Today Marks the day Vilma Espin died in 2007

 TODAY is June 18 in 2025

Vilva Espin died on June 18 in  2007

To this day on June 18 in 2025 Cubans honor Vilma Espin.

     Since the 1950s this has been The Big Four in Cuba, the four most important people and most powerful people on the Caribbean island...starting with the Cuban Revolution in 1952 and throughout Revolutionary-ruled Cuba from 1959 till today on June 18th in 2025. From left to right above The Big Four have been: Vilva Espin, who died at age 77 on June 18 in 2007; Fidel Castro, who died at age 90 on November 25th in 2016; Raul Castro, who is still very much alive at age 94; and Celia Sanchez, who died at age 59 of lung cancer on January 11th, 1980. The many people who deny that this have been Cuba's Big  Four are simply lying to satisfy their own agendas.

     While macho men such as Fidel, Raul, Che, and Camilo are more famed, as warriors and decision-makers the two most important Cubans during the Cuban Revolution and then in Revolutionary Cuba have been Celia Sanchez and Vilma Espin. These two women earned that distinction and, of course, it was made possible because Fidel Castro worshipped Celia and Raul Castro married Vilma a few days after winning the Revolution in January of 1959 and they stayed married until the day Vilma died on June 18th in 2007.

     During the Cuban Revolution Raul Castro and Vilma Espin fought and planned side-by-side and then were married from 1959 till Vilma died in 2007.

The day Vilma & Raul married: January 26, 1959.

     Of course, Vilma Espin was massively loved and admired by Fidel Castro. After Celia Sanchez died in 1980 Fidel called Vilma Cuba's "First Lady." 

     Yes, June 18th was the day Vilma Espin died in 2007 at age 77. And, yes, from 1952 until today, June 18th in 2025, Vilma Espin has been one of Cuba's Big Four Cubans, matched in influence and power only by Celia Sanchez, Fidel Castro, and Raul Castro.

Cuba's BIG Four

From 1952 till 2025

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