The Revolutionary Armed Forces Day was instituted as a tribute to the landing of the Granma

Havana, December 2 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, sent his congratulations to the members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), who are celebrating their day (December 2nd).

The Cuban president recalled and thanked the historic generation of the Cuban Revolution, protagonists of the expedition of the Granma yacht, in 1956, under the leadership of Fidel Castro Ruz.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces Day was instituted as a tribute to the landing of the Granma along the southeastern coast of Cuba, with 82 men on board, an event that marked the beginning of a new stage in the struggle against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista (1952-1958) that culminated with the triumph of the Revolution, on January 1, 1959.

On the same social network, Cuba's Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz recognized the work of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in the defense of Cuba and its sovereignty. (Source: ACN)

The Revolutionary Armed Forces