Kingston, 13 August 2025. Organised by Friends of Cuba, an organisation affiliated with the Jamaica-Cuba Friendship Association (JCFA) and the Embassy of Cuba in Jamaica, the 99th anniversary of the birth of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz was celebrated in this capital.
Seventy-two years ago today, on July 26, 1953, a band of 160 young Cuban revolutionaries launched at what would become one of history's most consequential acts of defiance. Their assault on the Moncada Garrison in Santiago de Cuba and the Carlos Céspedes Barracks in Bayamo marked not merely a military operation, but the birth cry of a revolution that would reshape the Caribbean and inspire liberation movements worldwide.
The Spark That Lit a Revolution
Kingston, 25 July 2025. Convened by the Cuban state mission in Jamaica, the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba and the Association of Cubans Residing in Jamaica (ACRJ), a ceremony was held on the afternoon of 25 July to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks.
Kingston, 24 July 2025. The Cuban delegation participating in the 30th Session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) denounced the negative impact of the United States government's blockade against the island, describing it as archaic and immoral.
On 26 July 1953, a group of young people from the Cuban People's Party (Orthodox) stormed the Guillermón Moncada Barracks in the city of Santiago de Cuba, capital of the province of Oriente, which was the country's second military stronghold; and the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks, located in the city of Bayamo in the centre of the province of Oriente, to hinder the arrival of reinforcements to Santiago de Cuba.