The Sierra Maestra immortalized them by embracing their first victory; there was plenty of courage in the brave chest of a handful of men who bet on freedom.
The battle of La Plata made them great. Fidel was the leader of that guerrilla, demonstrating that he had not died, nor were the Granma expeditionaries exterminated.
The cold dawn of that January 17, 1957 became immense, lasting, inscribed in history as the first battle dressed in olive green that tested their tactics and military strategy, declaring the greatness of the Rebel Army in the eastern highlands.
They were guerrillas of the time with a yearning for justice, full freedom, to awaken the knowledge of the oppressed peasantry, to bring knowledge and health to uneducated and sick families, to ensure social rights to their people.
Cuba does not forget that historic feat, in which 29 soldiers attacked the La Plata barracks, revealing their dignity in opposition to a dictatorship in power without principles or humanism.
The path was very clear, precise. La Plata with its barracks became flames of freedom to make from its ashes new dawns of hope, of light, of progress.
The first offensive action of the Rebel Army against the Batista dictatorship in the Sierra Maestra turned into victory, marked the beginning of an insurrectionary troop that led to the reach of a Cuban Revolution, which lasts for the good of all.the Sierra Maestra immortalized them when they embraced their first victory; there was plenty of courage in the brave chest of a handful of men who bet for freedom.
The battle of La Plata made them great. Fidel was the leader of that guerrilla, demonstrating that he had not died, nor were the Granma expeditionaries exterminated.
The cold dawn of that January 17, 1957 became immense, lasting, inscribed in history as the first battle dressed in olive green that tested their tactics and military strategy, declaring the greatness of the Rebel Army in the eastern highlands.
They were guerrillas of the time with a yearning for justice, full freedom, to awaken the knowledge of the oppressed peasantry, to bring knowledge and health to uneducated and sick families, to ensure social rights to their people.
Cuba does not forget that historic feat, in which 29 soldiers attacked the La Plata barracks, revealing their dignity in opposition to a dictatorship in power without principles or humanism.
The path was very clear, precise. La Plata with its barracks became flames of freedom to make from its ashes new dawns of hope, of light, of progress.
The first offensive action of the Rebel Army against the Batista dictatorship in the Sierra Maestra turned into victory, marked the beginning of an insurrectionary troop that led to the reach of a Cuban Revolution, which endures for the good of all.
