The first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, participates in the national event marking the 130th anniversary of the Grito de Baire, an event that marked the start of the wars for the independence of the island on 24 February 1895.
Accompanied by Roberto Morales Ojeda, the Party’s organising secretary, the inhabitants of Baire, which belongs to the Santiago municipality of Contramaestre, remembered the legacy of José Martí, the main driving force behind the return to arms.
It is February 24 and we gather in Baire to celebrate that 130 years ago #Cuba woke up to the imperishable cry of «Viva Cuba Libre» with the Marti’s Necessary War. Unity prevailed over the failures and divisions of the past. Sacred independence was about to be conquered. pic.twitter.com/BTTYFdNxJm
– Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) February 24, 2025
February 24, 1895 marked the resumption of the independence struggles against Spanish colonial rule, following Martí’s call for revolutionary unity. Baire was one of the key scenarios where patriots such as Saturnino Lora and Jesús Rabí took up arms, proclaiming the beginning of a war that sought the definitive independence of Cuba.
The conspiracy prior to the 24 February uprising was carefully organised by the Cuban Revolutionary Party, founded by Martí, with the aim of coordinating simultaneous uprisings in various regions of the island. Despite the difficulties and the betrayal of some of the conspirators, the patriots managed to start the insurrection, under the cry of «Independence or Death!» in Baire, as a symbol of resistance and dignity.
With the presence of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the CCPCC and president of the Republic, we pay tribute in #Baire to the heroes of the Necessary War #UnaSolaRevolución #SantiagoDeCuba pic.twitter.com/qUl9jdQEhc
– Beatriz Johnson Urrutia (@BeatrizJUrrutia) February 24, 2025
With this tribute, the Cuban people evoke one of the most glorious and transcendental chapters of their history, and reaffirm their attachment to their traditions of struggle in the construction of a free, sovereign and dignified homeland.
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