Remembering Camilo Cienfuegos

 

    On October 28th-1959 at the age of 27 Camilo Cienfuegos died when his small airplane crashed into the sea just off Cuba's coast during a storm. To this day he remains one of the most revered heroes of the Cuban Revolution as a top Commander.

    Each week since 1959 in the last week of October children in Cuba have tossed flowers in the sea to honor Camilo Cienfuegos, as this little boy is doing today.

   As shown above, in this last week of October-2022 the President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, attended many ceremonies honoring Camilo Cienfuegos.

         The death of Camilo Cienfuegos at the tender age of 27 on October 28th-1959 is still remembered sadly every day in Cuba.

 During Cuba's revolutionary war from 1952 till 1959 Camilo and Che were two do-or-die co-Commanders in many key battles, including the last one -- the Battle of Santa Clara!! When dictator Batista in Havana got official word that Santa Clara had fallen to the rebels, Batista dashed to his money-stuffed/get-away airplane and flew to dictator Trujillo's sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.

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