In his profile on X, the president congratulated Army General Raul Castro, the Commanders of the Revolution, the founding combatants and the new generations of the FAR military, which he described as ‘a force of the people and for the people, from the seed planted in the Sierra until these difficult days’.

The anniversary commemorates the landing of 82 expeditionaries, led by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, in the east of the country on the Granma yacht, which began, 68 years ago today, the guerrilla struggle in the Sierra Maestra.

Upon their arrival, the fighters were besieged by the army and air force of dictator Fulgencio Batista (1952-1859), and with great difficulty and heavy losses, they managed to reach the Sierra Maestra, the main mountain range of the island.

After being surprised and dispersed by Batista’s troops, the young men regrouped and formed the nucleus of the Rebel Army that fought the dictatorship in the eastern mountains of the island until January 1, 1959.

The survivors of the fighting after the disembarkation formed the embryo of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), founded after the revolutionary triumph of January 1, 1959 by Army General Raul Castro, with the merger of the rebel forces with the workers, farmers, students and university militias.

The Cuban Armed Forces are composed of four Army Corps (Western, Central, Eastern and Youth Labor Corps) and carried out internationalist missions in several African countries to contribute to the national liberation processes and the end of apartheid.

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