Thousands of university students and youths took part in the traditional torch bearing parade on the eve of January 28, to pay tribute to Cuba’s National Hero Jose Marti on the occasion of the 157th anniversary of his birth.
As every year since first organized in 1953, the parade started at the University of Havana and ended at the Fragua Martiana Museum –where Marti was imprisoned as he was 16 years old.
The 157 members of the National Council of the Federation of University Students (FEU) and leaders of other political organizations led the parade.
Short before the beginning of the march, President of the FEU Gladis Gutierrez made a speech noting that the spirit and teachings of Marti were present in the spontaneous mobilization and solidarity of Cuban students, youths and people with the people of Haiti.
«The torches we bear today not only spread the light of Marti’s ideas, but also those of his greatest disciple, Fidel Castro. These flames light the revolution and the youths willing to improve it and make it immortal,» she said.
At the Fragua Martiana Museum, the students placed a wreath on behalf of all Cuban students and youths. Accompanying the students were Politburo member and Minister of Higher Education Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Communist Party in Havana Lazara Mercedes Lopez, and First Secretary of the Youth Communist League Liudmila Alamo.
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