Geneva, July 9, 2025. Cuba's First Deputy Minister of Communications, Ernesto Rodríguez Hernández, participated in the High-Level Roundtable during the Summit on Information Societies together with other ministers and deputy ministers of the sector at the global level.
In his speech, he reaffirmed the island's commitment to inclusive and sustainable digital development, highlighting the multiple efforts and challenges Cuba is facing on the road to digital transformation.
The national strategy focuses on addressing key priorities to strengthen digital capabilities, ensure equitable access to technologies and consolidate a robust and secure infrastructure despite the difficulties arising from unilateral coercive measures.
As stated by the first deputy minister, “Cuba is working decisively to build a society with skills and competencies that enable a critical, humanistic and ethical use of technologies and data, promoting innovation in a secure digital environment aligned with collective well-being.”
This commitment is reflected in the implementation of policies and programs that seek to reduce digital divides and enhance the development of the ICT industry, digital health, accessibility for people with disabilities and gender equity.
The Cuban government identified three interrelated priority actions to boost ICT-based development.
The first consists of building digital skills and competencies, both basic and advanced, including emerging areas such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
The second line of work aims to facilitate inclusive access to technologies, promoting growth both professionally and personally.
The third goal focuses on strengthening telecommunications infrastructures, ensuring their stability, resilience, security and quality in the midst of adverse conditions.
As a result of these efforts, in the last year essential instruments were approved to guide the digital transformation process in Cuba. Among them, the Policy for Digital Transformation, the Digital Agenda that accompanies it and the Strategy for the Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, forming a solid regulatory and strategic framework.
Despite the severe limitations imposed by the economic, commercial and financial Blockade imposed by the U.S. government for more than six decades, Cuba remains firmly committed to advancing scientific-technical progress and digital transformation.
“The Cuban government will not renounce its digital development, nor its active participation in international forums such as the UN, in the construction of an inclusive and equitable Information Society,” he emphasized.
Cuba continues its path towards a digital transformation that prioritizes social welfare and respect for human rights, facing existing challenges with determination and strategy.
