With the title “Today and always: long live the Cuban Revolution!”, Veras wrote in Teleuniverso that “until January 1, 1959, in our countries, the popular masses were repressed and silenced through terror and the execution of crime, while the Western empire determined the productive apparatus, the social structure and the legal-political institutions.

He noted that after the triumph of the Revolution, the “numbing” of the oppressed has never been like before. The awakening came, stayed and remains stronger every day.

Repression and imperialist ideological penetration have not prevented the popular push because the influence of the Cuban revolutionary process has weighed more, he added.

Veras, who is also a lawyer, wrote that in order to understand the impact of January 1, 1959, and the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in the political and social life of our nations, it is enough to take stock of what the poor represented yesterday and what they are today at the level of their actions, demands and achievements at all levels.

In this regard, he noted that its specific weight is evident and becomes more effective every day. The labor, union, student and feminist movements, political organizations, with their progressive programs, and leaders with innovative ideas, are works of the Revolution, he added.

He said that the Revolution has been the political and social action of greatest significance and humanist content in the entire history of our peoples, because it has placed the human being as the center, its reason for being and objective to preserve.

Veras pointed out that before that date, the popular masses of our countries were never taken into account, except to oppress, humiliate and depreciate them.

Here, total liberation has not been achieved, but the battle for definitive emancipation is ongoing. Every day there are more workers in the countryside and the city who are firmly insubordinate, outraged by the poor living conditions, he added.

He assured that despite the campaign of misinformation and ideological confusion unleashed by the different administrations of the United States, women and men who identify with just causes, peace, independence and sovereignty of peoples worldwide remain identified with the Cuban Revolution.

Veras considered that the Revolution’s greatest achievement is being there, firm, 65 years later, despite attacks resulting from the economic, financial, air, maritime, commercial and diplomatic blockade, odious measures imposed by several US administrations.

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