Bayamo: The member of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Party, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, gave the main speech of the political-cultural act for the 66th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks, the Granma newspaper barracks.
“Before the historical Generation that accompanies us, I will deliver the central remarks of this act, in the same place where the Commander in Chief, on the same date in 2006, presided and closed for the last time a National Rebellion Day commemoration”, Díaz -Channel said.
"I speak on behalf of the grateful, those who face the challenge of pushing a country ..."
He thanks to the historical generation.
This province, honored with the name of the ship that brought 82 of its sons to Cuba, is also the cradle of our nationality, of our anthem, of the Revolution that Céspedes started in 1868 and of the Rebel Army that brought it to our days with Fidel in front.
It is no accident that the second garrison attacked that morning was the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in Bayamo , today the museum which bears the honorable name of Ñico López, one of the leaders of the action in this city; Raúl's great friend, in whose office the photo of the boy with the big black glasses occupies a place of honor.
Ñico was killed in the hours after the Granma landing, but he has not been absent a minute from the revolutionary work to which he gave himself with such passion and confidence in victory.
They were more brothers than friends, those men and women who put the nation first, who thought of the country as a family.
We came from them and it is very important that our tribute, annual or daily, not be enclosed in an act, in verses or a few words about dates.
The Revolution now needs us to unleash a great battle for our defense and economy, to break the enemy's plan to destroy us and asphyxiate us.
It requires, at the same time, that we strengthen among the people, spirituality, civics, decency, solidarity, social discipline and the sense of public service.
Despite the pain, the physical loss of those beings “from another world” from the song “Los Elegidos”, the survivors of that epic feat, guided by Fidel, never complained, or went to a corner to mourn their fallen or murdered companions .
Five years, five months and five days after the assaults on the barracks of Santiago de Cuba and Bayamo, denying the alleged failure of 53, the victory of 59 would come. The setback became victory.
An explanation of the miracle of a group of men defeating one of the best equipped armies of the continent can only be found in the outstanding values of the Centerary Generation, their sense of justice, loyalty to a cause, commitment to their word, confidence in victory, unwavering faith in the people and unity as a principle.
Our parents and teachers taught us that it was easy to break sticks separately, but it is impossible to break a bundle tightly united.
“It is up to us to think as a country because no one else is going to think for us.
We are going for more, because we are all Cuba and we are continuity.
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