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Cuban President Leads Traditional Youth Demonstration in Homage to National Hero Martí

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Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel led a massive youth march Tuesday night, an annual event commemorating the birth of national hero José Martí. This year's demonstration coincides with a tense national and regional situation, as the island grapples with a severe economic crisis while also facing threats from the United States and President Donald Trump, who seeks to strangle the Caribbean nation. Díaz-Canel arrived…

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The Cuban government led the traditional Torch March with a speech of reaffirmation and unity in the face of tension with the United States.

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Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel led a massive youth march Tuesday night, an annual event commemorating the birth of national hero José Martí. This year's demonstration coincides with a tense national and regional situation, as the island grapples with a severe economic crisis while also facing threats from the United States and President Donald Trump, who seeks to strangle the Caribbean nation. Díaz-Canel arrived…

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The commemoration of this march takes on a dual dimension by paying tribute to José Martí's revolutionary legacy 173 years after his birth, and in turn in the year of the centenary of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.

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Thousands of Cubans, mostly young people, demonstrated in Havana this Tuesday night in rejection of the threats of the United States against the Caribbean island during the traditional "march of torches." (Continue reading...) Take a look at these images: The entry Miles march in Cuba with torches for threats from the United States was first published in Remolacha - Noticias República Dominicana.

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp The national president of the Federation Estudiantil Universitaria (FEU), Litza González, called for the legacy of José Martí and Fidel Castro to continue during the traditional March of the Torchs. Before President Miguel Díaz-Canel and thousands of young people gathered on the steps of the University of Havana, González said that “Martí is not an immobile statue or a name in the books,” but a living presence that “con…

Martí was again present on 27 January at the traditional Torch March. More than 50,000 souls filled the historic Staircase of the University of Havana to pay worthy tribute to our National Hero, on the eve of the 173rd anniversary of his birth, and also to Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, in the year of his centenary. Together with the young people of Havana, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President o…

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ACN broke the news in on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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