In a significant ceremony held at the José Martí Memorial, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, also the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, led the centenary celebration of the First Communist Party of Cuba. The event underscored the party’s foundational role in the nation’s history, likened to a vital ring in the trunk of a tree symbolizing Cuba’s national development. Rigoberto Santiesteban Reina, President of the Institute of Cuban History, emphasized the party’s mission to guide the proletariat under the ideological trends that have shaped the country’s quest for profound changes, blending the best of independence traditions and Marxism. Elvis Raúl Rodríguez, PhD in Historical Sciences and Vice-President of the IHC, highlighted the pivotal moment of August 16, 1925, marking a qualitative leap in Cuba’s years of struggle. The ceremony also featured the inauguration of a photographic exhibition allegorical to the date. Earlier, President Díaz-Canel visited ‘All the Glory of the World,’ a photographic exhibition by Alex Castro, which opened on August 13 at the Memorial. The event was attended by key political figures, including José Amado Ricardo Guerra, Member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of the Council of Ministers, and other leaders from the Party, the UJC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Ministry of the Interior.
