INDEPENDENT ONLINE │THE STAR │30 July 2019 │ALVIN BOTES/ * Botes is Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation. He is also an ANC National Executive Committee member.
On July 26, 1953, the Moncada military barracks in Santiago de Cuba was the site of an armed attack by a group of 135 revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro.
Toronto, July 26th, 2019. - On Friday night, July 26, it was celebrated the 66th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes military Headquarters. The celebration was jointly organized by the Cuban-Canadian Friendship Association, the Latin American Solidarity Network (LACSN), the Association of Cuban Residents in Canada, Juan Gualberto Gómez, and the Consulate General of Cuba.
It was highlighted the importance of this action due to the extraordinary significance it had for the Cuban people and for the national liberation movement that lasted until the defeat of tyranny in 1959.
Beirut, July 29, 2019.- The Cuban Embassy in Lebanon hosted the celebration in this country of the 66th anniversary of the assault to the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks.
The event was attended by members of the Cuban community living in Lebanon, as well as Palestinians and Lebanese graduates of Cuban universities and members of the diplomatic mission.
Speech delivered by Miguel M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, during the national commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Garrisons, held in the Plaza de la Patria, Bayamo, Granma, July 26, 2019, Year 61 of the Revolution
(Council of State transcript / GI translation)
Ambassador Jorge León Cruz, Charge d'Affaires a.i. before the United Arab Emirates, he signed the condolences book opened at the Tunisian Embassy in Abu Dhabi for the death of the President of the Tunisian Republic S.E. Mr. Beji Caid Essebi.
The Cuban diplomat expressed deep condolences to the government, family and Tunisian people for the irreparable loss and said that, honoring the president's memory, the State Council of the Republic of Cuba decreed Official Duel on July 29, 2019 and the Cuban flag It will be hoisted at half-mast.
Interview with Ambassador Eumelio Caballero published in the Qatari newspaper Gulf Times on July 28, 2019
Remarks of the Chargé d’affaires a. i. of the Embassy of Cuba in Jamaica, Ulises Calvo Borges, on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Garrison
Dear Trevor Brown, president of the Jamaica Cuba Friendship Association;
Hope Mc Nish, president of the Jamaica Peace Council;
Dr Lorenzo Gordon, in representation of the Association of Graduates in Cuba, and members present;
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 July 2019. On the evening of July 27, a political-cultural event took place in this city to commemorate the 66th Anniversary of the assaults on the “Moncada” barracks, in Santiago de Cuba, and the “Carlos Manuel de Céspedes”, in Bayamo.
