Raul Castro absent as Cuba celebrates anniversary of key revolutionary attack
HAVANA — Cuba held a traditional rally on Sunday to commemorate one of the revolution’s most important anniversaries, with former President Raúl Castro, 95, conspicuously absent. It’s the first time in at least 30 years that Castro did not attend the event, and no explanation was offered. The event was presided by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who read a congratulatory message from Castro to his compatriots in the eastern city of Pinar del Río, where the rally was held.
- ▪HAVANA — Cuba held a traditional rally on Sunday to commemorate one of the revolution’s most important anniversaries, with former President Raúl Castro, 95, conspicuously absent.
- ▪It’s the first time in at least 30 years that Castro did not attend the event, and no explanation was offered.
- ▪The event was presided by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who read a congratulatory message from Castro to his compatriots in the eastern city of Pinar del Río, where the rally was held.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 4 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Raul Castro is absent as Cuba celebrates anniversary of key revolutionary attack — South China Morning Post
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| Publication time | Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:04:37 -0400 |
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HAVANA — Cuba held a traditional rally on Sunday to commemorate one of the revolution’s most important anniversaries, with former President Raúl Castro, 95, conspicuously absent. It’s the first time in at least 30 years that Castro did not attend the event, and no explanation was offered. The event was presided by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who read a congratulatory message from Castro to his compatriots in the eastern city of Pinar del Río, where the rally was held. The annual event commemorates the July 26, 1953, assault led by brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks in Cuba’s eastern region.
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