ABSTRACT
In February 1986, Castro rose before the delegates of the Third Congress of the Cuban Communist Party to launch a new offensive on the domestic front, ponderously entitled the ‘Rectification of errors and negative trends’. It marked his return to the centre of the political stage in Cuba after a decade or so during which his presence had loomed less on the domestic scene. His speech vilified talk of liberalising the economy and attacked corruption, corporatism, materialism and selfishness in Cuban society. It pressed for higher productivity and lower consumption and appealed for a return to egalitarian moral values. In short, Castro was calling for yet more sacrifices on the part of the Cuban people.
