Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed this Sunday on his X social media account his profound sorrow over the passing of Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, one of the historic leaders of all the struggles that led to the triumph of January 1959 and throughout these more than 60 years of Revolution.

"The physical departure of Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez hurts deeply, like that of a father," the president wrote emotionally on X.

"That is how I always loved and respected him. That is how I will remember his support and advice, his discreet collaboration and exemplary dedication in service to the Homeland," he continued in his message honoring the Commander.

For the Cuban president, "every act of Commander Ramiro's life was marked by his absolute fidelity to the leadership of #Fidel and #Raúl, to his fellow combatants, and to the Moncada Program, whose just essence he defended from the assault on the dictatorship's fortress in 1953 until his last breath on this Father's Day, which clouds over with the pain of his departure."

"Ever onward to victory, Commander!" he concluded his message, accompanied by images of the unforgettable warrior alongside Fidel and Raúl, and Díaz-Canel himself, as a testament to his loyalty to the Revolution's top leaders and the Generation of Continuity.