By Nancy Morejon on June 3, 2026
Fidel talks with his brother Raúl Castro during a ceremony as part of Operation Truth, Havana, January 21, 1959. Photo: “Fidel Soldado de las Ideas” website
The people, with their proverbial wisdom, call him by his name. And today it is a saying from San Antonio to Maisí because Raúl is Raúl. There is no other possible definition. The steadfastness of his character stood at the forefront of every skirmish the enemy planned to exterminate the Revolution. Yet, modest and loyal at the same time, he stood by Fidel, who had the privilege of always having him at his disposal. His work is immense because he carried on the legacy of the most generous, of those most devoted to the relentless struggle for emancipation, that is, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Ignacio Agramonte, José Martí, and Antonio Maceo, as well as those of the heroes and heroines who fell throughout countless struggles, while at the same time being the one who brought Cuba’s independence ideals to their highest expression, as a true mambí, straddling two centuries.
Source: Cubadebate, translation Resumen Latinoamericano – English