On social media, the president remembered the phrase of Commander Juan Almeida Bosque, “Here, no one surrenders,” uttered during the battle of December 5, 1956, and emphasized that this slogan remains the “hallmark of the Cuban Revolution.”
After the Granma yacht landed on December 2, 1956, near Playas Las Coloradas, in eastern Cuba, the expeditionaries had their baptism of fire at Alegria de Pio just three days later. T
This first battle ended in the defeat and dispersal of the troops; however, two weeks later the leaders of the Rebel Army met to continue the fight.
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