Anti-communist groups in Cuba signed the Agreement for the Liberation of Cuba on Monday to implement changes to the country, effectively ending communism.
The document, also called “The Freedom Accord,” lays out a roadmap to transition away from communism. “The transition plan envisions the liberation, stabilization, reconstruction, and democratization of the country and the dismantling of the criminal enterprise that is the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), as well as the dismantling of all its repressive mechanisms and organizations,” reads a translation of the document.
Pillars of the movement are listed as “national reunification after decades of exile and forced separation,” prosperity and human flourishing,” and the “demilitarization and eradication” of communist and totalitarian ideas.
The Accord goes on to declare that there is an “urgent need to end the humanitarian catastrophe and immediately address basic needs, beginning a limited transition period leading to free elections, during which the country will be administered by a provisional government.” It then calls for the release of political prisoners, freedom of expression, press, and religion, among other values, and calls for the end of “all discrimination against Cubans in their own country.”
“Once the term of the provisional government has expired, general elections will be called – the first free, fair, and multi-party elections of the new republican era of Cuba,” it adds.
In January, Miguel Díaz‑Canel, the president of Cuba, called for Cubans to be “more united than ever” behind the communist government. “May 2026, the year of the centenary of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, find us fighting and more united than ever!” he declared. “Long live the revolution! Long live Fidel and Raúl! Socialism or death!”
