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Cuba Celebrates 158th Anniversary of the Beginning of Struggles for Independence - Noticias Prensa Latina

Havana, Oct 10 (Latin Press) The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, today presided over the commemorative event for the 158th anniversary of the uprising in the La Demajagua ingenuity, a fact that marked the beginning of the wars for the independence of the Caribbean nation. The post Cuba celebrates 158th anniversary of the beginning of struggles for independence first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
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In October 1868, Demajagua was an ancient sugar mill, located in the jurisdiction of Manzanillo, with just over ten cavalry cane, a still, two trains and an English steam engine of 30 horses. In that batey, on the shores of the Gulf of Guacanayabo, there was the uprising that began the Ten Years War.

The first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, heads this Saturday the commemorative event for the 158th anniversary of the beginning of the first of the struggles for independence, an event that marked a milestone in national history under the name of Ten Years' War. The post Presides Díaz-Canel ceremony for the 158th anniversary of the uprising in La Demaja…

Juventud Rebelde approaches some details related to the place where the independence outbreak took place

On October 10, 1868, just a Saturday 158 years ago, Céspedes launched the cry of independence at the batey of his genius La Demajagua. He became the leader of the revolution that was just beginning to forge and swore before the Cuban flag, fighting until achieving the freedom of the Homeland

Havana, Oct 10 (Latin Press) The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, today presided over the commemorative event for the 158th anniversary of the uprising in the La Demajagua ingenuity, a fact that marked the beginning of the wars for the independence of the Caribbean nation. The post Cuba celebrates 158th anniversary of the beginning of struggles for independence first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

Facebook Twitter/X WhatsApp October 10, 1868 marked the unique character of the Cuban Revolution. That day began the first of the independence struggles: the Ten Years' War. It is the sacred site of the Homeland where a century later its historic leader, Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, proclaimed that: «...in Cuba there has been only one Revolution: the one that began Carlos Manuel de Céspedes on October 10, 1868 and which our people carry forw…

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