STATEMENT BY THE ASSOCIATION OF CUBANS RESIDING IN JAMAICA ON THE OCCASION OF THE 72ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACKS ON THE MONCADA AND CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES BARRACKS
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.




