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The "My Signature for the Homeland" launched in Cuba
Image via the PCC Various Sources The "My Signature for the Homeland" campaign was launched in Cuba on April 19 with the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez being the first to sign. This initiative supports the call made by the president on the the 65th anniversary of the declaration of the socialist character of the Revolution, to organizations in Cuba and the world so the truth about Cuba reaches ev

The Left Chapter
Apr 211 min read


Final Declaration of the 5th International Colloquium Patria
Image of a Cuban flag at the 5th International Colloquium Patria -- image via the Communist Party of Cuba Translated from the Spanish We, the participants of the 5th International Colloquium Patria, held from April 16 to 18, 2026, in Havana, Cuba, with 154 international guests and over 3,000 national attendees, came together for an event honoring the centenary of Fidel Castro and the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion. We reaffirm the deeply political, historic, and

The Left Chapter
Apr 193 min read


Victory at the Bay of Pigs is today and forever!
Via the Government of the Republic of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Cuba is living under the constant siege of the United States government, whose escalating threats have intensified in recent months. In addition to the brutal energy blockade, which exacerbates the genocidal policy of embargo of the last six decades, there are the declarations by representatives of the U.S. government elite regarding intentions of military aggression. The material and human cost of this b

The Left Chapter
Apr 183 min read


Cuba does not surrender! Long live Socialism!: Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on the Socialist character of the Cuban Revolution
Image via the PCC Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, at the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, at 23rd and 12th Streets, Plaza de la Revolución municipality, on April 16, 2026, “Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz” Translated from the Spanish Long liv

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Apr 179 min read


Sixty-five years since the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs: KKE
Sixty-five years since the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs Statement by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) In April 1961, the armed people of Cuba, under the leadership of Fidel Castro, crushed the attempted landing of US mercenary forces, inflicting a humiliating defeat on North American imperialism. The revolutionaries, led by the communists, delivered a decisive response to imperialist plans, halting the United States’..

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Apr 171 min read


The socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution proclaimed: April 16, 1961
By Lissel Pino Ceballos, Communist Party of Cuba On April 16, 1961, at the bustling intersection of 23rd and 12th in Havana, the Cuban Revolution was defined in words that would forever shape the nation’s destiny. Fidel Castro, the Commander in Chief, stood before a crowd mourning the victims of the bombings that took place before the mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs and declared that the Revolution would be socialist. With rifles held high and the people's anger raging,

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Apr 162 min read


The dignity and strength of a people are worth more than any imperial power: 65 years after the Bay of Pigs
Images via Favio Vergara, JR By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish It was an emotional morning on April 14 at the Fidel Castro Ruz Center, during a talk with Cienfuegos fighter Ramón González Suco, who, at just 22 years old, took part in the historic Battle of Playa Girón. With emotional words and a determination that the events of April 1961 be remembered, González Suco captured the spirit that drove hundreds of young Cubans during that remarkable feat. Spea

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Apr 154 min read


Fidel Castro Ruz Center to hold Bay of Pigs workshop
Via Granma and the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Sixty-five years after that April of courage under fire, the Fidel Castro Ruz Center will hold the workshop "Girón, 65 Years After the Great Victory Against Imperialism" on April 14 and 15. As part of the Centennial of the Commander in Chief, the event aims to analyze the significance of the April 19, 1961 victory, which showed the world the Cuban people's determination to defend the Revolution with arms.

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Apr 142 min read


Popular victory at Girón
By Lissel Pino Ceballos, Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish On the heroic sands of the Bay of Pigs, history forged a...

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Apr 17, 20252 min read


Back to 23 and 12 to raise the flags of Socialism
Photos: Vladimir Molina By Dayán González Ramírez, translated from the Spanish The Cuban people have written many glorious pages, and...

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Apr 16, 20252 min read


Of the Poor, by the Poor, for the Poor -- Castro's speech on the eve of the Bay of Pigs
Castro during the Bay of Pigs invasion. On April 16, 1961 the day before the Bay of Pigs US backed counter-revolutionary invasion of...
Michael Laxer
Apr 16, 20233 min read
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