HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 13 (ACN) On the 67th anniversary of the assault on the Presidential Palace, Cuban authorities and institutions recall today that important action carried out by young Cubans to execute dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Esteban Lazo, president of the Parliament, described March 13, 1957 as a day that transcends in history, when members of the Revolutionary Directorate also took over the Radio Reloj radio station in order to call for a popular insurrection.
In his message, published on X by the legislature, Lazo highlighted the admirable courage with which the leader, Jose Antonio Echeverria, and his comrades faced these actions, and remarked that they are an everlasting example.
For his part, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, on the same social network, paid tribute to the martyrs of these events, especially to Echeverria, who was machine-gunned in an unequal confrontation with