Declaration of the Association of Cubans Residing in Barbados “Martyrs of Barbados”.
As a new January 28th and the commemoration of the 172nd anniversary of the birth of our Apostle, José Martí, approaches, we call upon all those who feel they are heirs of Martí, whether they live in Cuba or not, of any generation, to honor the presence of Martí in their lives, in their daily lives, in their families or communities, in their dreams, in their imagination.
Let us also do it for Fidel, the greatest Martiano that ever lived, he taught us to love and live with the Apostle. He was inspired by him to storm the Moncada and then to defend the new Cuba, its ideas and principles, against the most powerful Empire of all times. “Martí today and always with me, with us” will also be, naturally, a tribute to Fidel.
Martí will continue to be an archetype of moral conduct, justice and freedom for Cubans. His work is not yet finished and his unwavering faith in triumph and human betterment is an eternal sun for our moral world and the ideas of redemption and peace that we share with the rest of the peoples.
From our Martí, we must make our own, his thought and action when he expressed: “In revolution, methods must be silent; and the ends, public”.... To help those in need is not only part of duty, but of happiness”... ‘To do is the best way to say’... ‘Make men, whoever wants to make peoples’... ‘Make men, whoever wants to make peoples’... “Do each one his share of duty, and nothing can be seen”....
Today more than ever, in the face of the enemy's attacks to try to disunite the Cuban people and suffocate the Revolution, when in an unjust and arbitrary manner President Trump, even without warming the presidential seat, once again included Cuba in the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism, the validity of Marti's thought grows, in the imprint that we defend, the continuity of his work carried out by the generation of his centenary and that we will continue defending at all costs as a faithful legacy for the new generations.
Let us unite our voices louder and louder to continue denouncing Yankee imperialism at every moment and in every place where we Cubans are, for its hostile policy towards the Cuban people and government. We strongly condemn and demand that the genocidal blockade be lifted, because we have the right to defend the greatest of human rights, our sovereignty and the honor of our homeland.
Given in Bridgetown, on January 25, 2025.