Cubans from all generations come together today in a march to rivers and coasts to honor with flowers disappeared Rebel Army Commander, Camilo Cienfuegos. As every October 28, the participation of thousands of people are expected in this tribute.
Cubans from all generations come together today in a march to rivers and coasts to honor with flowers disappeared Rebel Army Commander, Camilo Cienfuegos. As every October 28, the participation of thousands of people are expected in this tribute.
Camilo Cienfuegos disappeared on October 28, 1959, at the age of 27, when he returned in a Cessna twin-engine aircraft from a mission entrusted by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, in the central-eastern region of the island, to detain commander Huber Matos, accused of treason.
He was one of the 81 men who landed with Fidel Castro in December 1956 from Granma Yacht, to start the guerrilla fight in the Sierra Maestra mountain range, and was a key in the defeat of dictator Fulgencio Batista and the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959.
Leading the Column No. 2 Antonio Maceo, with 92 combatants (only 82 armed men), he undertook the triumphant guerrilla invasion to the island's western region, together with the Column No. 8 Ciro Redondo, led by emblematic Ernesto Che Guevara.
This year, as part of the activities organized to pay tribute to commanders Cienfuegos and Guevara, a group of young people in the central province of Ciego de Avila recalled the tour both leaders did 57 years ago.
During the reenact of this historic event for that region, participants exchanged with people in the communities where the members of those guerrilla columns camped in 1958.
Source: PL