00:00Cuba celebrated National Rebellion Day with a ceremony in the central province of Ciego
00:04de Ávila. More than 10,000 people attended. The President Miguel Díaz-Canel and the
00:09leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro, were in attendance as well. Every July 26,
00:14the Cuban people commemorate the 72nd anniversary assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel
00:20de Césped barracks. This event marked the beginning of the final effort of the Cuban
00:24Revolutionary process and resulted in the first socialist revolution in Latin America.
00:28On July 26, 1933, a group of young Cubans led by Fidel Castro carried out a joint assault
00:34at the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in Bayamo with
00:39the aim of unleashing the armed struggle against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Every
00:43year, Cuban people commemorate these days, symbolizing their unity and denouncing the criminal blockade
00:48imposed by the United States.
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