On his Facebook profile Morales stated that “throughout Cuba and among its patriots extends the will to not allow the sacred soil of this land to be occupied with impunity.”

The statement comes in the context of the commemoration in Cuba of January 12, 1869, when, during the Ten Years’ War, the Mambises decided to burn the first capital of the Republic of Cuba in Arms rather than surrender it to Spanish colonial power.

The high-ranking party leader praised the qualities of the Cuban people, peaceful and supportive, but completely resistant to blackmail, impositions, and threats.

“We have not renounced the Marti-inspired, Fidel-inspired, and Mambi-inspired essence that beats in our history,” he remarked.

The member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba asserted that his country will never negotiate its principles and sovereignty, and then emphasized that “dialogue with impositions is impossible when dignity is our main banner.”

Morales also remembered another event in national history, known as the “Protest of Baragua” and that, as on that occasion, the response will be one of “definite non-compliance when it comes to endangering independence,” he declared.

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