Overview
- Thousands marched on January 27 from the University of Havana steps to the Fragua Martiana to commemorate José Martí’s birth.
- FEU president Litza Elena González Desdín framed the gathering as a call to action and condemned President Donald Trump’s hostile rhetoric toward Cuba.
- The march was dedicated to Fidel Castro on the centenary of his birth, featuring the national anthem and a floral offering at the José Antonio Mella monument.
- Former president Raúl Castro did not attend, a first noted in at least a decade, as Miguel Diaz-Canel led alongside top government and Communist Party officials.
- Cuban authorities emphasized mobilization during a severe economic crisis intensified by disrupted Venezuelan oil supplies, and the foreign minister urged a just international order without coercive measures.