151 years of October 10, 1868 - founding event of the National Liberation Revolution of Cuba
On October 10, 1868, the patriot lawyer Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819-1874) freed his slaves and took the Cubans into arms, the first founding event of the #Cuba National Liberation Revolution.
The ringing of the bell of his sugar-cane factory "La Demajagua", Manzanillo, in the east of the country, meant 151 years ago a triumph of the independence ideas, against the Hispanic fundamentalism and the reformist and annexation movements.
In the words of Céspedes that day: "The soldier of duty must not allow the aurora to surprise him in his bed."
October 9, 1967
Che Guevara was wounded and captured in an ambush by the Bolivian army on October 8, 1967. The next day he was executed in cold blood, on instructions from Washington. When this news was confirmed, on October 18, a solemn evening in memory of Che, in "Plaza de la Revolución", Havana, was attended by a million people. There, Fidel Castro pronounced a historic speech.
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar announces the opening of its diplomatic mission in Cuba
Havana, October 5, 2019. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar announced this Friday the opening of its diplomatic mission in Cuba, on the occasion of the official visit to the Island of the Minister of the Union for the Office of the State Counsellor and special envoy of the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, HE. Mr. Kyaw Tint Swe.
During the ceremony, the Special Envoy highlighted the positive impact of the establishment of this diplomatic headquarters for the development and strengthening of bilateral relations.
Cuban FM Slams US Over Economic Blockade and Venezuela
Telesur - "I want to denounce, before this General Assembly of the United Nations, that just a few months ago the U.S. government has started to implement, criminal, non-conventional measures to prevent fuel shipments from arriving to our country from different markets, by resorting to threats and persecution against the companies that transport fuel, flag States, States of registration as well as shipping and insurance companies."
Threats and coercion will not extract a single concession from Cuba
Speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, during the general debate of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, September 28, 2019
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