Cronología

13 de marzo 1959

  • Tribute paid to student leader José Antonio Echevarría, on the second anniversary of his falling in combat against Batista dictatorship, at Cárdenas Cemetery in Matanzas, where his mortal remains lie. Fidel delivered a speech before his tomb.
  • Speech delivered at the ceremony on the 2nd Anniversary of the attack on the Presidential Palace by the Revolutionary Directory forces. The ceremony was held at the Presidential Palace.
  • When the ceremony at the Presidential Palace was over, Fidel walked a few blocks and took a bus to the University of Havana Stadium, where he gave the closing speech at a ceremony held to pay tribute to combatants who fell in action on March 13, 1957.
13/03/1959