The population returned to the capital’s Revolution Square and other venues in all the provinces of the island this day with flags, banners and slogans in support of the decision to resist the counterrevolutionary onslaught, and reaffirmed its will to maintain internal unity and solidarity with other nations.

In the speech that preceded the parade, Ulises Guilarte, general secretary of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba, stressed that the inhabitants of the country are aware that truth, reason and justice are on their side.

He pointed out that the negative effects of the US blockade are aggravated today with the arbitrary reincorporation of the island in the State Department’s list of countries allegedly sponsoring terrorism, with the purpose of provoking shortages, destabilizing the country and achieving its failed dream of domination.

He also repudiated the US campaign against the medical collaboration programs that Cuba provides in more than 50 nations in an attempt to erase its genuine examples of humanism, solidarity and cooperation.

Likewise, he ratified the most absolute rejection of the genocide perpetrated by the Zionist government of Israel against the Palestinian people with Washington’s support and complicity.

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