On April 19, at the historic Bay of Pigs, Cuba’s top leader Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez — who serves as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic — officially kicked off a nationwide mass movement called “My Signature for the Homeland” by adding his own signature first. This new initiative grows out of a call Díaz-Canel made during ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, aiming to rally both domestic Cuban organizations and global allies to spread accurate, unfiltered information about Cuba across every region of the world. It also serves as a public, tangible manifestation of the Declaration of the Revolutionary Government, recently published by Cuban state newspaper Granma.
In the days following the movement’s launch, millions of Cuban residents from the westernmost tip of the island to its eastern border have been participating in the signature drive, turning public squares and community parks across the country into gathering points for collective national expression. This Sunday, April 20, saw the first large wave of participation, with signature collections set to continue in coming days to allow people of all ages, professions, religious backgrounds and social sectors to take part. For every participant, adding a signature is more than a symbolic act: it is a public declaration that the Cuban people refuse to be intimidated or coerced by growing, repeated threats from the United States government.
The core of the movement’s message echoes the text of the Revolutionary Government’s declaration, titled *Bay of Pigs is Today and Forever!* The declaration emphasizes that Cuba is a nation rooted in centuries of shared history and unshakable collective convictions. It frames the Cuban people as a peace-loving, solidarity-focused population that builds its future through daily work and persistent reclamation of its right to self-determination. Just as 65 years ago, Cuban forces defeated foreign-backed aggression on the sands of the Bay of Pigs under the iconic rallying cry “Homeland or Death!”, the declaration affirms that the Cuban people will once again secure victory in their ongoing defense of national sovereignty and the socialist system they have chosen.
Across the island, the signature drive has underscored a unified national position: the Cuban people will never surrender their fundamental right to chart their own independent course of historical development, even in the face of long-standing external pressure and intervention.