Havana, Nov 25.- Cuba today pays tribute to the historical leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro (1926-2016) with multiple tributes dedicated to remembering his legacy on the eighth anniversary of his physical disappearance.
The memory of the Commander in Chief can be seen in the thousands of messages on social networks, where from the country's main leaders to workers and students, older adults and young people, they express with heartfelt words the weight of his physical absence and the presence of his work and ideals.
On the social network #FidelViveEntreNosotros. Even among children who were born after his departure.
Díaz-Canel assured that Fidel Castro, like the National Hero José Martí, endures in every just idea, in every achievement of the Revolution and in the hearts of the Cuban people.
The president also shared on the platform one of the most recognized phrases about the immensity of Fidel's legacy, pronounced by the leader of the Revolution Raúl Castro.
Fidel is Fidel, we all know it well, Fidel is irreplaceable and the people will continue his work when he is no longer physically there. Although his ideas will always be there, which have made it possible to build the bastion of dignity and justice that our country represents, he wrote.
For his part, the Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero, stated that Fidel lives among us, in every child, in every young person, in those who fight for a better world, in those who defend their country, their Homeland, our Cuba.
Likewise, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez stressed that the revolutionary thought of the historical leader is the basis of the unity and resistance of our people against imperialist aggression.
This Monday, the steps of the University of Havana will host the youth tribute to the revolutionary leader, through a political-cultural evening that will celebrate the validity of his example in the daily struggles of the Cuban people.
In the call for the meeting, it was recalled that there the Commander in Chief became a revolutionary, Marti and socialist; He fought many battles for Cuba and for the most just causes in the world, and spoke on numerous occasions to university students, young people and all the people.
Fidel Castro led one of the most influential insurgent movements in Latin America in the 1950s.
With the victory of 1959, the Revolution challenged the United States as a model of resistance in Latin America and elsewhere.
As founder of the first socialist State in the Western Hemisphere, the Cuban leader designed, guided and executed a foreign policy based on respect for the independence of Cuba and other nations. (PL) (Photo: Archive)