repeated, "The U. S. funding and the defections are, of course, related and it currently involves the prime effort by Miami and Washington to regain control of Cuba."
Above the respected journalist Lucia Rojas wrote this insightful article this week, and she happens to be a journalist in Cuba who understands the Cuban people and reports honestly about what she observes. And above Lucia Rojas informs us about what President Diaz-Canel most worries about, which is young & well-educated Cubans like the young woman depicted above constantly leaving the island for richer havens. As you can see in the first paragraph above, President Diaz-Canel calls it "the generational challenge within our revolutionary project." And whether or not Miami understands it or not, that is what Cuba's leader has as his prime project in March of 2022, even above the Blockade and the Pandemic.
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