Cuba commemorates today the Day of the Martyrs of the Revolution. This day epitomizes the perennial tribute and remembrance to the more than 20,000 Cubans who lost their lives in the effort to overthrow Fulgencio Batista.rtyrs of the Revolution, assassination of Frank País and Raúl Pujol
The date was chosen in 1959 and also coincides with the assassinations of Frank País and Raúl Pujol in Santiago de Cuba. Both young men were captured as a result of a tip-off and brutally shot by the tyranny’s repressive forces.
With Frank’s death, the July 26th Movement lost its leader of action and sabotage and one of its most exceptional fighters.
Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero commemorated the date on his X social media profile and reaffirmed that the legacy of our martyrs “symbolizes the lineage of Cuban youth, always at the forefront in the defense of the Homeland.”
For his part, the Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Roberto Morales, affirmed that Cuba does not forget any of its fallen and that their example calls us to continue winning.
The Day of the Martyrs of the Cuban Revolution not only remembers those who fell in this final stage of the struggle, but also all those who fell in the independence struggle from its beginning and were unable to fulfill the dream of seeing a free Homeland. It is not a mourning, it is a promise. Their names are in the memory and soul of this indomitable nation, where every heartbeat echoes those who sowed freedom with blood and heroism.
