Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel highlighted the motivation for the Torchlight March in this capital, commemorating the centennial of the birth of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.
On his Twitter account, the president stated that as the 73rd anniversary of the first parade in which the then-young revolutionary Fidel Castro played a leading role approaches, “we will light torches on the eve of the birthday of José Martí, apostle of Cuban independence and anti-imperialism.”
The head of state then added: “Tonight, another motivation unites us: we march for the Centennial of #Fidel, starting from the University where he became a revolutionary.”
The parade retraces the route of the midnight march of January 27, 1953, which begins at the steps of the University of Havana, descends San Lázaro Avenue, and continues to the former quarries of the same name (now Fragua Martiana), the site where the young Martí was imprisoned for his pro-independence ideals.
Tonight, the procession carried the banner of the Centennial Anti-Imperialist Torch, with the country’s top leaders at the forefront, accompanied by thousands of young people in an expression of continuity and anti-imperialist resistance.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
