{"id":12464,"date":"2025-04-07T09:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=12464"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:37:45","slug":"cuban-president-to-pay-tribute-to-revolutionary-leader-vilma-espin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/cuban-president-to-pay-tribute-to-revolutionary-leader-vilma-espin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban President to pay tribute to revolutionary leader Vilma Espin"},"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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vilma-Espin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vilma-Espin.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vilma-Espin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vilma-Espin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vilma-Espin-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vilma-Espin-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vilma-Espin-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel went today to the eastern territory where the II Eastern Front \u2018Frank Pais\u2019, commanded by Raul Castro, operated, to pay tribute to revolutionary leader Vilma Espin (1930-2007).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>On the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the birth of the heroine of the underground struggle and the Rebel Army, the Cuban leader announced in his profile on the social network X that he will honor \u201cVilma Espin and her extraordinary legacy\u201d in the Revolution which, he said, has been led by Cuban women since 1959.<\/p>\n<p>Vilma was a member of the Eastern University Student Federation (FEUO) and participated in the University demonstrations in Santiago\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n<p>Later, she fought in the clandestine struggle, under the war name of Deborah, under the orders of Frank Pa\u00eds, especially during the November 30, 1956 uprising in Santiago de Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>She joined the Rebel Army in the Sierra Maestra when her life was in extreme danger in the urban insurrection, until the revolutionary triumph of January 1, 1959.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1960 she founded and presided over the Federation of Cuban Women, from where she played a relevant role in the defense of women\u2019s rights and in the promotion of their full emancipation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel went today to the eastern territory where the II Eastern Front \u2018Frank Pais\u2019, commanded by Raul Castro, operated, to pay tribute to revolutionary leader Vilma Espin (1930-2007). 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