The beginning of the War of Independence led by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, on its 151st anniversary, was remembered this Thursday with a political act and military ceremony in the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, at Santiago de Cuba.
Floral offerings by Army General Raul Castro Ruz and the President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, were placed at the Father of the Fatherland Monument in Arms Square, in Havana.
With the presence of the First Secretary of the Party, Army General Raul Castro, and of the President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, it was developed this October 10 the central act for the anniversary 150 of the beginning of the wars for the independence of Cuba.
Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, and the President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, presided over at the Demajagua National Park Granma province, the ceremony for the 150 years of the beginning of the struggles for Cuba´s independence.
In Demajagua historical site, where 150 years ago the struggles for Cuba´s independence began, details are finalized for the central ceremony on occasion of the date, which will take place this Wednesday.
The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, presided over in the Revolution Square of Bayamo the lifting ceremony of the Cuban flag and that Carlos Manuel de Cespedes led to begin the Cuban libertarians struggles in La Demajagua sugar mill.
Commander of the Revolution Guillermo Garcia led along with the highest authorities of Granma province, the popular homage to Carlos Manuel de Cespedes in the Revolution Square of the city of Bayamo.
The National Anthem Square in Bayamo, province of Granma, is being prepared to a gala next Saturday for the bicentennial of Pedro Figueredo Cisneros, Perucho, the author of the warrior march La Bayamesa.
The book Raul Castro and Our America, eighty six speeches, interventions and statements by Abel Gonzalez, will be presented at 11 a.m. in the Nicolas Guillen Hall at the International Book Fair of Havana.
Oscar Lopez Rivera, the Puerto Rican patriot symbol of the dignity of his people and its independence struggle, fulfilled this Sunday his dream of visiting Cuba, where he is deeply admired for his revolutionary convictions that allowed him to resist almost thirty six years in American prisons without kowtowing.
The bell ringing was the prelude, and immediately, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, later proclaimed as Father of the Nation, set free his slaves in Demajagua sugar factory and invited them to fight against Spanish colonialism for the freedom of Cuba.
President Nicolas Maduro Moros arrived in St. Iphigenia Cemetery this Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by Army General Raul Castro Ruz to pay tribute to national hero Jose Marti and Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution, on the 91 anniversary of his birthday.
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes´s countrymen entrusted a young law student with the Demajagua Bell, to make it touch again against the demagoguery and corruption of politicians
