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NATIONAL PROGRAM

FOR CUBA

Critical Analysis — Political, Economic, Financial and Social Program

Concrete Solutions — Real Direct Democracy — Power to the Cuban People

Republic of Cuba — 2025-2026

Language: Spanish (Cuba)

PRELIMINARY DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES

DirectDemocracyS (DDS) is the first global system of real, authentic, continuous, immediate, secure, and protected direct democracy, designed and built to empower every nation in the world to fully, competently, and independently exercise power over its own country and its own resources. DDS does not impose any economic, political, or ideological model: it provides the tools, the democratic infrastructure, and the knowledge necessary for the people to decide, free from all manipulation, brainwashing, or external interference.

This program for Cuba is an honest, radically independent, and fact-based analysis of the island's current situation, followed by a comprehensive, detailed, and functionally verifiable set of political, economic, financial, social, and democratic solutions. It is not a party program, nor a government program. It is a program of the Cuban people, for the Cuban people, managed by the Cuban people, with the support of the most advanced democratic technology in the world.

DDS fully recognizes and respects the sovereignty, culture, history, traditions, language, religions, and all minorities of the Cuban people. Cuba's wealth belongs exclusively and permanently to the Cuban people. The power to decide Cuba's future belongs exclusively and permanently to the Cuban people. This is an absolute, universal, and non-negotiable rule of DirectDemocracyS, applied in every country in the world without exception.

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF DDS

In no country in the world, under any pretext and at no time, can national wealth or the power to make decisions about the country itself be transferred, ceded, or privatized to benefit foreign interests, nor concentrated in the hands of an internal minority. Power and wealth belong to the people, always and forever.

PART I: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION IN CUBA

1. OVERVIEW: THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL CRISIS

Cuba is experiencing the most serious crisis in its history as an independent nation in 2025-2026. This is not a political opinion: it is the consensus of international institutions such as ECLAC, the UN, the World Bank, Human Rights Watch, and a wide range of Cuban analysts both on and off the island. President Miguel Díaz-Canel has publicly acknowledged that Cuba is living through an "extremely complex moment for the economy and the daily lives of its people," adding that "this is not just another crisis," but rather an accumulation of structural distortions that demand profound solutions.

Cuba's GDP has contracted by more than 12% since 2019, accumulating three consecutive years of recession (-1.9% in 2023, -1.1% in 2024, and an estimated -1.5% in 2025 according to ECLAC). The population officially decreased by 10% between 2021 and 2023, to just 9.7 million inhabitants, due to the largest migration exodus recorded since the 20th century. Inflation reached over 140% between 2021 and 2023. The fiscal deficit exceeds 10% of GDP. Electricity generation capacity fell by 25% between 2018 and 2022.

1.1 The Energy Crisis

Cuba's national electricity system (SEN) is the main ailing artery of the entire economy. In the second half of 2024, power outages reached between 1,400 and 1,500 MW daily, with three total system shutdowns between October and November. Blackouts of 12, 16, and even 20 hours a day are the norm in most of the country outside of Havana. Generation from renewable sources barely reached 3.45% of the total in 2024, revealing a total dependence on imported oil.

Cuba relies on foreign oil for 70% of its oil, historically sourced from Venezuela and Mexico. In December 2025, Venezuelan oil supplies were cut off as a result of the US naval blockade linked to the escalating conflict against Venezuela. Although China and Russia have sent emergency supplies, the disruption has been catastrophic for industrial, agricultural, hospital, and domestic production.

CONCRETE EXAMPLE — Electricity crisis and public health

The Calixto García University Hospital in Havana, one of the country's leading medical centers, has repeatedly operated for hours using emergency generators. In provincial hospitals, prolonged power outages have jeopardized surgeries, intensive care units, and blood banks. The energy crisis is not just an inconvenience: it is a direct threat to the lives of citizens.

1.2 The Structural Economic Crisis

The Cuban economy operates in what analysts call 'permanent emergency mode': reactive decisions geared toward immediate survival, not development. Its structural flaws are deep and pre-existed the blockade, although exacerbated by it.

Rigid centralized planning with prices misaligned with real costs and absence of market mechanisms that generate truthful economic signals.
Historical dual currency system (Cuban peso and convertible peso), partially unified in 2021 with catastrophic results: an inflation rate of 77% in that year, 39% in 2022 and 31% in 2023.
The export sector is extremely concentrated: tourism, medical services, and nickel account for almost all foreign exchange earnings. Tourism fell from 4.7 million visitors in 2018 to 1.8 million in 2025.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) blocked by legal uncertainty, outstanding debts to investors and excessive state control.
The agricultural sector is collapsing: Cuba has historically imported up to 80% of its food, despite having arable land. Sugar harvests have fallen to historic lows.
Chronic fiscal deficit of 13% of GDP in 2022-2023 according to ECLAC, financed with monetary issuance that fuels inflation.

GDP (2025 est. change)	-1.5% (ECLAC), third consecutive year of decline
Cumulative contraction 2019-2025	More than 12% of GDP
Cumulative inflation 2021-2023	More than 140%
Fiscal deficit	More than 10% of GDP in 2025
Tourism (2025 vs 2018)	-62% of visitors
Population (2021-2023)	-10% due to emigration
Renewable electricity generation	Only 3.45% of the total
Extreme poverty (2024 est.)	More than 88% of the population (OCDH)

1.3 The Food and Social Crisis

The Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH) documented that in 2024, extreme poverty affected 88% of the Cuban population. Seven out of ten Cubans have skipped breakfast, lunch, or dinner at some point due to lack of money or food shortages. In March 2024, the Cuban government requested assistance from the UN World Food Programme for the first time in its history to distribute milk to children under seven. The ration book, which for decades served as a social safety net, can no longer guarantee any minimum level of food security.

The health crisis has systematically worsened. In the second half of 2015, Cuba suffered a severe arboviral epidemic (dengue and chikungunya) amid a critical shortage of medicines. The activation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act in 2019 cut off the supply of raw materials for medicines, but the health system's inability to generate its own foreign currency revenue is an inherent flaw in its economic design that no reform of the embargo can resolve on its own.

1.4 The Political and Human Rights Crisis

Cuba is a one-party state where the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) constitutionally holds a monopoly on political power. There are no competitive multi-party elections, the independent press is banned and persecuted, and dissent is systematically repressed. According to the NGO Prisoners Defenders, as of August 2024, Cuba held more than 1,000 political prisoners, including 30 minors under the age of 18.

The massive protests of July 2021 (11J), the largest in decades, were met with mass arrests, summary trials, and sentences of up to 25 years in prison. The 2024 protests, sparked by blackouts and shortages, were similarly repressed. Human Rights Watch documents that the families of political prisoners are systematically harassed by state security agents.

CRITICAL NOTE ON DDS

DirectDemocracyS acknowledges the existence of the US embargo as a real and negative factor exacerbating the Cuban crisis and violating fundamental principles of international law. At the same time, honest analysis requires recognizing that the structural flaws of the Cuban economic and political model are equally decisive causes of the crisis. A diagnosis that attributes all the responsibility to the external embargo is as incomplete and inaccurate as one that completely denies its impact. The solution requires addressing both dimensions rigorously, honestly, and without ideology.

1.5 The Geopolitical Factor 2025-2026

In January 2026, President Trump signed an executive order designating Cuba as an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to U.S. national security, explicitly declaring the objective of regime change before the end of 2026. Venezuelan oil supplies were cut off. This extreme geopolitical pressure, whatever its moral implications, radically transforms the landscape of any political and economic transition in Cuba. The Cuban people need, now more than ever, an autonomous democratic mechanism that allows them to decide their own future without depending on any external power, be it Washington, Moscow, or Beijing.

PART II: THE DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION — DIRECTDEMOCRACYS IN CUBA

2. THE DDS SYSTEM: HOW IT WORKS AND WHY CUBA NEEDS IT

DirectDemocracyS is an entirely new global political system, designed from the ground up to overcome the limitations and corruptions of all existing political systems: from one-party dictatorships to representative democracies captured by oligarchies, corporations, and media powers. DDS does not present itself as a traditional political opposition to the Cuban government; rather, it presents itself as the democratic infrastructure that the Cuban people need to exercise, for the first time in their history, real, continuous, competent, and irreversible power over their own affairs.

2.1 Micro-Groups: The Foundation of Everything

The fundamental element of DDS in any country, and especially in Cuba where free and independent political participation structures are lacking, is the micro-group. A DDS micro-group is a grassroots unit composed of a minimum of three and a maximum of a fixed number of people (defined internally), organized around themes, territories, or areas of expertise. They are the living democratic cell of the system.

In Cuba, micro-groups can form completely autonomously, peacefully, and immediately, without any government permission, without a hierarchical structure to control them, and without any violence or confrontation. Any Cuban citizen, in any municipality, neighborhood, or region, can join DDS and form or integrate into a micro-group using their mobile phone or any device with internet access.

Territorial micro-groups: organized by neighborhood, municipality or province to manage and decide local issues.
Thematic micro-groups: organized around specific topics (energy, food, health, education, economy, human rights, culture).
Micro-groups of specialists: made up of professionals and experts in each subject, who inform and advise the other groups with rigor and objectivity.
Micro-groups of young people, women, disabled people, Afro-Cuban communities, believers: respecting and empowering each identity.

CONCRETE EXAMPLE: Micro-Groups in Cuba

In the Havana neighborhood of Centro Habana, five neighbors have formed a DDS micro-group focused on energy issues. Through the DDS platform (accessible via mobile phone), they consult updated technical information provided by ddsAI about the root causes of local power outages, vote on proposed immediate solutions (community generators, shared solar panels), and connect with other micro-groups in the same neighborhood and across the country to coordinate a national response. All of this is done peacefully, legally, transparently, and without violence.

2.2 Democratic Technology: ddsAI and allddsAI

DDS integrates its own exclusive artificial intelligence technology, ddsAI and allddsAI, which forms the backbone of its democratic system. These tools are not simply information search engines; they are democratic decision support systems designed to ensure that every citizen can obtain complete, accurate, neutral, and independent information before making any political, economic, or social decision.

In Cuba, where the State controls virtually all media, restricts access to information from abroad and systematically censors independent journalists, ddsAI and allddsAI represent a transformative tool: for the first time, every Cuban citizen could access objective, verified and unmanipulated information about the reality of their country and the world.

ddsAI	DDS's own artificial intelligence system that informs, advises and supports decision-making by users and micro-groups with verified, neutral and independent data.
allddsAI	The democracy of artificial intelligences: a system in which multiple AI instances collaborate with each other and with users to ensure maximum objectivity, diversity of perspectives, and quality of information.
Tamper-proof protection	DDS platforms are structurally designed to prevent propaganda, media brainwashing, and political manipulation of any kind, including that of DDS itself.
Total transparency	All decisions, votes, and reasoning of the groups are recorded and verifiable by any member, ensuring permanent accountability.
Universal access	DDS platforms work on any device with an internet connection, with simplified interfaces for users with less technological experience.

2.3 The Peaceful Implementation Strategy in Cuba

Cuba is a one-party state without free elections and with severe restrictions on independent political organization. DDS does not propose confronting the Cuban government or organizing any kind of subversion or violence. DDS proposes something radically different, smarter, and more effective: to build from the ground up, autonomously, peacefully, and relentlessly, the infrastructure of democratic power that the Cuban people need.

DDS's strategy in countries with one-party regimes or without free elections is based on the following principles:

Autonomous organization: the micro-groups are formed without depending on any party, institution or government. They belong to the people and are of the people.
Absolute non-violence: DDS expressly prohibits any form of violence, physical confrontation, or provocation. The power of DDS is the power of numbers, organization, and reason.
Maximum legality: each micro-group acts within the legal framework of its country at all times, avoiding pretexts for repression.
Progressive visibility: as the number of citizens organized in DDS grows, their collective voice becomes impossible to ignore politically, without the need for violence.
Proposals, not just protests: micro-groups don't just criticize the government; they propose detailed, technical, and financially viable solutions to each problem, building a credible alternative.
Mutual protection: the network of micro-groups supports each other against any form of pressure or retaliation, documenting and denouncing any violation internationally.

KEY MECHANISM: The Power of Numbers

When 10% of the Cuban population (approximately 970,000 people) is organized into DDS micro-groups, no political force in the country will be able to ignore their collective decisions. When it reaches 30%, it will be mathematically impossible to govern Cuba without the consensus of DDS. And all of this will happen without firing a single shot, without a single violent protest, and with the unstoppable force of genuine democratic organization.

2.4 The Identity and Belonging System

Every Cuban citizen who joins DDS receives a three-code identity system that guarantees their security, privacy, and verified participation:

Personal code: securely identifies the user within the system, without exposing their personal data.
Group code: links the user to their micro-group membership.
Specialty code: records the user's skills and areas of expertise, allowing groups of specialists to be recognized and valued appropriately.

DDS's merit-based points system ensures that prestige and influence within the organization are earned exclusively through genuine, verifiable, and high-quality contributions, and never through money, inheritance, nepotism, or coercion. This is one of the most powerful anti-corruption mechanisms that DDS offers to Cuba, where institutional corruption is recognized even by the government itself as one of the main obstacles to development.

2.5 The NTCO and Fractal Governance

DDS organizes its governance according to a fractal model: the same democratic structure is replicated at all levels, from the neighborhood micro-group to the national and international levels. In Cuba, this means that the same democratic quality and depth that exists in a micro-group of 5 people in Trinidad, Cuba, also exists in the national coordination of all Cuban groups.

The NTCO (National Technical Coordination Office) is the national coordinating body of DDS in each country. Its function is not to govern: it is to coordinate, facilitate, and ensure that all micro-groups can effectively exercise their democratic power. The Cuban NTCO would be directly elected by all Cuban members of DDS, with limited terms, immediate recall, and full transparency.

The GUMI-SV (Universal Group of Independent Members - Supervisors and Verifiers) is DDS's global quality control and anti-corruption mechanism. It ensures that no group, leader, or institution within DDS can become corrupt, amass power, or act against the interests of the people.

PART III: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PROGRAM

3. ECONOMIC PROGRAM: RECONSTRUCTION WITH SOVEREIGNTY

DDS's economic program for Cuba is not based on any preconceived ideology, neither free-market capitalism nor centrally planned socialism. It stems from the concrete reality of Cuba, from an honest analysis of its problems, and from a pragmatic search for solutions that best benefit the Cuban people as a whole, preserving their sovereignty and ensuring that wealth remains in Cuban hands.

3.1 Energy Crisis: Emergency Renewable Transition Plan

Cuba's 70% dependence on imported oil is its most serious strategic vulnerability. Any serious economic reconstruction program must begin by eliminating that dependence. Furthermore, Cuba has an enormous advantage that it has failed to capitalize on: exceptional year-round solar and wind resources.

Phase 1 (0-18 months): Emergency and Independence Basilica

Immediate deployment of photovoltaic solar panels in all hospitals, health centers, schools and water treatment facilities in the country: approximately 15,000 installations.
Creation of 'energy islands': micro-local electrical networks, independent of the central SEN, in each municipality, powered by solar energy with battery storage.
Emergency import of residential solar kits for vulnerable households, financed through loans with China (which has already reaffirmed its support for Cuba in 2026) and agreements with international organizations.
Emergency rehabilitation of existing thermoelectric power plants with international technical support (Russia, China, Mexico) to reduce the impacts while the renewable alternative is being built.

Phase 2 (18 months - 5 years): Structural Energy Transition

Installation of 3,000 MW of solar photovoltaic capacity on the ground (on non-agricultural land and industrial roofs), with the goal of covering 40% of national generation.
Development of wind farms in the areas with the greatest resources: northern Las Tunas, Guantánamo and Pinar del Río.
Construction of an energy storage network (large-scale batteries and small hydroelectric projects on Cuban rivers) to guarantee continuity of supply.
Energy efficiency program across all sectors: replacement of household appliances, LED street lighting, modernization of urban transport.

EXPECTED CONSEQUENCE

In five years, Cuba can transition from a 70% dependence on imported oil to generating 60% of its electricity from its own renewable sources. This would eliminate the country's main strategic vulnerability, drastically reduce foreign currency expenditures on fuel imports (estimated at over $2 billion annually), and provide a stable electricity supply to the entire population for the first time in decades. For comparison, Uruguay generates over 97% of its electricity from renewables, with a GDP per capita 15 times higher than Cuba's current GDP per capita.

3.2 Food Crisis: Real Food Sovereignty

Historically, Cuba has imported between 70% and 80% of the food it consumes, spending between $1.5 billion and $2 billion annually in foreign currency that the country lacks. This, regardless of the embargo, represents a strategic failure of the production model: Cuba has fertile soil, a favorable climate, and sufficient labor to be self-sufficient in basic food production.

Immediate Measures (0-12 months)

Distribution of idle agricultural plots to families and agricultural cooperatives with clear long-term usufruct contracts (50 years renewable), eliminating the bureaucracy that has paralyzed this process in Cuba.
Creation of a national agricultural wholesale market where private, cooperative and state producers can freely sell at market prices, eliminating state intermediaries that capture the value generated by farmers.
Distribution of seeds, fertilizers and basic agricultural equipment subsidized by the State for all new independent producers.
Urban and peri-urban garden program in all cities: each neighborhood with the capacity for self-production of vegetables, herbs and fruits to reduce dependence on the national distribution chain.

Structural Measures (1-5 years)

Reform of the agricultural incentive system: producers receive fair prices for their production, with direct and differentiated subsidies from the State for strategic crops (rice, beans, corn, root vegetables, meats).
Development of a modern agri-food industry: processing, preservation and distribution of food to reduce post-harvest losses (historically estimated at 40% in Cuba).
Marine and continental aquaculture program: Cuba has access to exceptional marine resources that have been systematically underexploited.
Recovery of the sugar industry with a modern model: not only to export sugar but to produce bioethanol as fuel, construction material and energy biomass.

EXPECTED CONSEQUENCE

In five years, Cuba can reduce its food imports by 50%, freeing up more than $1 billion annually in foreign currency. In ten years, it can achieve basic food self-sufficiency. A comparative example: Vietnam, which in 1986 suffered a severe famine similar to Cuba's current one, implemented agrarian reforms (Doi Moi) that in ten years transformed it into the world's second-largest rice exporter, without privatizing land.

3.3 Reform of the Financial and Monetary System

Cuba's monetary dysfunction is one of the main causes of its economic crisis. The 2021 monetary unification was necessary, but its implementation was catastrophic: without the prior productive reforms that would have justified it, it produced 77% inflation in a single year. The Cuban peso has depreciated by 88% on the informal market.

Gradual monetary stabilization: the Cuban peso must regain credibility through real fiscal discipline (deficit reduction), increased national production, and controlled opening to foreign currency.
Dual-speed financial system: a payment system in Cuban pesos for the domestic market (salaries, public services, local commerce) and regulated access to foreign currency for strategic imports and exporters.
National development bank: a Cuban public development bank (similar to Brazil's BNDES or Vietnam's state bank) that channels long-term, low-interest loans to priority sectors: renewable energy, agriculture, SMEs, and exports.
Total financial transparency: monthly publication of the State's public accounts on all digital platforms, verifiable by any citizen through the DDS platforms.
End the irresponsible fiscal deficit: plan to reduce the deficit from 10% to 3% of GDP in 5 years, through a combination of increased revenue (economic expansion, new export activities) and reduction of inefficient spending (especially in the state bureaucratic apparatus).

3.4 The Sovereign Mixed Economic Model of DDS

DDS proposes neither unfettered capitalism nor bureaucratic socialism. It proposes a sovereign mixed economic model: an economy where the State guarantees the basic rights of the entire population (health, education, energy, water, basic food), but where private and cooperative initiatives have ample room to grow, innovate, and generate wealth, with the non-negotiable condition that this wealth remains Cuban.

Sector	Proposed Model	Concrete Example
Energy	Public with cooperative participation	Community-owned solar energy cooperatives shared by neighbors
Agriculture	Mixed: cooperative + private + state in strategic crops	Free market for vegetables; state-guaranteed price for rice and beans
Health	Universal guaranteed public + optional private	Cuban-style NHS system: free and universal; private clinics for those who can and want them
Education	Universal guaranteed public + regulated private	Free public universities + certified private technical centers
Tourism	Mixed: local cooperatives + Cuban and foreign private investors	Private homes organized into cooperatives; hotels with mixed Cuban-foreign capital
Industry	Mixed: private SMEs + worker cooperatives + state-owned enterprises in strategic sectors	Nickel: state-owned company; textiles and food: private SMEs and cooperatives
Technology	Public-private partnerships: state infrastructure + private startups	State-run, universally accessible internet network; Cuban privately owned software startups

3.5 Sovereign Foreign Direct Investment

Cuba needs foreign direct investment, but the current model is failing: FDI only flows to Cuban state-owned enterprises, does not stimulate efficiency or competitiveness, and generates debt and litigation. DDS proposes a radically different FDI framework:

Any foreign investor can invest in Cuba, but always in partnership with Cuban capital (private, cooperative or state), guaranteeing that the wealth generated remains partially in Cuba.
Clear, stable and verifiable legal framework: investment contracts are public, verifiable by citizens through DDS platforms, and supervised by the Cuban NTCO.
Absolute prohibition of any form of transfer of sovereignty over strategic natural resources (land, water, mines, coast): they can be exploited in partnership but never transferred as property to foreign capital.
Tax incentives for investments that generate local employment, technology transfer and added value in Cuba: the foreign investor wins, but Cuba wins more.

PART IV: SOCIAL PROGRAM — REAL RIGHTS FOR ALL

4. SOCIAL PROGRAM: DIGNITY, EQUALITY AND REAL FREEDOM

4.1 Health System: Rescuing Excellence

Cuba has one of the densest primary healthcare networks in the world, with doctors and nurses in every community. This is an extraordinary asset that must be preserved and strengthened, not dismantled. The problem is not the structure: it is the collapse of funding and the exodus of healthcare professionals abroad.

Immediate increase in healthcare staff salaries to regionally competitive levels, financed by energy savings and new economic activity generated.
Program to repatriate Cuban doctors and nurses who have emigrated, offering competitive working conditions, salary and professional development.
Restoration of the supply of medicines through agreements with suppliers from China, India, Mexico and other countries not subject to sanctions, and development of a strengthened domestic pharmaceutical industry.
Solar panels in 100% of the country's health centers within 18 months: no hospital, clinic or doctor's office can depend on the deficient electrical grid to function.
Mental health system: Cuba has a severe mental health crisis, a consequence of chronic stress, deprivation, and a lack of opportunities. A national network of community-based psychological support is being established, integrated into family doctor's offices.

4.2 Education: Free and Critical Knowledge

The Cuban education system has historically been one of the most advanced in Latin America, with literacy rates nearing 100% and an extensive university network. However, the crisis has severely impacted education as well: teachers are emigrating due to low salaries, schools are deteriorating, and the curriculum is ideologically controlled.

Decent teacher salaries: no Cuban teacher or professor should earn less than the guaranteed minimum living wage.
Real academic freedom: educational institutions must be able to teach all schools of thought, all political and economic systems of the world, with a critical spirit and without ideological censorship.
Universal internet access in all schools across the country: the digital revolution is impossible with censorship and restricted access to global information.
Curriculum reform: incorporation of real democratic civic education, critical thinking, entrepreneurship and technology as fundamental subjects at all levels.
Open university: elimination of ideological restrictions on university access; the only condition for admission is academic merit.

4.3 Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

DDS believes that there is no true democracy or sustainable economy without full civil liberties. Human rights are not a luxury or an external imposition: they are the foundation of any dignified, just, and prosperous society. Systematic human rights violations in Cuba, besides being unjust, are economically costly: they drive away investment, encourage the emigration of the most capable citizens, and destroy the country's social capital.

Immediate release of all political prisoners: More than 1,000 people imprisoned for expressing political opinions must be released immediately.
Real press and expression freedom: opening up the Cuban media space to independent media, with transparent funding and free from state control.
Right of association and organization: any Cuban citizen must be able to found or join any political, trade union, religious or civil organization without persecution.
Judicial independence: Cuban judges must be chosen through mechanisms independent of the Communist Party and guarantee fair, public, and impartial trials.
Protection of minorities: DDS guarantees respect and protection of all cultural, religious, linguistic, ethnic and gender minorities in Cuba, including the Afro-Cuban community (which represents approximately 35% of the population and suffers documented structural inequalities), the LGBTQ+ community and religious communities of all faiths.

4.4 Migration: Reversing the Exodus

The loss of 10% of the population in two years is arguably the greatest strategic challenge facing Cuba. There is no possible economy without workers, no healthcare system without doctors, and no schools without teachers. Reversing this exodus is not possible through coercive measures; it is only possible by creating the conditions of life, work, freedom, and opportunities that will make Cubans choose to remain in their country.

Guaranteed minimum living wage indexed to real inflation, sufficient to cover basic needs.
Full right of Cubans abroad to maintain their nationality, their assets and their ties with the island, and to return whenever they want without penalties.
Voluntary return program with incentives: loans for housing, entrepreneurship and training for Cubans who decide to return.
Elimination of all legal mechanisms that allow Cubans abroad to be stripped of their nationality for political reasons.

PART V: POLITICAL PROGRAM — POWER TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE

5. SMART, PEACEFUL AND SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION

DDS does not propose a 'transition' imposed from the outside, nor supported by any foreign power (not Washington, not Moscow, not Beijing, nor any other). It proposes that the Cuban people take control of their own destiny in an organized, peaceful, intelligent, and sovereign manner, through their own democratic structures built from the ground up.

5.1 Organization Phase (0-24 months)

In this phase, the main objective is to organize as many Cuban citizens as possible into DDS micro-groups, without confrontation with the current government and without violence.

DDS Launch in Cuba: Information campaign about the DDS system through all digital platforms accessible from Cuba (WhatsApp, Telegram, social networks) and through the Cuban diaspora abroad.
Formation of the first micro-groups: citizens interested in any topic (energy, food, health, rights, culture, economy) organize themselves into groups of 3 to a maximum of people, registering on the DDS platform.
Democratic training: micro-groups access educational materials produced by DDS and ddsAI on direct democracy, civil rights, economics, and the functioning of DDS itself.
Mutual solidarity network: micro-groups support each other in the face of any pressure or difficulty, documenting and publishing internationally any human rights violations.
Concrete proposals: each micro-group develops detailed and technical proposals for the problems of their neighborhood, municipality or sector, presenting them publicly to the government and the citizens.

5.2 Consolidation Phase (24-60 months)

When DDS organizes at least 10% of the adult Cuban population (approximately 700,000 people), its capacity for influence will be impossible to ignore politically.

The Cuban NTCO, democratically elected by all members, presents to the Cuban government and the international community a comprehensive program of democratic and economic transition, developed collectively by all groups.
DDS proposes to the Cuban government a national dialogue table: participation of all political, economic and social forces of the country in the collective construction of the future of Cuba.
If the government accepts dialogue: a gradual, peaceful and sovereign democratic transition process, protected by the DDS organization and verified internationally.
If the government rejects dialogue: DDS will continue to grow organizationally until the numerical and democratic weight of the organized population makes the government's position mathematically untenable. Without violence. Without confrontation. With the unstoppable force of genuine democratic organization.

5.3 The DDS Electoral Model for Cuba

When Cuba has the conditions to hold free elections, DDS proposes the most advanced electoral system in the world, based on the following principles:

Elections at all levels: local, provincial and national, with independent and multi-party candidates.
Proportional system with a low threshold (2%) to ensure that all significant viewpoints are represented.
Verified candidates: each candidate has a verifiable history through the DDS platforms: their positions, their previous votes, their conflicts of interest.
Limited mandates and revocability: no elected office is for life; all are revocable by their constituents before the end of the term if they fail to fulfill their commitments.
Continuous direct democracy: between elections, citizens organized in micro-groups can propose, debate and vote on public policies through DDS platforms, with a binding character for the elected representatives.
Prohibition of external financing for candidates or parties: all political financing must be transparent, Cuban and verifiable.

5.4 Respect for Cuban Revolutionary History and Culture

DDS deeply respects Cuba's history, including the social achievements of the Revolution (literacy, universal healthcare, sovereignty against imperialism) and the sacrifice of generations of Cubans who fought for the dignity of their people. DDS does not ask the Cuban people to renounce their history or their values; it asks that the Cuban people exercise the real power they deserve, which they have won through their own efforts and which no dictatorship, internal or external, can take from them.

The issue is not 'capitalism or socialism': it is 'a people with real power or a people without real power'. DDS guarantees that the Cuban people will freely decide, with full information and without manipulation, what economic and social model they want for their country. That is the only true democracy.

PART VI: ROADMAP AND ANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES

6. ROADMAP: FROM CRISIS TO SOVEREIGN PROSPERITY

Phase / Deadline	Main Objectives	Expected Results
PHASE 0 0-6 months	Organization: DDS launch in Cuba, first micro-groups, information campaign, solidarity network.	5,000-50,000 organized citizens. First collective proposals published. National and international visibility of DDS Cuba.
PHASE 1 6-18 months	Emergency: solar panels in hospitals, first free agricultural markets, increased salaries for health and education, release of political prisoners.	Reduction of power outages affecting critical infrastructure. Improvement of basic food security. Reduction of professional emigration.
PHASE 2 18-48 months	Construction: energy transition, agrarian reform, new financial framework, consolidation of DDS with 10%+ of organized population.	50-70% renewable electricity generation. 30% reduction in food imports. Macroeconomic stabilization. DDS as an irreversible political interlocutor.
PHASE 3 48-96 months	Democratic consolidation: national dialogue, constitutional reform, first free elections, full implementation of the mixed economic model.	Cuba with genuine direct democracy. GDP growth of 4-6% annually. Reduction in emigration. Cuba as a regional model.
PHASE 4 96+ months	Sovereign prosperity: Cuba self-sufficient in energy and food, with a diversified economy, a mature direct democracy and power permanently in the hands of the Cuban people.	GDP per capita tripled in 20 years. Population stabilized and growing. Cuba as a regional power in renewable energy, biotechnology, and high-value tourism.

6.1 Expected Short-Term Consequences (1-3 years)

Immediate improvement of electricity supply in hospitals, schools and residential areas through distributed solar panels.
Increased availability of fresh food in local markets thanks to the liberalization of the agricultural market.
Reduction in the emigration rate as economic prospects and civil liberties improve.
Growth of the private and cooperative sector, generating employment and increasing the supply of goods and services.
Increased tax revenue thanks to the formalization of the informal economy and the growth of the productive sector.

6.2 Expected Long-Term Consequences (5-20 years)

Cuba as a regional leader in renewable energy: a country that in 10 years exports solar and wind technology and advises other Caribbean and Central American countries on their energy transition.
Food self-sufficiency and export of value-added agricultural products (coffee, organic tobacco, organic products, honey, rum).
Cuba as a hub for biotechnology and medicine: the Cuban biotechnology industry (already recognized worldwide) can grow exponentially in a liberalized economic environment with access to global markets.
Quality and sustainable tourism: Cuba as a world-class destination for cultural, ecological and health tourism, with renewed infrastructure and services managed by Cubans.
Mature direct democracy: a fully organized, informed and empowered Cuban citizenry that collectively decides the future of its country, becoming a model for all of Latin America and the Caribbean.

PART VII: CUBA IN THE GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT 2026

7. DDS'S POSITION IN THE FACE OF GEOPOLITICAL PRESSURE

DDS absolutely rejects, in principle and without exception, any attempt at external imposition on Cuba, regardless of its origin. The United States government's declaration of its objective of 'regime change' in Cuba, the threats of military intervention, and the cutting off of oil supplies are acts that DDS condemns as violations of international law and Cuban sovereignty. No people has the right to impose its will on another.

At the same time, DDS condemns with equal firmness the systematic human rights violations committed by the Cuban government: political prisoners, censorship, the repression of dissent, and the denial of the people's right to freely elect their leaders. Consistency is a fundamental principle of DDS: one cannot condemn external oppression while tolerating internal oppression.

DDS proposes a third way for Cuba that no external power can take away: true democratic sovereignty. A people fully organized in DDS micro-groups, with access to objective information through ddsAI, capable of making collective, immediate, and binding decisions on all matters concerning their country, is the only power that no external government can control and no internal government can indefinitely ignore.

FINAL POSITION OF DDS OVER CUBA

Cuba doesn't need to be 'saved' by Washington or 'defended' by Moscow or Beijing. Cuba needs the Cuban people to exercise the real power that is rightfully theirs over their own country and their own resources. DirectDemocracyS exists to make exactly that possible: real, continuous, direct, competent, secure, and sovereign democracy of the Cuban people, by the Cuban people, and for the Cuban people. The rest is history.

8. CONCLUSION: POWER BELONGS TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE

Cuba faces the most serious crisis in its history in 2025-2026. The causes are multiple, complex, and interconnected: the US embargo, the structural flaws of the economic model, the energy crisis, institutional corruption, extreme geopolitical pressure, and the mass exodus of its population. There is no simple or quick solution to a crisis of this magnitude. What does exist is a clear, concrete, and effective path: organizing the Cuban people to take the power that belongs to them.

DirectDemocracyS offers the Cuban people the most advanced democratic tools in the world, in a completely peaceful, intelligent, and sovereign manner. Micro-groups in every neighborhood. Objective and neutral information through ddsAI. Binding collective votes. Technical proposals developed by specialists. Total and verifiable transparency. Mutual protection. And, above all, the power of numbers: when the Cuban people are organized, no internal or external force will be able to ignore them.

The riches of Cuba—Cuban soil, Cuban sea, Cuban sun, Cuban biotechnology, Cuban human capital—are, have been, and always will be the Cuban people's. No one can change that. But the Cuban people need to organize themselves to defend, manage, and expand them. DirectDemocracyS is here to help them do just that.

Power belongs to the Cuban people.

Always and forever.

— DirectDemocracyS —

Official website	directdemocracys.org
AI System	ddsAI / allddsAI
International Headquarters	Havana, Cuba
Scope	Global — all countries of the world
Ownership model	Collective, non-transferable: one fee per official member
Supreme principle	The wealth and power of each country belong permanently and exclusively to its people.

Program for Cuba