Fidel greets the people gathered in Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, Jamaica.  He is accompanied by Prime Minister Michael Manley of Jamaica.

At the 12th Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of the People’s Power celebrated in the Convention Palace. “What would be the meaning of our lives without socialism or the Revolution? What future would our nation have? We are defending the Cuban nation. We are defending national independence”.

“I believe the imperialists will have to learn a lot about what a social force of this kind means. Lenin said that a revolution was worthwhile when it could defend itself. The truth is that our organization has demonstrated that it is capable of defending itself. And it is defending itself with powerful tools”.