At exactly 5:15 a.m., the leader of the Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, and the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, entered the Revolution Square Máximo Gómez Báez, in Ciego de Ávila, to lead the national event commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks26 / 07 / 2025