Cuba remembers Céspedes on the 150th anniversary of his death (+ Post)

Havana, 27 Feb.- The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, today recalled the patriot Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, the Father of the Homeland, as he commemorated the 150th anniversary of his fall in combat.

"Cubans: with your heroism I count to consummate the independence. With your virtue to consolidate the Republic. Count on my self-denial," said the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, from his account on the social network X (formerly Twitter), to the pro-independence leader when he assumed the presidency of the Republic in Arms on April 11, 1869.

In his message on the social network, the president assured that Cuba honors that legacy.

Also in X, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla pointed out the validity of the thought of the Cuban patriot when he said: "As far as the US is concerned I may be wrong; but in my opinion his government aspires to take over Cuba".

Hace 150 años cayó en combate Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Padre de la Patria y primer Presidente de la República en Armas, quien nos alertó:

"Por lo que respecta a los EEUU tal vez estaré equivocado; pero en mi concepto su gobierno a lo que aspira es a apoderarse de #Cuba". pic.twitter.com/NZ4Erm72pO
— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) February 27, 2024

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes was a lawyer and rich Bayamese landowner who on October 10, 1868 stripped himself of all his comforts, freed his slaves, declared the abolition of slavery and began the wars for the independence of Cuba against the colonial regime of Spain.

Considered the Father of the Nation, he was also a major general of the Cuban Liberation Army and the first President of the Republic of Cuba in Arms.

He died in unequal combat against Spanish troops on February 27, 1874 in San Lorenzo, in the Sierra Maestra. (ACN) (Photo: @DiazCanelB)