These are the words that define the National Hero of Cuba on the plaque placed on the bust that perpetuates his memory here, and where the ambassador of Cuba, Orlando Hernandez, recalled the most relevant aspects of the revolutionary trajectory of the pro-independence hero.

He said that El presidio político en Cuba, published in 1871, was the first of his numerous writings in defense of national independence, and that almost two decades later, in 1892, he founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party and its organ of expression, the newspaper Patria.

Organizer of the so-called “necessary war”, three priorities stand out in Martí’s political work: the unity of all Cubans, the elimination of Spanish rule, and the need to prevent the expansion of the United States towards Cuba, he later emphasized.

Referring to the revolutionary thought of the Apostle of Cuban independence, Hernández pointed out that it was based on humanist ideas, conceiving man’s participation in his own liberating process ” on the basis of virtue, goodness and love”.

The simple ceremony was attended by representatives of the Union of Vietnam Friendship Organizations, among others.

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