Cuba notes January 1, a national holiday - the 50 th anniversary of Liberation Day, in other words - the victory of revolution. Celebrations are held fairly modest, and is due to the effects of three devastating hurricanes, over the island one after the other, and the lack of a national leader, creator of the revolution, Fidel Castro.
Festive activities include traditional dances and concerts, including the popular musical band Los Van Van, transfers AP. The current President of Cuba Raul Castro, his brother, who handed power in February 2008, the evening will make a speech from the same balcony at the palace in the center of Havana, where Fidel 1 January, 1959 announced the overthrow Batista regime.
Earlier on state television read the congratulation of Fidel Castro's "heroic Cuban people." Health 82-year-old national champion kept strictly secret, after two and a half years ago he underwent an operation for severe intestine.
However, he from time to time make written statements for a variety of cases and writes editorials in the central newspaper Granma. " These written "speeches" often said that Fidel Castro is still actively engaged in the political affairs of the country.
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