This Congress will be remembered as the moment when the historical generation, that founded and guided the party’s development, concluded the transfer of principal responsibilities to new generations of Communist militants.

This Sunday afternoon, during the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba’s third day of sessions, in the Havana Convention Center, the draft candidature of Central Committee members will be presented.

The White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki.A change of position towards Cuba remains outside the foreign policy priorities of U.S. President Joe Biden, the White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, reiterated on Friday.

Commission no.2, evaluating the Party’s functioning and ideological work

With the certainty that the construction of a sovereign socialist society will only be irreversible if the ideological strengthening of our revolutionary process and the economic, social, and cultural development of the country are conducted with equal precision and transformative intention, debate, and work in 8th Party Congress commissions continue today, Saturday, April 17.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel participates in Commission No.3

“We do not need good people to become cadres, we need the best, the best comrades, those who have more revolutionary qualifications, more ideological qualifications and more professional qualifications, the charisma, work and experience to handle the principle processes."

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz.

"Let no one doubt that as long as I live, I will be ready, with a foot in the stirrup to defend the homeland, the Revolution and socialism," stated Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, who, like another Mambí or guerrilla, always ready with his horse saddled and a rifle under his pillow, reported that his task leading the political organization had reached its conclusion.