(26 Jul 2024)
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Sancti Spiritus, Cuba – 26 July 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Cuban Revolution leader Raul Castro with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arriving at the celebration of the assault on the Moncada Barrack
2. Participants applauding and waving flags
3. Castro and Diaz-Canel greeting people
4. Celebration
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Laura Concepción, University professor: ++DAY SHOT++
“We young people have to get closer everyday to the history of those who have joined us here today, Raul (Castro) Ramiro (Valdés) de (José Ramón) Machado, and also of Comandante Fidel (Castro).”
6. Diaz-Canel, Castro, Ramiro Valdés and José Ramón Machado Ventura seated in the front row from right to left ++NIGHT SHOT++
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Lilia María Zamora, director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples: ++DAY SHOT++
“Our march has continued for 6 decades of revolution. That legacy of the guerrilla fighters for independence is present here today.”
8. Various of dances, music and flags in celebration ++NIGHT SHOTS++
9. Castro and Diaz-Canel leaving ++NIGHT SHOT++
STORYLINE:
Revolutionary leader Raul Castro, accompanied by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, walked to the stage after a brief disagreement on which path would be safer for the 93-year-old Castro to enter Sancti Spiritus Plaza.
Thousands of people waved flags to begin the celebration of the 71st anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks.
Every precaution was taken to protect nonagenarian the leader, including holding the ceremony in the early morning to shield him from the sun and heat.
Castro, dressed in his usual olive green, is one of the few remaining revolutionaries who attacked the barracks.
Despite the failure of the attack and the arrest of the revolutionaries in 1953, the Moncada attack is considered the beginning of the Cuban revolution.
Apart from Raul Castro, three other participants in the attack were also present at Friday’s ceremony: Ramiro Valdés and José Ramón Machado Ventura, all over 90 years old.
The anniversary is happening during economic tension, one of the worst in decades, with food shortages, lack of electricity, and high inflation leading to a wave of migration on the island.
Cuba acknowledged last week that it must dollarize some sectors to generate income.
The 26th of July is a significant date in the island’s history. On this day, Fidel and Raul Castro, along with a group of young people, attempted unsuccessfully to overthrow the government of Fulgencio Batista.
In 1959, the rebels came into power and began to clash with the United States. As a result, the US imposed sanctions on Cuba, pressuring for a change in the political system.
AP Video by Osvaldo Angulo and Milexsy Duran
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