Raul Castro Presides During National July 26th Commemoration in Cuba

Cuban President Raul Castro presides over the annual May Day march and rally for 2011. The socialist state recently experienced the 6th Congress of the ruling Communist Party., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.

Havana
July 26, 2011

Raúl presides during national July 26th commemoration

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Party and President of the Councils of State and Ministers and José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Party and First Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers presided during the national celebration of July 26 commemorating the 58th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes garrisons, beginning at 7:00 a.m., in the Máximo Gómez Plaza de la Revolución, in Ciego de Ávila, the province chosen to host the national event as winner of a fraternal competition for the honor.