Rubén Zaccaro, president of the Argentine-Cuban Friendship House in Buenos Aires—the epicenter of the Argentine Solidarity Movement (MASCuba)—called on supporters not to let Fidel Castro's ideology die during his Centennial, but rather to rescue it, share it, and put it into practice. In an event honoring the historic Cuban leader, Zaccaro drew a parallel to Fidel's 1953 call to "the Youth of the Centennial" not to let the revolutionary ideals of independence hero José Martí die, and convened them to fight against the dictatorship of General Fulgencio Batista.

"Just as Fidel did with those young people who followed him to make the revolution triumph in 1959, today it falls to us, the solidarity friends of the Cuban people, those of Fidel's Centennial, not to let his ideology die in the circumstances that now bring us together: to fight against the genocidal U.S. blockade and to support Cuba at all times," he urged.

In his address, he recalled that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cubans developed three vaccines against that lethal disease, but lacked the syringes and needles to immunize their people. Faced with this situation, MASCuba launched a campaign to collect them and send them to the island. The group managed to send more than one million disposable syringes from Argentina, and that solidarity gesture was replicated in many countries, with 12 million reaching Cuba.

"Now we set out to send solar energy equipment to help families with electro-dependent sick children; we raised funds, acquired 45 units, and in recent days they were delivered to those needy households," described Zaccaro, who affirmed that the "We Are with Cuba" campaign continues. It is not only the fact that we were able to acquire, transport, and deliver the equipment, "it is equally important to make Cubans feel that they are not alone," he asserted.

Leonardo Baster, Chargé d'Affaires of the Cuban Embassy, after thanking that gesture of brotherhood, described the difficult circumstances in which the island's people currently live, praised their resilience, and reiterated their willingness to continue facing the fierce hostility of Washington's policies without renouncing the principles bequeathed by Fidel.

The large warehouse was once again filled with friends of Cuba, some attending for the first time, among them the renowned Father Francisco "Paco" Olveira, a Hispanic-Argentine Catholic priest and member of the group of Priests in Option for the Poor. The evening also featured music provided by troubadour Oscar Quintana, who recalled his visits and performances in Cuba, and the young Dúo Sudaka, performers of Argentine folk music.

In recent weeks, events, festivals, talks, and concerts have been held around the figure of Fidel, in which repudiation is reiterated of the intense economic war of the Trump administration, intensified by a fierce oil siege to deprive the Caribbean country of energy.