The people of Cuba are paying posthumous tribute today to Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes Menendez, in a ceremony held starting at 10:00 a.m. at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR).

In response to the latest accusations made by the U.S. government against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, the people mobilized Friday morning at the Anti-Imperialist Tribunal in the capital to raise their voices in defense of the homeland, the country’s leadership and national sovereignty.   The rally in Havana was presided over by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

The Director of International Law at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yusnier Romero, denounced the recent political maneuver by the US government, accusing it of flagrantly violating the principle of sovereign equality by claiming universal jurisdiction to judge nationals of other states.

This Friday, the Anti-Imperialist Tribunal in Havana will be the site of a popular demonstration rejecting the indictment filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz for the downing of a Brothers to the Rescue plane in 1996.