The Day Fidel Took Control of Cuba!!

 January 8th of 1959!!!!

     Today is January 8th of 2024 and today marks the 65th anniversary of the day when Fidel Castro arrived in Havana and gave his first speech as the New Leader of Cuba on January 8th of 1959. All TV News Newscasts in Cuba today heralded that fact lavishly...including with photos and videos.     On January 8th of 1959 on Fidel Castro's drive into Havana, and then during his initial speech, it is notable that the rebel at his side was Camilo Cienfuegos, a key Commander during the war and at Santa Clara, the Battle that convinced Dictator Batista in Havana to bolt to his getaway airplane and fly to the Dominican Republic, which was led by another U.S.-backed dictator and anti-Castro foe named Rafael Trujillo.

  During the Revolutionary War, and during January 8th of 1959 when Fidel and Camilo arrived side-by-side in Havana as the new leaders of Cuba, they were the two most popular rebels in the minds of most everyday Cubans that hated the ousted Batista. Camilo was born in Havana on February 6th of 1932 but at the tender age of 27 in Revolutionary Cuba Camilo died on October 28 of 1959 in the crash of a small airplane during a coastal storm.

    With Camilo right beside Fidel during his speech in Havana on January 8th of 1959, historic photos and videos reveal that a White Dove flew onto Fidel's left shoulder and stayed there a long time during his animated speech, and even the surprised Fidel kept glancing around to look at the unique flyer.

    Also today -- on January 8th of 2024 -- TV newscasts across Cuba showed the portion of Fidel Castro's speech in which he spoke poignantly about one vital reason that the Cuban Revolution was so vital...pointing out that Cuban families not involved in the Batistianos-US-Mafia robbing and raping Cuba were left with not even crumbs and with no education and no healthcare. To buttress that portion of the January 8th of 1959 speech, Cuban television broadcasts today used images like the one above to illustrate the difference in Batista's Cuba as opposed to Castro's Cuba, with Castro on January 8th of 1959 for the first time in Havana promising that "everyone will, from now on, be guaranteed free educations through college and free heathcare for life."

    And so...today -- January 8th of 2024 -- the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution lavishly remembered the day on January 8th of 1959 when Camilo Cienfuegos and Fidel Castro arrived in Havana on the back of a truck to proclaim themselves the new rebel leaders of Cuba. Fate dictated that Camilo would soon die a few months later at age 27 in a plane crash on October 28th, 1959. But Fidel would live a long life as Cuba's revolutionary leader.

     Although Fidel Castro died at age 90 in 2016, most Cubans in Cuba today on the 65th Anniversary of his takeover of Havana still believe on January 8th of 2024 that it is still his Cuban Revolution and his Cuba. Of course, since 1959 the Cubans in Miami and in Washington believe otherwise!! 

On January 8th, 1959: Fidel Castro's speech.

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US Media Starts 65th Year of Trying to End Cuba's Revolution

 

   Now January of 2024 has arrived and since January of 1959 and everyday for the past 65 years the U. S. media has been obsessed with overthrowing the Cuban Revolution on the pugnacious nearby island. Of course, the Miami Herald's Andres Oppenheimer is just one example of the high-profile U. S. journalists whose focus is damning Revolutionary Cuba while implying how fantastic and great the prior Batista dictatorship in Cuba was!! But beyond Oppenheimer and the Miami Herald, it seems that all of the prime U. S. media outlets in the U. S. are awash with journalists whose mission is to shift foreign domination back to Cuba from the USA, and not just at the luscious U. S. Military Base that has dominated plush Guantanamo Bay in Cuba since 1903, or since the U. S. victory in the 1898 Spanish-American War fought in Cuba shifted foreign domination of Cuba from Spain to the United States. Of course, Mr. Oppenheimer and his ilk are not about to place any blame on Miami, Congressional Cubans, Batista, the Mafia, the U. S., etc., or anyone other than Revolutionary Cuba. For example, today is January 3rd of 2024 and here are the Top Cuban Headlines in the U. S. and they come from Oppenheimer's Miami Herald, and Fox News:

     Today on January 3rd of 2024, as shown above, Fox News is worried that some members of Congress are begging the U. S. to remove Cuba from its List of Nations That Sponsor Terrorism, which drastically exacerbates the starvation purposes of the six-decade-old Embargo/Blockade of Cuba. And, of course, Andres Oppenheimer's article/editorial today in the Miami Herald screams this blaring headline: "Cuba's dictatorship turns 65, and Cubans are fleeing like never before/Opinion." Of course, the rich and powerful Mr. Oppenheimer doesn't mention that calling Cuba a terrorist nation means that the tragic and endless U. S. Embargo/Blockade is starving many Cubans in Cuba and, alas, THEREFORE MANY OF THEM ARE INDEED TRYING TO GET RICH IN MIAMI. Mr. Oppenheimer, of course, is not about to mention that A Few Cubans in Cuba plan to survive Miami's beloved Embargo/Blockade and stay in Cuba!!

      On January 1st of 2024, as shown above, the Cuban media loudly celebrated the 65th ANNIVERSARY of the Cuban Revolution's Rule of Cuba...with the focus shifting to the historic city of Santiago de Cuba, which is 538 miles southeast of Havana. The Cuban media, as it often does, used the significant anniversity to compare its "journalism in Cuba to the journalism about Cuba in U. S. We journalists in Cuba live with the people of Cuba and we would be stupid and criminal to lie to them. The main U. S. journalists, on the other hand, are rich and isolated from average people and therefore benefit from the continuing lies about the Cuban Revolution...and especially about why is was necessay." While Oppenheimer and the Miami Herald today heralds the fact that "Cubans are fleeing the Revolution like never before...", the Cuban media has no trouble finding Revolutionary Cubans who still steadfastly support the Revolution and its prime leaders, including the old and new ones.

     The 92-year-old Raul Castro, one of the prime leaders of the Revolution from its start on July 26th of 1953 till January 1st of 1959, is shown above speaking in Santiago de Cuba on January 1st of 2024 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Revolutionary Cuba.

    Also on January 1st of 2024 in Santiago de Cuba this was Cuba's new leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel, celebrating the 65th Anniversity of the Cuban Revolution's triumph. Diaz-Canel is not yet 65-years-old because he was born after January 1st of 1959, the day that the Revolutionary rule of Cuba began. While the U. S. media for the past 65 years has proclaimed that Cubans on the island supported Batista and not the rebels, and that Cubans in Cuba today all hate the Revolution, neither of those things are true...and if they were true the Revolution would not have won in 1959 and would not in 2024 still be in control on the island. While the U. S. media is not concerned with the opinions of everyday Cubans in Cuba, the Cuban media has no problem finding and publicizing revolutionary supporters today:

    Perhaps, one day, Mr. Oppenheimer and the other Miami Herald journalists might want to ask some of the Cubans {shown above  celebrating the 65h Anniversary of Revolutionary Cuba} how they feel about things such as...the endless Blockade, when they plan to "flee" to Miami, etc., etc. These Cubans have opinions too, although the U. S. media doesn't seem to think so. Of course, as far as the U. S. media is concerned, all the good Cubans are already in Miami or still trying to "flee to Miami."

   And, uh, Mr. Oppenheimer, why don't you ask this Cuban woman who lives in the town of Guantanamo how she feels about the U. S. Military Base that has been on Cuba's Guantanamo Bay since 1903!! Acutally, I don't think anyone in the U. S. media is interested about anything this Cuban woman thinks...although she probably has more interesting and more pertinent things to say about Cuba than Mr. Oppenheimer has...about things such as the eternal U. S. Military Base on the edge of her Cuban town of Guantanamo!! 

    For the record, Mr. Oppenheimer, the Cuban woman that lives in the town of Guantanamo thinks that there should not be a U. S. flag flying over the U. S. Military Base at Guantanamo Bay, not since 1903 and not forever. After all, she thinks the U. S. has enough military bases elsewhere in the Caribbean and especially in nearby Florida. So, Mr. Oppenheimer, is Cuba the "Pearl of the Antilles" or does it refer to the U. S. occupation of Guantanamo Bay?? If you write an Editorial about it, at least mention the opinion of the Cuban woman that lives in the town of Guantanamo!! Thank you.

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Fidel's Cuba Still Lives At 65-Years-Old Starting In 2024!!

 

     As of today -- January 1st of 2024 -- Revolutionary Cuba is an amazing 65 Years Old!!! Yes, that stupendous fact is every bit as amazing as the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution on January 1st of 1959...considering that the Revolution had to overthrow the powerful Batista dictatorship that was supported by the most powerful nation in the World, the United States,  and by the most powerful criminal organization in the world, the Mafia. Every day for the past 65 Years there have been dire predictions that ultra-powerful forces in the United States -- from Washington to Little Havana, the Cuban enclave in Miami -- will overthrow Revolutionary Cuba "any day now!!!" Well...those herculean efforts by Little Havana and the United States to overthrow Havana are still ongoing into a 65th Year but the Revolution starts 2024 still in control of Cuba.

     And, therefore, on January 1st of 2024 Revolutionary Cuba is celebrating the day exactly 65 Years ago when Fidel Castro's Revolution defeated Dictator Batista, much  to the chagrin of the United States and the Mafia.

In 2016 Fidel Castro died at age 90 in Havana.

     But as most Cubans still in Cuba believe, Fidel Castro still watches over his Revolution...while standing tall on a Sierra Maestra Mountain where the revolution first began to defeat Batista armies at the end of 1957 and early in 1958.

    Today on January 1st of 2024, therefore, the Revolutionary Celebrations in Cuba surround memories of Fidel Castro.

   Cubans still remember that prior to becoming a lawyer and then an anti-Batista rebel, Fidel Castro was a baseball player with Major League ambitions. Thus the 65th Year Celebrations include a scoreboard that exclaims this score: Revolution 65, Enemies 0!!

   Today -- on JANUARY 1st of 2024 -- there are still a few of the prime anti-Batista rebels still alive, including the healthy Raul Castro who is 92-years-old. From the start to the finish of the Cuban Revolution, Raul was at his brother Fiden's side. This photo of Raul was taken this weekend at 65th Year celebrations in Santiago de Cuba, the city in far southeastern Cuba where the Revolution started and where Fidel's tomb is located.

    While Cuba this weekend is celebrating Revolutionary Cuba's 65th Year anniversary, the Miami Herald very surprisingly published the Editorial shown above: 'The Cuban Revolution turns 65. It broke Cuba, but not its people. Opinion." It is amazing, certainly surprising from the Miami Herald, that any of the U. S. media would grudingly mention the sheer tenacity of the Cuban Revolution's amazing longevity.

     Yes, it is startling that the Miami Herald would say things such as: "As 2023 dawns, we mark an anniversary that is difficult to stomach for many in Miami's historic Cuban-exile community: The 65th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution." Then near the bottom of the long Miami Herald editorial, as you can see above, it says: "So could the revolution celebrate another birthday? We hope not, but it has shown staying power." At least...even the Miami Herald is forced to claim that the Cuban Revolution and REVOLUTIONARY CUBA HAVE BOTH SET HISTORIC RECORDS!!!!

  The Cubans shown above celebrating the 65th Year anniversary of the Cuban Revolution this weekend are saying: "CUBA NO ESTA SOLA"/"CUBA IS NOT ALONE." And that is true, because only the United States maintains the Embargo and other drastic policies designed to overthrow Revolutionary Cuba.

   This is Vladimir Molina, one of the Caribbean's greatest photo-journalists. His photos this weekend about the 65th Year celebrations in Santiago de Cuba are saturating the Cuban media as well as Facebook and other Social Media sources. The great Molina, as he is known, points out that most Cubans in Cuba, now and during the Revolution, support/supported what the Revolution did.

     Translated from Spanish to English, "nuestros suenos" means "our dreams" and "1ro de Enero" means "1st of January" So -- on January 1st of 2024 the poster above shows Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel emphasizing these words: "65th anniversary. This is the Revolution. On January 1st of 2024, let's work for our dreams."

     To many Cubans in Cuba on January 1st of 2024, their suenos, their dreams, revive memories of or the thoughts of the image reflected above. It is about the day when Fidel & Raul Castro and 80 other rebels returned to Cuba from Mexico on the yacht Granma to resume their do-or-die revolution to overthrow the Batista dictatorship in Cuba.

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