Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Havana, Dec 21 (RHC) Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel, today thanked his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, for a recent intervention in his usual morning press conference, in which he highlighted Fidel Castro's leadership in the processes of independence in the world.

Through the social network Twitter, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba pointed out that the Mexican leader never forgets the words that do justice to Latin America, its people, and its heroes.

Díaz-Canel included in his message the hashtag #FidelPorSiempre, and a video with a fragment of López Obrador's speech in which he expresses his admiration for the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, and the legendary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

Fidel Castro was the one who led the independence process, he affirmed and stressed that Cuba is one of the few countries in the world where foreign intervention has not been allowed. (Source: ACN)