The convoy of the victory: 5 decades to remember

By Reinier Barrios Mesa
(barrios@rflorida.icrt.cu)

50 years after, the convoy of the victory come to Florida again, but this time the bearded men are young people and pioneers, who reissue that memorable day in which the rebel columns crossed by this territory.

Since January 1st, 1959, the people took the streets to receive the rebel combatants from the different columns that were arriving to the city: for the Cuban people this day a new era began.

When the convoy arrived to the capital of the country, many curious people went to see the rebels and the army that was defeated by the Cuban combatants who marched together and the message was evident: in the new era, all the people must march together in the construction of the new society.

One of those soldiers talked with the young people who were close to the convoy about the possibilities of study they will have with the revolution.

The people, who lived in Florida 5The convoy of the victory: 5 decades to remember years ago, welcomed the convoy of the victory and they understood the rebel soldier’s ethics as a symbol of the new era that began in Cuba.

The people from Florida are paying attention to the ceremony for the 50 anniversary of the Revolution

By Reinier Barrios Mesa
(barrios@rflorida.icrt.cu)

In spite of the people from Florida are celebrating the new year yet, they are paying attention to the ceremony that takes place in Santiago de Cuba to celebrate the 50 anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.

Since very early in the morning, the inhabitants from Florida putted Cuban and the July 26 flags in their houses and convoked all the family to share together the important event.

In this moment, the people who live in this municipality watch the television and listen to the radio to follow all the ceremony that it is homage to the triumph of this revolution that it is an example for all the nations in the world.

Celebrated in Florida the 52 anniversary of the Granma yacht disembark.

By Reinier Barrios Mesa.
(barrios@rflorida.icrt.cu)

With a patriotic and military ceremony, the members of the revolutionary armed forces from Florida celebrated the 52 anniversary of the Granma yacht disembark and confirmed the soldiers and officers commitment to star in each one of the missions and tasks assigned by the Communist Party from the territory.

With the participation of Jesús Camilo Polo Vazques, main political leader from the municipality, the combatants remembered the history of the struggle in the “Sierra Maestra”, stared in by the rebel army.

During the ceremony, a group of officers were promoted to a superior rank and was also recognized the work of other mates, which dedication and participation in heroic events deserve to be admired by all the Cuban people.

This ceremony is the beginning of the activities in salutation to the 52 anniversary of the Granma yacht disembark and the creation of the revolutionary armed forces, dates that have an special connotation this year because the Cuban revolution will has half a century next January 1st.