Cuban president recalls birthdays of prominent Cuban personalities

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 18 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, recalled today the birthdays of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, the father of the homeland, and Raul Roa, known as the foreign minister of dignity.

On Twitter, the president highlighted the human values of both personalities, their patriotism and Cuban citizenship.

Carlos Manuel de Cespedes (April 18, 1819 - February 27, 1874) graduated as a lawyer, besides being a poet, storyteller, journalist, translator, sportsman and promoter of culture.

Along with Francisco Vicente Aguilera and Perucho Figueredo, in Manzanillo, he began to conspire against Spain in September 1867, and later founded and presided over the Revolutionary Board of that territory.

In his sugar mill La Demajagua, on October 10, 1968 Cespedes proclaimed his determination of Independence or Death, and gave freedom to his slaves, which marked the beginning of the wars for the independence of Cuba.

Raul Roa (April 18, 1907 - July 6, 1982), since 1923 was linked to the student revolutionary movement organized by the youth leader Julio Antonio Mella, and in 1925 he entered the Law School of the University of Havana.

A writer and politician, from 1948 he was director of culture at the ministry of education, and after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution (January 1959) he was appointed ambassador to the Organization of American States and later minister of foreign affairs.