Wreaths were laid to the National Hero José Martí, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and to the Mother of the Homeland Mariana Grajales, all lined up in the front strip of the necropolis.

Cabello arrived in Santiago de Cuba province Monday afternoon, where he will also pay a visit to former Moncada Barrack.

Cabello expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to visit this sacred site, and reaffirmed the friendship between both nations and their transforming processes that have successfully confronted imperialism in the last decades.

Another point on the agenda of the Venezuelan leader was to visit the Museum located in the former military fortress, where he appreciated advances in the new assembly that combines advanced technologies with the traditional aspects to show one of the most transcendental events in the national history.

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