Three rebels are captured by the Batista dictatorship's army in the middle of the night on marshy terrain, moments after the landing of the Granma and the temporary defeat of Alegría de Pío. The fatigue on their faces and their threadbare clothes denote the accumulation of several days of wandering. More than once, their captors ask: "Where is Fidel?", seeking any information that might lead them to the whereabouts of the revolutionary leader.
Today, August 13th, is Fidel's birthday, in the present tense, as his influence remains latent in every action of Cuban daily life, even more so in these difficult times, where the optimism that characterized him and instilled in us fuels the will to resist the aggression of the empire.
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.
Cubans commemorate the Day of the Martyrs of the Revolution on July 30th. The date was established with the revolutionary triumph to honor all those who fell for national sovereignty and in remembrance of the assassinations of Raúl Pujol and Frank País, the latter the leader of action and sabotage for the 26th of July Movement.
It is urgent to reduce noise pollution to permissible levels, as it harms everyone equally, whether in the neighborhood, on public roads, or in workplaces, where discretion is lacking in regard to not emitting strange sounds that are harmful to the ears and central nervous system.
Who would have said more than 60 years ago, when the powerful neighbor to the north imposed the siege on the small island, that in the XXI century Amalia, Abel, Emily, Diego, Valeria, Ariel and so many Cuban girls and boys would have a law recognizing their rights, duties, guarantees and establish principles for their full development in present and future life.
On July 20, 1926, the working-class leader Alfredo López was assassinated on the orders of the tyrant Gerardo Machado, and his battle flags still remain raised high, serving as lessons for facing the challenges of these times.
The history of Cuba would never be the same after the Moncada feat, which shattered the myth that it was impossible to fight against a repressive army, overcome seemingly insurmountable difficulties and setbacks, regroup the revolutionary forces after enduring imprisonment, consolidate their position in the Sierra and the Llanos, and triumph.
The US embargo on Cuba is a complex legal framework that includes laws and regulations that prohibit and regulate economic, commercial, and financial relations with the island.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro, referring to the proven plot to overthrow him, considered that the opportunistic Trumpist Foreign Minister Marco Rubio should not have participated in the plan, because he believed the traitor of unfortunate Cuban origin is a representative of a government that has Iran as its enemy and nuclear bombs pointed at it, a problem in Gaza, and a problem in Ukraine, and Russia "is fooling around with a coup d'état in Gran Colombia."
Fourth-generation warfare is a struggle for the symbolic capital of our peoples. The "ideologues" of American doctrine have recognized this for years. It was no coincidence that Allen Dulles said that, before the aircraft carriers, the symbols would arrive, sold as glamorous and heralds of eternal youth and unlimited happiness. "It is the way they have for the assaulted to receive them with open arms".
It's very easy to vilify and try to make those who get in their way disappear, as is happening today to Israelis with regard to the Palestinian people.