Always Fi(d)eles to the Homeland.
Espacio de la instalación para rendir homenaje a los principales héroes y mártires de la Patria.
That was a glorious day. The shortages, the malaise and the uncertainty of the special period afflicted the Island, but not even the tense revolt that witnessed the Havana Malecon that August 5th, 1994, would serve to shatter Cuba’s faith in its Revolution.
Driven by imperialist propaganda in its eagerness to violate the tranquility and security of citizens, crime took the kidnapping of boats and vandalism as its main anti-Cuban tools.
But the simple arrival of Fidel and his peaceful but resounding intervention were enough to calm the disorder. The negative mob turned into a tide of revolutionary support and that historic day was immortalized as the Day of Fidelity to the homeland.
And faithful are all the sons who, proud and firm, defend it without hesitation. One of them is Sergio Mesa Fundora, a combatant of the Rebel Army from the municipality of Pedro Betancourt in Matanzas and a prime example of loyalty to Cuba and its Revolution.
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Likewise, Héctor Rodríguez Orta, an official of the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution of this locality, also told us about his experience.
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There are plenty of outstanding people and precursors of the Cuban revolutionary project as well. Let this day serve then to honor those great and unconditional devotees who consecrate their existence to the future of this nation.
Written by Yadiel Barbón Salgado.
