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Cuba Pays
Tribute to National Hero Jose Marti
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, Jan 28
(acn) The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, and
President Raul Castro sent floral wreaths that were laid in
the mausoleum that keeps the mortal remains of National Hero
Jose Marti at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery of the eastern
city of Santiago de Cuba.
Students, workers and people
in general, gathered on Saturday morning in
the cemetery to commemorate the 159th birthday anniversary
of the patriot,
writer, founder of the Cuban Revolutionary Party in 1892,
and organizer of
the 1895 Independence War against the Spanish colonial rule.
The guard of honor in the mausoleum was joined on the
occasion by students
from the Camilo Cienfuegos Military School of Matanzas and
the Comandante
Arides Estevez Higher Military School of Havana.
The tribute included a cultural activity with poems, songs
and dance
performances dedicated to the Cuban National Hero.
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