Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the closing of the International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, at the Convention Center, on May 2, 2026, "Year of the Centennial of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz."

Cuba: May Day Speech Delivered at the Closing of the International Meeting of Solidarity! (3.5.2026)

When it is said that we are an extraordinary and unusual threat to the United States – and we are sure that this is not the feeling of the American people, that is the pretext used by the American government to attack us – one wonders: What is the threat, what is extraordinary about that threat, what is unusual about that threat, when Cuba is a country of peace, when Cuba is a country that has served as the setting for the main peace dialogues in the Latin American and Caribbean region, when Cuba was the place where the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church came to meet to resolve the schism they had maintained for more than fifteen hundred years?

I try to answer that question every day, but, as Bruno explains, there is no pretext, there is no reason to justify military aggression against Cuba. Well, that “extraordinary and unusual threat” may be the example of resistance and creativity of the Cuban people.

When we talk about solidarity, I think we are talking about three elements that distinguish the value of international solidarity:

One is the tenderness of the peoples, because among all of us we have learned to share something that Fidel taught us, and that is that we do not give out of solidarity what we have left over, but we give what we have to share it among all.

DPRK Heroes - Kursk Liberation!

DPRK: Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Memorial Museum of Combat Feats of Overseas Military Operations [Kursk] – Under Construction! (18.3.2026)

I certainly do not want war – I want peace – but I know we need to defend ourselves from the brutal forces of predatory capitalism. By the way, I do think Russia is a special case as it is a post-Soviet State – which is something new in the world. The Trotskyite-controlled “Communist” Parties of the West deliberately misrepresent Russia’s just war against Neo-Nazi Ukraine as being “Imperialist” – must be on crack! This is why I prefer the academic out-put of Prof. Grover Furr – who has exchanged emails with me. I purchase and study all his books supporting the Great Stalin and exposing the traitor Trotsky! Prof. Furr often teams-up with contemporary Russian academics who agree with his historical assessment. Anyway, around one-third of the Russian Parliament is composed of elected Communist MPs. Furthermore, North Korea believes it owes a historical debt to Russia in the sense that the Soviet Red Army freed North Korea from Japanese domination and then protected the Socialist State from US invasion. At least 101 North Korean soldiers died in Kursk – with many more wounded (some of these have been pictured sat in wheelchairs). I will keep an eye on this story.

The participants lavished their sincerity on tree planting, cherishing the noble intention of the great father as the immutable truth and true value of patriotism.

DPRK: Kim Jong Un Plants Trees in Saeppyol Street on Tree-planting Day! (16.3.2026)

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, together with other participants, planted for a long time the trees which will become new witnesses to the prospering capital city, saying that the true image of our generation following the noble spirit of heroic soldiers and reliably carrying forward the tradition of invincibility should be reflected, along with the history of the country growing stronger, in every tree that will grow with the souls of the martyrs of the overseas military operations, adding beauty to the landscape of Saeppyol Street full of joy of moving into new houses.

He said that the martyrs of the overseas military operations were the ardent ones who loved their native places, parents, wives and children more warmly than any others, and the ones strong in their ideological and mental power who turned the flavor and beautiful memory of the hometown, provided by a handful of earth they each had taken in the homeland, into their indomitable heroism under a shower of fire on the alien battlefields.

Modern Russia & North Korea are Staunch Allies!

Russia: Korean People’s Army [as of 2024-2025 – 10 Months] Lost 101 Casualties in Kursk! (26.1.2026)

It is worth mentioning that the DPRK and Russia officially signed the DPRK-Russia Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2024.

The treaty stipulates that when one of the two sides is at war due to armed aggression by an individual country or multiple countries, the other side shall immediately mobilize all means at its disposal to provide military and other assistance in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and the laws of North Korea and Russia.

Based on this clause, North Korean forces were strictly limited to Russia Kursk Oblast to perform tasks within the territory, to avoid direct involvement in the Ukrainian mainland operation in Donbass.

Cuba & Venezuela United in Opposing US Terrorism!

MEDEL: Venezuela & Cuba United in Opposition to Trump-Ordered US Terrorism – Fallen Socialist Heroes Remembered! (9.1.2026)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez:

Today, Cuba pays an emotional tribute to the Venezuelan fighters fallen in defense of the Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution, as well as to the sacred Venezuelan homeland.

We also express a heartfelt tribute to the Cuban fighters who, in unequal combat, faced the imperialist enemy who desecrated the sovereignty of the Venezuelan homeland and protected the Constitutional President Nicolás Maduro.

Honour and glory to the fighters fallen in unequal combat; love and peace to the Venezuelan men and women killed by the imperialist horde.

Young Women - FIFA Champions!

DPRK: Kim Jong Un Pictured with Labour Innovators [and Persons of Merit] on New Year 2025! (4.1.2025)

Kim Jong Un extended warm greetings to the labour innovators and persons of merit in various fields, who made contributions to bringing about great changes in 2024 which are of epochal significance in the historic struggle toward the comprehensive development of socialism.

He highly appreciated their efforts, saying that the great successes and proud edifices, symbolic of the self-dependence and prosperity of our state, clearly reflect the pure conscience and devoted efforts of the patriotic working people as reliable cornerstones supporting the country.

Thanks to the large contingent of genuine patriots filled with the strong will and ardent enthusiasm to bring earlier the future of a powerful country by dint of their strenuous efforts, only victory is always in store for our glorious motherland, the DPRK, which is making a dynamic advance and leap forward, ushering in a new era of national prosperity, he said.

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