Antonio Maceo's heroic landing commemorated in Baracoa

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By Dayán González Ramírez, translated from the Spanish

The first day of April is a momentous date in Baracoa, Cuba. Among the many events that can be cited to justify this assertion, one stands out: the landing at Duaba Beach of Antonio Maceo and 22 other Mambises in 1895, to join the Necessary War that had broken out on February 24 of that year.

The schooner that brought them to the coast was called “Honor,” a harbinger of a quality that each of those heroes possessed.

About this and many other aspects of Cuban history, 63 young people spoke under the shade of some mangroves with the First Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization, Roberto Morales Ojeda.

These young people will follow him and support him, an officer from the Border Brigade, Cuba's first line of anti-imperialist defense, assured the President.

Opinions and experiences were also shared that continue to strengthen the resistance and will of this people to move forward, despite the hostility of the Empire, which is intensifying the blockade and now, once again, attacking Cuban medical collaboration, which has saved millions of lives around the world.

This was a topic addressed by the First Secretary of the Central Committee, who during his speech also urged young people to continue visiting the sacred sites of the homeland so that they may absorb the symbolism and understand the magnitude of each feat.

An activity of this kind is an encounter with history, which is an encounter with the Homeland, the Revolution, and Socialism, Díaz-Canel asserted.

Just before this discussion, the Party's top leadership had led the traditional march from the city to the beach that the people of Baracoa have held every April 1st since 1903 to pay tribute to the brave expeditionaries.

In Duaba, Maceo demonstrated that the ideals he defended in Baraguá were alive and well, and that the homeland stands above all else, Miguel Díaz-Canel said.

These principles continue to guide this heroic people today.

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