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 ceremony 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"

Díaz-Canel asserted that Cuba is not an unusual threat to the United States; there is no valid reason for military aggression against the island

"No aggressor, however powerful, will find surrender in Cuba. They will encounter a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory," Díaz-Canel stated on X

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, led the massive May Day rally at the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribune, attended by more than half a million Havana residents, representing the entire island. There, two books containing the signatures of the Cuban people for the Homeland and a plaque displaying the total number of signatures were symbolically presented: 6,230,973.

Beijing stated that pretexts and rumors do not justify the blockade or sanctions against the island, and reiterated its support for Cuban sovereignty

Fourteen entities of the Palco Business Group were awarded the National Vanguard flag

The Cuban Foreign Minister asserted that the island does not pose a threat to the U.S.

The National Executive Committee of the Labor Party (PT) of Mexico issued an official statement condemning the blockade

This act transcends the symbolic: it is a reaffirmation that this land will never renounce its self-determination

In the coastal enclave, a library has opened with books rescued from the rubble of war

The “My signature for the Homeland” movement is not a mere administrative formality nor a slogan repeated into the wind

Alongside the working people of the largest of the Antilles will be hundreds of supportive friends from around the world