Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has reaffirmed his country’s determination to advance despite threats against it, inspired by National Hero José Martí and the historical leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro.
On the occasion of the 173rd anniversary of the birth of the Apostle José Martí, and after leading the parade last night, in the centennial year of Fidel Castro’s birth, the Cuban president stated that “the torches of the Centennial of #Martí and those of the Centennial of #Fidel give warmth and light to the battle to achieve full justice.” Díaz-Canel firmly declared that “they will not stop us,” thus responding to the decision to move forward despite the difficult times and “the brutality of the threats against #Cuba,” he added.
In the post, the head of state affirmed that “this challenge and our youth give us great strength.”
The day before, the president of the Caribbean nation, along with the highest authorities of the Communist Party and the government of the island, accompanied thousands of Cubans, mostly young people, on the nighttime march that began at the steps of the University of Havana and ended at the Fragua Martiana (Martí Forge).
The tradition originated at midnight on January 27, 1953, when the Centennial Generation, led by the young Fidel Castro, commemorated the centennial of the Apostle’s birth in an event that preceded the attack on the Moncada Barracks.
