The La Esperanza hill, a piece of humid land, surrounded by palm trees, flowers and history, remembers the eternal Commander of the Third Eastern Front who never surrendered to become a paradigm of revolutionary firmness.
Juan Almeida Bosque shines in this emblematic place, where the green of the height embraces the blue of the sky, a man of guerrilla, owner of pure human values and a natural nobility, of fine sensibility and voice grown in the venerable people.
This Hero with capital letters, brave and always well planted, is the one who joined his destiny to the Revolution to make a dream come true, accompanied by a group of patriotic roots.
“Nobody surrenders here” is the courageous phrase, inscribed in the history that transcends in different generations that know of the talisman, of the irreversible and perpetual example that magnifies the Homeland.
Commander, your final farewell is incredible, because your demeanor and countenance reflected such an impressive simplicity that no one, at first sight, could imagine the lion’s temper and courage that dwells in your heart.
This is how we remember you, Commander Almeida, because we learned from your teachings, knowing that the only way for the poor is to fight to conquer their rights, to achieve freedom.
Although it is true that the Moncada, the Granma, the Sierra Maestra and in particular Alegría de Pío made you great, it is also true that you touched the soul fibers of your people, knowing of a work underpinned by virtues with a weapon in your arm and a poet’s chest.
Together with a singer, “ That’s how we remember you Comandante” because your human archetype that rests eternally on La Esperanza hill of your guerrilla front, the Third Eastern Front, inspires the reverence of a man of deep traces that we will never forget.
