On reaching the 42nd anniversary of its triumph, and as it victoriously enters the new millennium, the Cuban Revolution is politically stronger today than ever before and our people have reached the highest level of unity and revolutionary consciousness in all their history. A new administration has just come to power in the United States, in a rather irregular manner. From what is known of the past records and modes of thinking of its principal members, along with the public declarations made by many of the them both before and after the unusual electoral process in which the Cuban-American terrorist mafia played a decisive role in the current president's questionable victory, has created an atmosphere of mistrust and fear in world public opinion, almost without exception. Cuba could be a target for the frustration, resentment and hatred of the most extreme and reactionary sectors, who are currently euphoric over the rise to power of a new government team with which they maintain wide links. However, our country and our brave people, who have faced extreme risks with honor and have heroically resisted hostility, attacks, a blockade and an economic war for 42 years, look forward to the future with more calmness, serenity and confidence than ever.
Nothing can disturb our dream.
We will carefully observe every step it takes and every word it utters. Absolutely nothing will take us by surprise, catch us off guard, or find us unprepared in the economic and political terrain, or in any other. The Cuba that is entering the new millennium is not the same inexperienced, unarmed and almost illiterate Cuba that existed in 1959. Today there is not one single illiterate person and now there are two university graduates for every person who completed sixth grade back in those times. There are millions of men and women who have learned how to use arms, hundreds of thousands who have completed internationalist missions, tens of thousands of experienced cadres have been formed durin g the struggle.