Havana, April 9.- Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, recalled today the heroism of the clandestine fighters who participated in the strike of April 9, 1958.
The blood of the fallen was not in vain: this is the Revolution for which they offered their lives and will always venerate them, the party leader declared on the occasion of the date on his social network account X (formerly Twitter).
Recordamos el heroísmo de los luchadores clandestinos que el 9 de Abril de 1958 enfrentaron a la dictadura de Batista. La sangre de los caídos no fue en vano: #EstaEsLaRevolución por la que ofrendaron sus vidas y los venerará siempre. pic.twitter.com/6wgAkYR0Kx
— Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda (@DrRobertoMOjeda) April 9, 2024
Called by the national leadership of the July 26 Movement, the action was carried out by hundreds of combatants, the vast majority of whom were young workers and humble workers.
The purpose was to unleash a mass movement that would lead to the collapse of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship.
Events related to the strike occurred throughout the country, however, Havana and Villa Clara were its greatest exponents.
After what happened, the regime's repression intensified, leaving more than a hundred combatants dead, including Marcelo Salado, an action leader in the capital at the time.
After the failure of the general strike, a meeting was held on May 3 of that same year, in the place known as Altos de Mompié, in the Sierra Maestra, where the result of the strike was carefully analyzed for the subsequent development of the war. revolutionary. (ACN) (Photo: PL)
