Eighth day of January 1959. Never before had the streets and squares of Havana supported so much human weight (physical, sentimental and patriotic). Fidel himself could not stand the temptation or the need to say it, almost at the conclusion of his speech at the Columbia Military Camp, later converted into Libertad School City, when he affirmed:
 

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, sent his greetings to those who promote the Urban Agriculture Movement in the country, an idea of which he was the promoter and driving force 36 years ago.
 
This was made known by the member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, at the national event of that program, held at the Zeoponico in this city, which highlighted the results of this...

As a child, he saw him as a promising young man. Energetic, as boys tend to be, Raúl would only receive criticism, but Fidel felt that there was something more in him, a future; that is why he took him under his protection, not to pamper him or applaud his hazing, but to see him grow as a good man.