Jul 26
Cuba Revolution Day 2013: Ceremony Marks 60 Years Since Moncada Barracks Attack
Posted in: Today's ChiliHAVANA — Cuba on Friday commemorated the 60th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s failed attack on a military army barracks that is considered the beginning of the Cuban Revolution.
President Raul Castro was expected to speak at the ceremony in the eastern city of Santiago. Thousands were in the audience in a sun-splashed square outside the Moncada barracks, still visibly scarred with bullet holes from the doomed assault.
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