{"id":8716,"date":"2025-07-28T18:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=8716"},"modified":"2025-07-28T18:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:51:12","slug":"pilgrimage-to-be-held-in-santiago-de-cuba-in-honor-of-frank-pais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/pilgrimage-to-be-held-in-santiago-de-cuba-in-honor-of-frank-pais-28072025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrimage to be held in Santiago de Cuba in honor of Frank Pa\u00eds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This July 30th, the people of Santiago de Cuba will hold a pilgrimage in honor of Frank Pa\u00eds Garc\u00eda and Ra\u00fal Pujol Arencibia, their comrade-in-arms who fell at their side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This sacred event, which takes place every July 30th at 4:30 p.m., from C\u00e9spedes Park to the Santa Ifigenia Heritage Cemetery, whether in blazing sun or heavy rain, is a manifestation of mourning &#8212; part of the city&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The entire country, and those in his homeland, feel the void of his absence 68 years ago, and they understand Fidel better. &nbsp;Upon hearing the news of the death of the audacious fighter from the Sierra Maestra, he said: &#8220;What monsters. &nbsp;They don&#8217;t know the intelligence, the character, the integrity they have murdered. &nbsp;The Cuban people still don&#8217;t even suspect who Frank Pa\u00eds was, what greatness and promise he had in him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Pa\u00eds Garc\u00eda was born on December 7, 1934, in Santiago de Cuba. &nbsp;His life was marked by a deep commitment to the revolutionary struggle and the pursuit of social justice in his country. From a young age, he stood out for his intelligence and passion for freedom, becoming a natural leader among his comrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1953, after the attack on the Moncada Barracks, he became one of the main organizers of the revolutionary movement in eastern Cuba. &nbsp;His courage and determination led him to take on increasingly important roles in the fight against the Batista dictatorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fidel Castro described him as &#8220;a young man who, despite his age, showed exceptional maturity and courage.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This July 30th, the people of Santiago de Cuba will hold a pilgrimage in honor of Frank Pa&iacute;s Garc&iacute;a and Ra&uacute;l Pujol Arencibia, their comrade-in-arms who fell at their side.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[42],"class_list":["post-8716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba"],"authors":[{"term_id":42,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"radio-habana-cuba","display_name":"Radio Habana Cuba","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8718,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions\/8718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8716"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=8716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}