Thousands of Cubans, youths, soldiers, members from the Cuban Communist Youth Union (UJC) and student organizations gathered at the Memorial Jose Marti in Havana, Cuba to celebrate the 162nd birthday of the national independence hero and poet. Marti, who was forced to live most of his life in exile due to Spanish colonial rule, was among the leaders of an uprising in Cuba for its independence in 1895. He was killed the same year.
The Jose Marti Memorial in Cuba Photo: Jorge G. Treche
Students hold portraits of Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro (R) and Cuban independence hero Jose Marti near the memorial of Marti on Revolution Square in Havana on January 28, 2015 Photo: Reuters
A student carries a photograph of Cuba’s President Raul Castro near the memorial of Jose Marti on Revolution Square in Havana on January 28, 2015 Photo: Reuters
Student Karla Cantillo (C), 13, holds a flag underneath the memorial of Jose Marti on Revolution Square in Havana on January 28, 2015 Photo: Reuters
Students carry flags of Jose Marti Pioneers Organization near the memorial of Jose Marti on Revolution Square in Havana on January 28, 2015 Photo: Reuters
Students hold Cuba’s national flag at the memorial of Jose Marti on Revolution Square in Havana on January 28, 2015 Photo:Reuters
A student holds up a photograph of Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro at the memorial of Jose Marti on Revolution Square in Havana on January 28, 2015 Photo: Reuters
Rene Gonzalez, (C), Gerardo Hernandez, (L), and Antonio Guerrero, three of the “Cuban Five” Photo: Reuters
Cuba’s First Vice-President Miguel Diaz Canel (C) and Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura (R), hold Cuba’s national flags during a march in celebration of the 162nd birth anniversary of Cuba’s independence hero Jose Marti in Havana on January 27, 2015 Photo: Reuters
Soldiers hold torches during a march in celebration of the 162nd birth anniversary of Cuba’s independence hero Jose Marti in Havana on January 27, 2015 Photo: Reuters
Cuban soldiers hold torches during a march in celebration of the 162nd birth anniversary of Cuba’s independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana on January 27, 2015 Photo: Reuters
People watch a march in celebration of the 162nd birth anniversary of Cuba’s independence hero Jose Marti beside an image of Cuban revolutionary hero Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara on a wall in downtown Havana in Havana on January 27, 2015 Photo: Reuters
People line up in a pharmacy with an image depicting Cuban independence hero Jose Marti in downtown Havana on January 22, 2015 Photo: Reuters
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