Fidel
Soldado de las Ideas
They traveled to Africa to fight the fiercest of battles against death. The mere name of the enemy was frightening: Ebola. They did not relent and they triumphed. They went armed with nothing more than the commitment of those who would give up their own lives in the effort to save others.
In January 1959, the Cuban people took to the streets nationwide to welcome the Caravan of Freedom, which has a new connotation today for Cubans, after the inverse journey undertaken by the caravan that carried the ashes of Fidel Castro.
If at the time Cubans celebrated the triumph of the Revolution in every corner of the country, a few weeks ago, they professed the love and respect that Fidel Castro earned.
After Dictator Fulgencio Batista (1952-1959) fled 57 years ago, the guerrilla leader started his trip to the capital.
Pianist Frank Fernández will offer a concert in this capital today to honor the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, who died on November 25.
With a set of his own works and other pieces originating in the country, the musician also wishes to recall the entrance to Havana of the so-called Caravan of Freedom, headed by Fidel in 1959.
Leaders of various Caribbean countries sent congratulation messages to their Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro in occasion of the 58 Anniversary of the Revolution, reported diplomatic sources today.
In a letter sent to the Cuban President, Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell highlighted the 37 years of relations between the two nations, based on mutual trust and respect, according to the official website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
The Caravan which brought freedom to Cuba following the triumph of the Revolution 58 years ago, once again passed through this province as Cuban youth re-edit its route across the island from Santiago de Cuba to Havana. There, Fidel was multiplied in every student, combatant and resident - faithful continuators of his revolutionary ideas for the construction of a new homeland.
Cuba will never bow to the pressures and threats of the USA, confirmed today thousands of Cubans who marched through the mythical Plaza, José Martí, to celebrate the 58th anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution.
'We are here with our president Raúl Castro to ratify the commitment to defend the achievements of the Socialist Revolution and to pay tribute once again to the historic leader, Fidel Castro,' said to Prensa Latina Patricia González, a first-year medical student.
As if sailing in a sea of children who waved their blue handkerchiefs, the Granma yacht, symbol of the beginning of the last stage of the liberating struggles of Cuba, visited today the Plaza de la Revolución.
Imposing for the historical content that accompanies it, this replica of the yacht, in which reached the coast of the island Fidel Castro leading a group of 82 expeditionaries, paraded surrounded by a representation of the youngest generations of Cubans.
Cuban youth will play a leading role in the march and military parade set to take place January 2, in Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución José Martí, in honor of Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz, the 58th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution and the island’s new generations.
The 58th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution was celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City, a ceremony that highlighted the high level of relations between Vietnam and the Caribbean country, including the strengthening of cooperation.
Nguyen Thi Thu, vice-president of the People's Committee of that southern city, conveyed her condolences 'to the Cuban friends' for the death of the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, to reports from the territory indicate today.
Cuba''s National Assembly approved today a law that bans erecting commemorative statues of Fidel Castro or naming street , public places or plazas after him.
Speaking today in the plenary session of the unicameral Parliament taking place in Havana's Convention Center, the Secretary of the Council of State of Cuba, Homero Acosta, pointed out that this regulation only responds to the sacred respect to the will expressed by the leader Historical of the Cuban Revolution.
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