Cuba marked the 67th anniversary of its Revolution on January 1, 2026, with a 21-cannon salute from Havana’s San Carlos de la Cabaña fortress, in a ceremony open to the public.
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In a message published hours earlier on social media, President Miguel Díaz-Canel emphasized that “New Year’s in Cuba is synonymous with triumph” and called for renewing that tradition in 2026, declared the Year of Fidel Castro’s Centennial.
Díaz-Canel stated that the Cuban people deserve to celebrate this new anniversary with optimism and conviction. He further reiterated the historic slogan: “We will triumph!”
Año nuevo en #Cuba es sinónimo de triunfo. Renovemos la tradición este 2026, Año del Centenario de #Fidel.
Porque un pueblo noble, que resiste y crea, lo merece. ¡Venceremos!
Un abrazo. pic.twitter.com/XAfahJ8ypr
— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) December 31, 2025
On that line, the Foreign Minister extended a dual greeting to citizens for the new year and the revolutionary triumph, praising the Cuban people’s patriotism in the face of the harsh U.S. blockade.
Cuban diplomatic missions in cities such as Moscow, Lima, and Managua also celebrated.
En vísperas del 67 aniversario del triunfo de la Revolución y del Nuevo Año, enviamos cálidas felicitaciones al pueblo de #Cuba, protagonista de la política exterior fidelista y revolucionaria.
Reconocemos su esfuerzo diario, sacrificio, abnegación, firmeza, unidad y… pic.twitter.com/n21lz9QU5H
— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) December 31, 2025
Text reads: “On the eve of the 67th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution and the New Year, we send warm congratulations to the people of Cuba, protagonist of the revolutionary foreign policy. We recognize their daily effort, sacrifice, self-denial, steadfastness, unity and patriotism in the face of the adversities imposed by the intensified blockade and other measures of suffocation and economic war imposed by the U.S. imperialist Government.”
Cultural events took place across the island as well. In Santiago de Cuba province, artists dedicated songs, poems, and dances to the anniversary of the overthrow of U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista.
In December 1973, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro declared that “the triumph of the Cuban Revolution was a historic event for this continent, representing an extraordinary challenge to Yankee imperialism and its political, economic, and military forces.”
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