{"id":11364,"date":"2025-01-02T10:47:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=11364"},"modified":"2025-01-02T10:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:47:49","slug":"cuba-remembers-the-departure-of-the-freedom-caravan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/cuba-remembers-the-departure-of-the-freedom-caravan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba remembers the departure of the Freedom Caravan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-450f08e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"450f08e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d7854a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"5d7854a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_11365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11365\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Caravana-Cuba-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Caravana-Cuba-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Caravana-Cuba-1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caravan of Freedom, led by Fidel Castro, when he proclaimed victory over the regular troops of the army of the Fulgencio Batista regime.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guant\u00e1namo.- The &#8220;Caravan of Freedom&#8221; of the rebel army led by Fidel Castro left this city for Havana a day like today of 1959, a historic event that today marks its 66th anniversary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">The media, social and political organizations, people in general remember that historical event that marks a milestone in Cuba\u2019s contemporary history.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5145f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"e5145f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>The journey of more than a thousand kilometres between the two cities culminated on 8 January and marked the first direct encounter between the Cuban people and the guerrilla leader who would go on to direct the destiny of the nation and, together with the revolutionary forces, build a socialist project of world reference.<\/p>\n<p>On the first day of January 1959, the insurgent forces had entered the eastern part of the city, and from the balconies of the City Hall in C\u00e9spedes Park, Commander Fidel Castro proclaimed victory over the regular troops of the army of the Fulgencio Batista regime (1952-1958).<\/p>\n<p>After more than two years of hostilities against the Batista dictatorship, the rebel columns were greeted by the inhabitants of the towns and cities along the route, demonstrating the overwhelming popular support for the proposal for political change that had begun on the Caribbean island.<\/p>\n<p>The caravan\u2019s progress from east to west demonstrated the possibility of realising long-deferred dreams of social justice, while also highlighting the many dangers the revolution would have to overcome in the face of hostility from its internal and external enemies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guant\u00e1namo.- The &#8220;Caravan of Freedom&#8221; of the rebel army led by Fidel Castro left this city for Havana a day like today of 1959, a historic event that today marks its 66th anniversary. The media, social and political organizations, people in general remember that historical event that marks a milestone in Cuba\u2019s contemporary history. 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