Representing the State Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MESC), which brings together more than 60 organizations, slogans such as “Down with the US Blockade,” “Cease Hostility Against the Cuban People,” and “Long Live July 26th” were raised in the parade.

A Manifesto read at the end of the march near the Spanish Foreign Ministry highlighted the traditional demonstration to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the Assault on the Cuban barracks of Moncada and Cespedes, on July 26, 1953, led by Fidel Castro.

The text, among other details, praised the social achievements of the Revolution, especially in areas such as healthcare, education, and culture, in addition to praising the Cuban democratic system.

It also noted that Cuba has been attacked by the United States, which has attempted to invade it; it has introduced agricultural pests and human diseases into its territory, thru the illegally occupied Guantanamo Bay base, and even by air.

It also referred to the injustice of the economic, financial, and commercial siege established by Washington for more than 60 years, to which were added the 242 measures tightening the blockade established by Donald Trump.

It also recalled that the Trump administration had once again included Cuba on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, although it is, on the contrary, a victim of this scourge, “perpetrated with impunity from United States territory by the Cuban-American far right with the approval of the Yankee government.”

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