On a Thursday held at the Council of Ministers headquarters in Cuba’s Palace of the Revolution, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz headlined a formal gathering to join the nationwide “My Signature for the Fatherland” movement, a grassroots initiative galvanizing national unity amid escalating external pressure on the island nation.
Marrero Cruz was joined at the event by José Amado Ricardo Guerra, Major General and Secretary of the Council of Ministers — both of whom hold seats on the Political Bureau — alongside deputy prime ministers and other senior government officials. Palace of the Revolution workers also added their signatures to the movement, aligning with the core goals that have driven the initiative since it launched across the country on April 19.
Far more than a simple exercise in public participation, the movement stands as a deliberate, collective reaffirmation of Cuba’s revolutionary values, a public condemnation of the U.S. trade embargo that has crippled the country’s economy for decades, and a defense of Cuban national sovereignty that organizers say is non-negotiable. Every signature collected through the campaign represents a individual commitment to protecting the nation’s right to self-determination, free from external interference, economic coercion, or military aggression against the Caribbean nation.
The gathering at the Palace of the Revolution comes against a backdrop of intensifying external sanctions, marked most acutely by a worsening energy blockade and coordinated international disinformation campaigns targeting Cuba’s government. In this context, participants used the event to send a clear message: the Cuban people reject all destabilizing external measures and remain steadfast in their defense of the foundational principles of the Cuban revolution.
Thursday’s signatures also formalized support for a call issued by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Party’s Central Committee and President of the Republic. During a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, Díaz-Canel called on Cubans to spread the unfiltered truth about Cuba’s reality and struggle to every corner of the globe.
Organizers and participants alike reaffirmed that the movement’s collective voice stands for a nation committed to upholding global peace, advancing cross-border dialogue, upholding international solidarity, and safeguarding hard-won independence at any cost. As the campaign continues to spread across every region of Cuba, the gathering at the seat of national government served as a high-profile demonstration of the commitment of the country’s leadership and public sector workers to the movement’s core mission.