Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
There is a luminosity on every August 13th that can never be extinguished, not even with all the blockades in the world, because it is the date of the happy day when 99 years ago was born the undefeated leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz.
Even afterward, when his compatriots cried out in a painful physical farewell: "I am Fidel", the enormous challenge of continuing to be guided by that light, self-imposed by homage and deep convictions, emanating from his flagship flag, became clear.
On days like these, Cubans decisively go beyond the ceremonies at the altar of the Homeland and the public acts and rituals, performed because they are beautiful and uplifting.
To achieve this, many try to take on the arduous challenge of working on the intimate Fidel that each of us must carry within, going beyond slogans and clichés and turning his teachings into creative action.
The children of this land have always devoted themselves better to heroic work, even at the price of life and in the heat of the most just battles, than to the calmness necessary for the fulfilment of duty in the peaceful daily life.
The fervor of a burning blood and a culture with very pure values, for freedom and justice, is thought to define us as a people.
Who doesn't remember the Commander-in-Chief of the Rebel Army when he affirmed that this would indeed be the true Revolution, on January 1, 1959, in Santiago de Cuba, after the victory.
And when he later said, on January 8, in Havana, that things could be more difficult from now on, and also warned, amid the immense joy, that we should beware of our own mistakes.
The Fidel who always made it clear to the enemies of the Revolution that there would never be surrender, and who led Cubans in so many heroic battles amid great achievements, now also calls on them to continue working harder from within to improve themselves, the greatest challenge any human being can take on.
A plausible endeavor despite everything, since Cuba has more than enough spiritual, intellectual, moral, and character reserves to do so.
The grateful multitudes and even the ungrateful ones know well, from the bottom of their thoughts, how decisive was the contribution of the Leader in social equality and in creating the basis for his people to be educated, cultured and instructed in general education, in science and technology.
The fulfillment of duty then prevails, that task less noisy and visible than frontal combat, which is also necessary, and which requires perseverance, endless dedication, and dedication of body and soul, knowing that it is the only way to move forward and guarantee the continuity of the model of society we have chosen.
Peremptory demand in times of the fiercest blockade that any country has ever known, as is well known.
We owe it, Fidel, to you and us, it is good to remember again in your natals, in the midst of the validity of your living work and the endearing memories.
Fidel's life is an inspiring example: a revolutionary who forged himself as a fighter for the most just causes and had in his family, especially his father Ángel Castro and his mother Lina Ruz, two pillars of such precious wood.
He was born in the rural town of Birán, in the former province of Oriente, now part of the northeastern province of Holguín.
He earned excellent grades and excelled throughout elementary school. He received much of his education in Santiago de Cuba, although he completed his senior high school studies at the Belén School in Havana.
He enrolled in a law degree at the University of Havana in 1945, after having successfully completed his career in the city’s Jesuit institution.
He would always remember the role of that institution in developing his revolutionary consciousness and political thinking.
It was a period of intense action, during which he suffered beatings in the streets and arbitrary arrests, and during which he also came into contact with Marxist ideology.
During this time, he began his vocation for Latin American solidarity, born from his deep admiration for the work of José Martí, one of his great moral mentors, and his study of Simón Bolívar. He was also a member of the People's Party, known as the Orthodox Party.
After graduating as a lawyer, with two degrees in legal disciplines, he decided to establish himself in a law firm dedicated to helping humble people.
His first combative moments occurred during the confrontation with President Ramón Grau San Martín. Fulgencio Batista's coup d'état in 1952 marked the coming of age of his convictions and the radicalization and deepening of his revolutionary thinking.
Beginning in 1953, came the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks, the historic July 26th of that year, the unjust but fruitful imprisonment, the amnesty in 1955, the forced exile in Mexico, and the final return to fight in the Sierra Maestra, where he arrived after a hazardous journey with 82 expeditionaries on December 2, 1956.
From that heroic bastion, before the two years the insurrection descended upon the plains and spread throughout Cuba. The great epic led by Fidel, at the head of the glorious Rebel Army, well deserves a separate space.
The challenging, beautiful, founding, and ever-transforming task of the Cuban Revolution, right in the face of the most powerful enemy on Earth, consecrated him before his compatriots, who, recalling the Apostle, confirm: "Death is not true when the work of life has been well accomplished". (ACN) (Photo: Taken from the Internet)
