Jul
26
2021
For the National Rebellion, July 26, 2021
A group of young people, led by Fidel Castro, placed themselves at the forefront of the fight for the true independence of Cuba. In the year of the centenary of the national hero José Martí, on July 26, 1953, they carried out the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks, in the cities of Santiago de Cuba and Bayamo respectively.
The assault on the Moncada barracks ended in a military defeat, however, it had extraordinary significance for the Cuban people and for the national liberation movement that was beginning.
