The visit coincides with
celebrations for the 498th anniversary of the foundation of
the villa by Spanish governor Diego Velazquez, the Prensa
Latina news agency reported.
The city’s top authorities welcomed the brigadistas, who
toured its streets and museums.
According to the program, the
visitors will meet this evening with members of the Hermanos
Saiz Association in Sancti Spiritus, a city declared
National Monument.
On Wednesday, they will visit the northern municipality of
Yaguajay, the National
Museum “Camilo Cienfuegos,” who was a founder of the Rebel
Army, and the Mausoleum of the Northern Front in Las Villas.
In Fomento, they will meet with soldiers who fought with
Commander Ernesto Che Guevara during the revolutionary
struggle against the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship (1958).
The Brigade, which arrived in
Sancti Spiritus on Monday, will travel on Friday to Villa
Clara province, where it will visit the Memorial dedicated
to Che.
