Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, Feb 24 - In a context marked by difficulties of all kinds, Cuba today commemorates the resumption in 1895 of the independence struggle known as the Necessary War, with the armed uprising planned by the Cuban Revolutionary Party (PRC, for its acronym in Spanish) led by National Hero José Martí.
This was a simultaneous action organized in some 350 Cuban localities, including Baire, a town located about 75 kilometers from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, inscribed among the most transcendental anniversaries in the history of the island.
That day, the Cuban independence fighters, called mambises then and now, again took up arms and began the Necessary War devised by Martí to achieve definitive independence from Spanish colonial rule.
United by the urgency of having true freedom and sovereignty, guided by the determination, courage and experience of the founding fathers Antonio Maceo and Máximo Gómez, the people decided to conclude the struggle unleashed almost three decades earlier with the Cry of Yara and interrupted time and again.
In this way, Cubans legitimized the organizational efforts of the PRC, demonstrated the importance of the union of social classes and defined, without hesitation, that the primary aspiration was the independence of Cuba from any domination.
At the top of their voices, they proclaimed that they not only pursued the definitive independence of Cuba from Spanish colonial rule, they also yearned to consolidate a political and social project in which they could be masters of their own destinies.
Above internal struggles, they placed the independence of Cuba and the dream of forging a future without colonial ties, or any other kind.
Evoking the uprising in the early morning of February 24, 1895, urges us to remember the sacrifice of the patriots and the need to keep alive the memory of that step towards independence achieved in 1898, although other challenges arose.
To remember it is not - it should not be - an eventual nostalgic look, it is the reaffirmation of the desire to always see a free and sovereign Cuba, it is a tribute to those who gave their lives for a common ideal.
It is an act of commitment to the history and future of the country, it is - it must be - another shake to the individual and collective conscience to remember that sovereignty and justice should never be considered definitive achievements, but rights that require constant vigilance and struggle. (Source: Prensa Latina)
